Audio popping/static?

[OnionRings]

I have astro a10 gen 1s, never had an issue before, got a new 3070 ti and suddenly the audio gets poppy/static sometimes. I used DDU in safe mode to reinstall the drivers, I turned off fast boot (some article online mentioned it was causing issues with it), not sure what else to try.

[Heats with Nvidia]

Which port on your computer do you use? Have you tried the 3.5mm jack on the backplate?

[OnionRings]

15 hours ago, Heats with Nvidia said:

Which port on your computer do you use? Have you tried the 3.5mm jack on the backplate?

Hey, yes thats the one I use because if I use the front ones, my discord people can hear my game, super weird.

 

I am wondering if my faulty power supply is the cause? I had another post where we narrowed down my PSU is faulty, so im currently waiting on a new one, could that be causing the audio issue too?

[OnionRings]

Update: I am stumped. I tried uninstalling my audio drivers with DDU in safe mode and reinstalling, no fix. I tried a different headset on this PC, still popping. I took my headset to another PC, no popping. Seems to be a PC issue, but if drivers doesn't fix it, the hell will?

 

Bad motherboard? Few years old but not too crazy, some evil software on my PC maybe? only thing I installed recently is MSI kombustor and unigine superposition, so I could work on overclocking my card. Of course thats on hold because I had to swap out my PSU, and now this audio issue...

 

Edit: I gave google a try again and found this (see SS), mine was set to 0% so I googled recommended which is 5, and set it to 5, maybe this is the issue.

Testing this now.

[OnionRings]

0 positive results. Tried processor state, tried disabling all but headphones in device manager, tried many many suggestions on google nothing is working.

[problemsolver]

On 3/6/2023 at 9:30 PM, OnionRings said:

I am wondering if my faulty power supply is the cause? I had another post where we narrowed down my PSU is faulty, so im currently waiting on a new one, could that be causing the audio issue too?

A faulty power supply could 100% cause that issue.  The new GPU probably puts much more load on the PSU, and could be causing electromagnetic interference (EMI) which is easily picked up by integrated audio.  I would wait for the new PSU before you try to troubleshoot further.

[OnionRings]

On 3/11/2023 at 1:14 AM, problemsolver said:

A faulty power supply could 100% cause that issue.  The new GPU probably puts much more load on the PSU, and could be causing electromagnetic interference (EMI) which is easily picked up by integrated audio.  I would wait for the new PSU before you try to troubleshoot further.

Moving any future discussion to my newest post