Sound card crackling

spidertothefly · 04-09-2008, 11:27 AM

I get a pop/hiss/crackling sound like the prickle back in the days of vynil on all the sound that comes out of my laptop. It happens using the laptop speakers or other speakers, and seems to only happen when i boot in Vista (i have dual booted xp and vista). I've updated the REALTEK HIGH DEFINITION AUDIO driver to the latest version from the realtek website, it seemed to make the crackle sound different but not go away. Before i updated the driver, the crackle noise was more severe when i had the aero 3D animation on in vista, or whenever there was particular strain on the graphics IGP (SIS Mirage 3 on which i also updated the driver) Now however, after updating the sound diver, the crackle seems random and not relative to the strain on the graphics card BUT when audio is playing, the graphics seem jumpy. I am wondering if the only reason the sound is fine in XP is because there is not much strain on the graphics card, but it seems to happen now even with aero turned off in vista and audio is fine when running direct3D tests in XP

My ADVENT 9415 laptop has:
2gb DDR2 ram
intel pentium dual core 1.6ghz

**Fox** · 04-09-2008, 05:27 PM

I had the same problem with this on my Acer laptop. I just uninstalled the realtek driver and let windows use its own version, and it was a little better. But I was never happy with the signal to noise ratio and the noise floor- if I turned the volume up enough on the receiver I outputted to, I could hear the interference from whatever hardware was adjacent to the sound card on the motherboard.

spidertothefly · 04-12-2008, 02:44 PM

Hmm, anyone have any ideas what in vista causes this that i can turn off?

**Fox** · 04-13-2008, 12:19 AM

I guess I was just talking to myself then. Good luck.

jakedavi · 04-15-2008, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fox

I had the same problem with this on my Acer laptop. I just uninstalled the realtek driver and let windows use its own version, and it was a little better. But I was never happy with the signal to noise ratio and the noise floor- if I turned the volume up enough on the receiver I outputted to, I could hear the interference from whatever hardware was adjacent to the sound card on the motherboard.

spidertothefly this is your answer!

04-09-2008, 11:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
spidertothefly Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 6 OS: Vista/XP/Various Linux Distributions	Sound card crackling I get a pop/hiss/crackling sound like the prickle back in the days of vynil on all the sound that comes out of my laptop. It happens using the laptop speakers or other speakers, and seems to only happen when i boot in Vista (i have dual booted xp and vista). I've updated the REALTEK HIGH DEFINITION AUDIO driver to the latest version from the realtek website, it seemed to make the crackle sound different but not go away. Before i updated the driver, the crackle noise was more severe when i had the aero 3D animation on in vista, or whenever there was particular strain on the graphics IGP (SIS Mirage 3 on which i also updated the driver) Now however, after updating the sound diver, the crackle seems random and not relative to the strain on the graphics card BUT when audio is playing, the graphics seem jumpy. I am wondering if the only reason the sound is fine in XP is because there is not much strain on the graphics card, but it seems to happen now even with aero turned off in vista and audio is fine when running direct3D tests in XP My ADVENT 9415 laptop has: 2gb DDR2 ram intel pentium dual core 1.6ghz

04-09-2008, 05:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
Fox TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NJ Posts: 7,752 OS: XP Pro, CentOS My System	Re: Sound card crackling I had the same problem with this on my Acer laptop. I just uninstalled the realtek driver and let windows use its own version, and it was a little better. But I was never happy with the signal to noise ratio and the noise floor- if I turned the volume up enough on the receiver I outputted to, I could hear the interference from whatever hardware was adjacent to the sound card on the motherboard. __________________ Antec Neo Power 500W, ABIT IP35-E, Intel E2180@2.66Ghz, Corsair XMS2 2x1GB DDR2-800, PNY 8800GT, 320GB Seagate * lazy college student alert *- If I've inadvertently ignored a thread, please Let me know about it Have I helped you solve your problem? Donate to Techsupportforums Klart Skepp!

04-12-2008, 02:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
spidertothefly Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 6 OS: Vista/XP/Various Linux Distributions	Re: Sound card crackling Hmm, anyone have any ideas what in vista causes this that i can turn off?

04-13-2008, 12:19 AM	#4 (permalink)
Fox TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NJ Posts: 7,752 OS: XP Pro, CentOS My System	Re: Sound card crackling I guess I was just talking to myself then. Good luck. __________________ Antec Neo Power 500W, ABIT IP35-E, Intel E2180@2.66Ghz, Corsair XMS2 2x1GB DDR2-800, PNY 8800GT, 320GB Seagate * lazy college student alert *- If I've inadvertently ignored a thread, please Let me know about it Have I helped you solve your problem? Donate to Techsupportforums Klart Skepp!