Bees
[H]ard|Gawd
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I've had sound issues that become prevalent when watching a YouTube video, however games and music playback also have a noticeable distortion.
What I am experiencing is a crackling/distortion during sound playback in essentially everything. Sometimes it isn't noticeable, but then it occurs in the next sound playback. I was using the standard Realtek drivers associated with my motherboard for Windows 10, then stopped trying to use them when they got stuck in an installation loop. Changed my Power Options in Windows to High Performance, as per some info I found through Google-Fu. My main sound output went (motherboard) optical out > receiver; tried connecting some headphones to the front and rear headers of the PC, had the same distortions. So that eliminates a hardware issue.
Got so annoyed with it, not only did a reinstall of Windows, but I got an inexpensive ASUS DGX sound card. Now connected from (sound card) optical > receiver. Sound still has distortion. Headphones through PC header still produces the same distortion.
Installed the card, worked fine for some time, then the issue came back. Found the issue would alleviate with a reboot - nope. Tried uninstalling/reinstalling ASUS drivers. Nope.
Here's LatencyMon running during YouTube video playback:
In gaming, I'll get a warning message from LatencyMon stating a very high latency. Latency would be fine, if the distortion wasn't so distracting - it's similar to a robotic sound or voice of someone trying to talk underwater. Completely takes away from the experience.
Running Win 10 1607, build 14393.693.
What I am experiencing is a crackling/distortion during sound playback in essentially everything. Sometimes it isn't noticeable, but then it occurs in the next sound playback. I was using the standard Realtek drivers associated with my motherboard for Windows 10, then stopped trying to use them when they got stuck in an installation loop. Changed my Power Options in Windows to High Performance, as per some info I found through Google-Fu. My main sound output went (motherboard) optical out > receiver; tried connecting some headphones to the front and rear headers of the PC, had the same distortions. So that eliminates a hardware issue.
Got so annoyed with it, not only did a reinstall of Windows, but I got an inexpensive ASUS DGX sound card. Now connected from (sound card) optical > receiver. Sound still has distortion. Headphones through PC header still produces the same distortion.
Installed the card, worked fine for some time, then the issue came back. Found the issue would alleviate with a reboot - nope. Tried uninstalling/reinstalling ASUS drivers. Nope.
Here's LatencyMon running during YouTube video playback:
In gaming, I'll get a warning message from LatencyMon stating a very high latency. Latency would be fine, if the distortion wasn't so distracting - it's similar to a robotic sound or voice of someone trying to talk underwater. Completely takes away from the experience.
Running Win 10 1607, build 14393.693.