Audio Crackling

[Ian.Pessagno]

Recently out of nowhere, I turned my PC on and the volume did not appear to work. I opened up chrome and went to YouTube to put on music to see what the problem was. I still could not get any sound, I usually kept my system volume around 12-20 out of the maximum 100 because it was VERY loud. After hearing no music coming from the YouTube player, I moved my system volume slider to 100 and finally heard sound but the bass was crackly and when there were audio spikes it would crackle the audio until it was inaudible. I thought the problem was coming from my cable so I swicthed the cable to my headphones and replaced them with a spare AUX and connected them through there, no luck. I then changed the headphones themselves, no luck. I even plugged in my Bose Sound-link III via AUX and still no luck. After making sure it was not the output device that was faulty I then moved to software, I re-installed my BIOS audio (Realtek High Defintion Audio) on my x99 MSI mpower and tried the same test again on various platforms such as games, youtube, soundcloud, still the same high crackle at 100% volume that left music and games unbearable to listen too. All these test were done through my front 3.5 mm Headphone Jack. I then plugged in my headphones into the blue jack on the back of my Desktop (directly to my Mobo) and the volume seemed to work perfectly although now normal audio levels were from 35-50 rather than the old 12-20. I wanted to ask the LTT community if you had encountered a similar problem and had any idea how to fix it? I was thinking maybe a short circuit somewhere leading o my from panel audio connector jack? I will try to reinstall some drivers and see if there are any interfering GPU drivers and see if that changed anything. Input and help would be much appreciated, thanks!!!

 

 

System Specs Are:

 

CPU: i7 5820k

GPU: Nvidia Gtx 960

Ram: Ballistix 16 gb

Mobo: MSI x99 mpowerA

SSD: Samsung EVO 850 (500 gb)

Case: NZXT H440, Razer Edition

CPU Cooler: Corsair 100i liquid cpu cooler

 

 

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