Audio sounds like crap...need help!

petethekiller · 04-12-12, 11:51 PM

Hey guys, I just finished building my first pc...being on a budget my build went as such:

gigabye 990FXA-UD3
AMD 555BE
Corsair Force 64 gig SSD
WD Blue 500 gig HD
8 gig of G. Skill ram
EVGA GTX550ti
Win 7 Pro.

Assembly and first fire went well, I first noticed the audio sounded crackly and digital like almost immediately. I was not worried as I new I needed to install all the latest drivers. After installing all of the latest driver for all components nothing has changed.

So I go to control panel and open RealTEK AUDIO config/test software and in this screen when I test the audio it sounds fine.

Any other application that requires audio sounds like crap.
Anybody have any ideas where I need to look?

I am using the analog connections and not the digital at the moment. I need to the the digital outputs when I get time.

Thanks

Darknecron · 04-13-12, 10:07 AM

What speakers do you have?

petethekiller · 04-13-12, 10:27 AM

they are just the same crappy Dell 2.1 set up from my previous PC....they function fine. I my tried headphones to see if I get the same results and I do.

Is it my mother board? would a sound card fix this?

Darknecron · 04-13-12, 11:56 AM

I would make sure that the 3.5mm jack is clear (there could be some dust in there...). If it is clear...then it is probably your mobo, and yes a sound card should fix that.

misternumberone · 04-13-12, 12:50 PM

Before you go buying a sound card, check the priority of sound and media applications in the windows registry. If it is for some reason set to 0 or something stupid like that, make it 20 which is normal.

BugFreak · 04-14-12, 08:30 AM

My headphones do this at certain sound levels because they are going out. Does it improve or get worse if you move the sound level around slowly?

mjw21a · 04-15-12, 11:54 PM

Before you change to a soundcard perhaps I could tell you about a similar issue I had and my findings. I found onboard was crackly so I installed an Asus Xonar DX, however I noticed when there was no playback there was still a crackling noise in the background. Eventually I toucked the 3.5mm jack to an exposed metal part of my case and found that the exact noise was being produced throughout my case.

I've concluded that the noise is created by some other device in my house as the fault has occurred with two mainboards and two separate sound cards. The better the quality of the headphones you get the more noticeable the sound becomes.

My fix has been this. I've ordered a Turtle Beach DSS 2 Optical game DAC for $60. This will electronically decouple my audio from the computer itself and theoretically avoid the noise by using the optical Toslink out from my mainboard. I'm hoping it fixes my issue.

Turtle Beach Ear Force DSS 2

mjw21a · 04-22-12, 12:25 AM

Did you end up resolving this?

Metlcub · 04-22-12, 02:00 AM

I had this issue with my Asus board with the front headphone jack. I figured what the issue was for me. The front HD sound header cable was crossing a fan and it was picking up fan vibration noise. I rerouted the cable and it went away.

