Windows 10: Laptop Sound Crackling and Popping (with speakers and headphones)

Hello all,

I don't usually post in these forums, but the problem I have is driving me absolutely crazy, and I don't have the luxury to drop off my laptop at a repair place for 1+ week.

The problem is basically what I said in the title. I'm using an Asus Q525, Windows 10, and whenever I play any kind of sound on my laptop, either headphones plugged in or not, there's this really annoying cracking sound that sometimes is bearable because it's soft, but sometimes it's really noticeable and I can't listen to anything. I know it's a laptop problem and not my headphones because my headphones work just fine with other devices.

I tried pretty much all of the troubleshooting tips I already found online. Since I'm no techie, I really don't want to open up my laptop to find out the hardware issue. Here's a laundry list of things I tried:

- Updating my audio driver
- Changing sound format to 16 bit DVD Quality
- Disabling sound enhancement
- Uninstalling Realtek High Defn Audio from device manager and installing High Defn Audio (not Realtek)
(I had to give up on this one because no sound refused to play after I did this, so I reverted back to Realtek)
- Changing power settings so that the min processor state is set at 100%.

Literally nothing works. When I did the 4th bullet point (after I reinstalled Realtek), the problem actually seemed to go away but it came right back after 5 mins or so. I'd very much appreciate any help.

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Laptop Speakers

My laptop speakers and headphones are working, its just that whenever I am using my headphones and not my speakers. The speakers on my laptop will sometimes make a crackle or pop sound.

 

Help! Acer laptop crackling sound with headphones

Hi,

The crackling sound from your device when using headphones can be due to either hardware or software related issues. To isolate your concern, we'd like to ask the following:

• Have you made any changes on your device prior to your concern?
• What other troubleshooting steps have you performed to resolve your concern?
• Have you tried using a different headphones? If yes, did you encounter the same issue?

As an initial step we suggest that you update your sound driver to eliminate any issues related to faulty or outdated drivers. To do this, you can follow the steps provided on this

link on how to update your device drivers.

We're looking forward to your response.

 

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Hello,

My laptop has developed a very annoying crackling noise in the right speaker as of late. I started noticing it as I was listening to some music on it, and then it gradually got worse and worse to the point that I couldn't bear it any more. I do not get this problem when I wear headphones, it's just the right speaker acting up. The laptop is new (less than two months old) and still under warranty. At the moment I have turned the speaker off and I am only running off the left one when not using headphones. If anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate it. Also, I don't think it's driver related because the left speaker works flawlessly and I don't get the same annoying crackling sounds when using headphones.