PC crashing with static

[Zero158adf]

So my PC has been crashing with a loud static coming out of the headphones. My friend has told me that it is some audio drivers but im not too sure.

[LinuxTek]

We need system specs for diagnoses.

[Howitz]

what is your ram configuration? if you have two sticks on dual channel then remove 1, try for a while and if it crash, try the other one. it's what fixed it for me...

[Zero158adf]

On 9/23/2018 at 9:22 PM, Howitz said:

what is your ram configuration? if you have two sticks on dual channel then remove 1, try for a while and if it crash, try the other one. it's what fixed it for me...

 

On 9/23/2018 at 8:50 PM, LinuxTek said:

We need system specs for diagnoses.

Bumping this post because I was gone for a little bit. Sorry guys. 

 

My system specs are: 

- I7 6700k 3.40 GHz

- MSI GTX 980 Armor 2x OC 

- ASUS Z170‑PRO GAMING Motherboard

- ATM-600FB 600W 80 Power Supply

- WD Blue 1TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache

- Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO

 

I'm not sure what you mean by "ram configuration" but both sticks are on the same side of the motherboard if that helps.

[Opencircuit74]

1 hour ago, Zero158adf said:

 

I'm not sure what you mean by "ram configuration" but both sticks are on the same side of the motherboard if that helps.

He means taking one of the sticks of RAM and putting it into a different slot. Like this.

 

Also try taking one stick out and putting it in the first slot (closest to CPU), seeing if it crashes, and try the other. This should help determine if a stick is bad.

[Howitz]

Run each 1 of your sricks alone independently, i suspect it won't crash with one of them while it will with the other.

[Zero158adf]

I'll try this, thanks. Another thing I've heard people saying is that some of my audio drivers are conflicting with each other and thats whats causing the crashes but I dont really know. I have realtek and ASIOall drivers if that is any help. (I will see if the RAM switching works!)

 

I use a AT2020 with an audio interface and a hyperx headset.

[Zero158adf]

On 10/1/2018 at 9:24 PM, Opencircuit74 said:

He means taking one of the sticks of RAM and putting it into a different slot. Like this.

 

Also try taking one stick out and putting it in the first slot (closest to CPU), seeing if it crashes, and try the other. This should help determine if a stick is bad.

 

On 10/1/2018 at 10:08 PM, Howitz said:

Run each 1 of your sricks alone independently, i suspect it won't crash with one of them while it will with the other.

So I did this and it still happened. I'm not really sure what else the issue could be. I've heard people have had issues with asio drivers but thats the only lead i have so far..

[Zero158adf]

Okay guys, so my ram isnt the issue, I checked using memtest64 and there were no errors. So that is ruled out. Also, my pc had one of those crashes after I switched them out twice.

 

My next guess is that it could be my PSU or motherboard drivers/audio drivers.

[Zero158adf]

how can i check if audio drivers are the issue?