Audigy 2 zs crackling when cpu being used

DjFluidz · Nov 25, 2005, 10:27 PM

Ive been experiencing a problem with my sound card, its fine when i turn my computer on, but after a few hours a crackling noise will come thru the speakers, like a bittyness, - the sort of noise that a vacumb makes when sucking up grit lol..

The crackles only appear when i use cpu intense progs like, extracting from winrar or using a defragmenting program for instance. Once i end or stop the progs from running, the crackle noise disappears. Even if i use search, to find files, the interference comes back, and even sometimes when opening a program, when clicking on it, the noise is there, like the its syncronising with the hd making sounds.

Im using the Audigy drivers 1162's.. with the audigy 4 software installed.

please help, its horrible trying to run anything while sound is playing.

Thnks

DjFluidz · Nov 25, 2005, 10:33 PM

Ive managed to record a clip using creatives all u can hear mode, listen towards the end, about the 8 - 10 sec mark.

http://djfluidz.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/waaaaaaa.mp3

That crackling noise u can hear appeared when i opened defragment, and did an analysis of the drive, the crackling when mad!..

The more intense the pc is used when playing music, the more louder and voilent the interference seems to be.

g4bb3 · Nov 26, 2005, 06:14 AM

Does it happens when you scrool with a mouse in a webpage ?
Its hard to say, it could be many things, there is no quickfix and you have to start troubleshooting. Always reboot between actions.
Could be an electrical issue or IRQ fault. Feel the soundcard is it VERY hot ?
Setting the cpu clock back to default is maybe not a bad idea.
When it happens run some CPU benchmarks test like super PI to make sure its not an overclock or heat issue. Check device manager and make sure that no IDE is set to PIO.
If else.
Start by muting microphone, AUX and all other channels exept wave offcourse.
I would start by disconnecting the audiocable between the soundcard and the CD/DVD-rom. If it dont help. Start stripping the computer disconnecting extra HD´s CD/DVD , USB products. TV out cables etc. all you dont need to hear sound.
If that would not help i would bring out the screwdriver.
Move the soundcard to a diffrent PCI position.

DjFluidz · Nov 26, 2005, 09:53 AM

Thanks, ill try moving the sound card away from another pci slow away from the agp.