System audio clipping

[ManEatingFridge]

Hey

 

I have an issue with my system audio. I don't know if Skype causes it but I notice it during Skype sessions.

What happens is my audio just cuts off for about a second or so, this meaning that I recive no audio into my headphones and the guys in Skype said they cant hear me during this time as well. Once the second or so is over I can hear the audio that I missed and this happens once every 20sec with variations.

Specs:

Focusrite Scarlett Solo 2nd Gen > Sennheiser HD 380 Pro as headphones and MXL V67 MD1 from Massdrop as mic

• CPU
  AMD FX-8350
• GPU
  MSI Gaming GTX 770 2GB (Overclocked)
• RAM
  Kingston HyperX Beast 1600 MHz 8GB Dual-Channel
• Motherboard
  Asrock Fatal1ty 990FX Killer
• Case
  Corsair Air 540
• Storage
  WD Black 1TB HDD
• PSU
  Corsair CX750M

CPU is at like 50C and GPU at 70 C

 

Wtf is happening to my audio and how do I stop it.

Halp pls.

[Palden]

Had this issue as well, you need to go into your BIOS and turn off all power saving and CPU Idle settings, otherwise your DPC is too high for your computer to seamlessly "stream" data to your Audio device

 

I would check using DPC Checker located here ---> http://www.thesycon.de/eng/latency_check.shtml

 

Also don't forget to update your Audio Drivers manually

[.Apex.]

I had this problem when something was connected to USB 3.0 and up.. i forgot how i fixed it unfortunately, do what Palden said.. DPC Checker and post results back 

[ManEatingFridge]

@Palden @syn2112

Okay so DPC Checker showed me that the latency was constantly in the red and it peaked when the audio clipped and went back down to yellow-ish for awhile. I went into BIOS but haven't found any power saving settings per se.

In the bios I found something called Cool 'n 'Quiet and Core C6 Mode. Is it safe to disable these? And on a side note should I use the fast boot or ultra fast boot functionality. 

 

[.Apex.]

You can disable C6 mode and Cool and Quiet, those just underclock the CPU whenever it's not under heavy load or when idle to save power, i dont know about fast boot and ultra fast boot

[ManEatingFridge]

So I updated my drivers and turned off C6 and Cool 'n 'Quiet and the DPC latency dropped from about 1500 to a steady 500 and all seems well for now.

Ty for the help @Palden @syn2112