Weird, frustrating sound problem

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nberkopec

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Hey all, first post on the forum so I hope I get this right.

The symptoms: Sound crackles every 5-10 seconds when using certain applications (games, iTunes in particular). Crackles are short (more like pops, 1/4 of a second long). Other than that, sound works fine. System sounds always play perfectly.

Attempted workarounds:
Was using the onboard mobo sound (Realtek HD) so figured it was blown and bought a new soundcard. Installed the soundcard, still had the issue.
Thought it may have been just an application issue (as it happened mostly in Mass Effect) but noticed it was also happening in iTunes.
Online video and audio streamed fine, so figured it may be a hard drive issue. Moved hard drive in the case as far from mobo as possible, and reinstalled SATA drivers. Issue still exists.
As a last ditch, installed old speakers. Issue still appears. Headphones do not solve issue either.

Specs:
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775
CPU: Intel E8400 3.0GHz
HD: Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB
Memory: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2
PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W
Graphics: NVidia GeForce GTX 260
Windows 7 RC

Thanks for any help at all guys, really at my wits end on this one.
 
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Should've mentioned - running Windows 7, so that workaround isn't intended for me. Nevertheless I checked, and I don't have the keys the workaround described for removal. Also checked device manager for "advanced settings" tab as described in a comment on the thread, and the tab doesn't exists for the CD drive or the HD or even the controllers.

When I had HDTune open, the sound did a hard stutter every 10 seconds or so.

HDTune says DMA is on:
ieT7i.jpg
 
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