04-12-12, 11:51 PM	Thread Starter #1
petethekiller New Member Join Date: Feb 2012	Audio sounds like crap...need help! Hey guys, I just finished building my first pc...being on a budget my build went as such: gigabye 990FXA-UD3 AMD 555BE Corsair Force 64 gig SSD WD Blue 500 gig HD 8 gig of G. Skill ram EVGA GTX550ti Win 7 Pro. Assembly and first fire went well, I first noticed the audio sounded crackly and digital like almost immediately. I was not worried as I new I needed to install all the latest drivers. After installing all of the latest driver for all components nothing has changed. So I go to control panel and open RealTEK AUDIO config/test software and in this screen when I test the audio it sounds fine. Any other application that requires audio sounds like crap. Anybody have any ideas where I need to look? I am using the analog connections and not the digital at the moment. I need to the the digital outputs when I get time. Thanks
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04-13-12, 10:07 AM	#2
Darknecron Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Tamriel and Atacama Desert	What speakers do you have? __________________ {[i5 3570k @ 4.5ghz]+[Noctua NH-D14]+[16 gb G.Skill Ripjaws 1600]+[ASUS P8Z77-M]+[Sapphire 7970 @ 1200/1525)]+[500/1K gig Seagates]+[XFX 650w]+[Cooler Master HAF 922]} Speakers: Cambridge S30s @ 50 WPC (continuous) on anti-vibration stands + 125 W (continuous) Outlaw M8 Subwoofer Sound Card: AUDIOTRAK Prodigy HD2 ADVANCE DE Special Edition
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04-13-12, 10:27 AM	Thread Starter #3
petethekiller New Member Join Date: Feb 2012	they are just the same crappy Dell 2.1 set up from my previous PC....they function fine. I my tried headphones to see if I get the same results and I do. Is it my mother board? would a sound card fix this?
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04-13-12, 11:56 AM	#4
Darknecron Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Tamriel and Atacama Desert	I would make sure that the 3.5mm jack is clear (there could be some dust in there...). If it is clear...then it is probably your mobo, and yes a sound card should fix that. __________________ {[i5 3570k @ 4.5ghz]+[Noctua NH-D14]+[16 gb G.Skill Ripjaws 1600]+[ASUS P8Z77-M]+[Sapphire 7970 @ 1200/1525)]+[500/1K gig Seagates]+[XFX 650w]+[Cooler Master HAF 922]} Speakers: Cambridge S30s @ 50 WPC (continuous) on anti-vibration stands + 125 W (continuous) Outlaw M8 Subwoofer Sound Card: AUDIOTRAK Prodigy HD2 ADVANCE DE Special Edition
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04-13-12, 12:50 PM	#5
misternumberone Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: New Braunfels, Texas, United States of America	Before you go buying a sound card, check the priority of sound and media applications in the windows registry. If it is for some reason set to 0 or something stupid like that, make it 20 which is normal.
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04-15-12, 11:54 PM	#7
mjw21a Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Australia, Brisbane	Before you change to a soundcard perhaps I could tell you about a similar issue I had and my findings. I found onboard was crackly so I installed an Asus Xonar DX, however I noticed when there was no playback there was still a crackling noise in the background. Eventually I toucked the 3.5mm jack to an exposed metal part of my case and found that the exact noise was being produced throughout my case. I've concluded that the noise is created by some other device in my house as the fault has occurred with two mainboards and two separate sound cards. The better the quality of the headphones you get the more noticeable the sound becomes. My fix has been this. I've ordered a Turtle Beach DSS 2 Optical game DAC for $60. This will electronically decouple my audio from the computer itself and theoretically avoid the noise by using the optical Toslink out from my mainboard. I'm hoping it fixes my issue. Turtle Beach Ear Force DSS 2 __________________ CPU & HSF: AMD FX-8120 & Noctua NH-D14 Mobo: Asus M5A97-EVO RAM: 16GB (4Gx4) DDR3 2133 G.Skill RipjawZ F3-17000CL11Q-16GBZL Storage: 1x 120GB OCZ Vertex II SSD, 1x 250GB Samsung 830 SSD, 1x 1.5TB Samsung Silencer Series HDD GFX: 1GB Gigabyte AMD HD6870 OC + Yamakasi Catleap Q270 SE 27" IPS LED LCD Audio: Turtle Beach DSS 2 w/ Turtle Beach P11 Headset Case: Silverstone Temjin TJ04-E w/ Side Window PSU: 550W Antec EarthWatts Platinum My rig piccies & links "Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right." H.L. MENCKEN
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04-22-12, 12:25 AM	#8
mjw21a Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Australia, Brisbane	Did you end up resolving this? __________________ CPU & HSF: AMD FX-8120 & Noctua NH-D14 Mobo: Asus M5A97-EVO RAM: 16GB (4Gx4) DDR3 2133 G.Skill RipjawZ F3-17000CL11Q-16GBZL Storage: 1x 120GB OCZ Vertex II SSD, 1x 250GB Samsung 830 SSD, 1x 1.5TB Samsung Silencer Series HDD GFX: 1GB Gigabyte AMD HD6870 OC + Yamakasi Catleap Q270 SE 27" IPS LED LCD Audio: Turtle Beach DSS 2 w/ Turtle Beach P11 Headset Case: Silverstone Temjin TJ04-E w/ Side Window PSU: 550W Antec EarthWatts Platinum My rig piccies & links "Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right." H.L. MENCKEN
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04-22-12, 02:00 AM	#9
Metlcub Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Cumming Ga	I had this issue with my Asus board with the front headphone jack. I figured what the issue was for me. The front HD sound header cable was crossing a fan and it was picking up fan vibration noise. I rerouted the cable and it went away. __________________ Mobo ASRock z77 Extreem4 CPU i7-2600k @ 4.2 1.20v CPU HS/F Corsair H-100 RAM Corsair Veng 12gig DDR3-1600 GPU Asus DCII GTX570 Storage Hyper X 3k 240g , Force 3 120g, 2tb HDD DVD Samsung BD/DVD/CD Inputs Logitech G510 and G700 Sound X-fi Extreem / Sennheiser PC-350 Case Haf X Advanced PSU TT TR2 RX 750w My Heatware
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