Windows 10: Popping/Crackling Sound Issue

Hi everyone. I've been dealing with the crackling issue for the last 6 months. I haven't found any solution yet. This is starting to drive me crazy. When I play a game or listen to music, a crackling sound suddenly starts to bother me. If you guys can help me solving this issue for me, I'd be very happy and thankful.About the hardware:+ The headset is connected to PC with a USB dongle. So the headset is wireless. Corsair VOID Elite RGB Wireless+ I don't use any USB extension cables for the dongle.PC Specs if needed:Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B450M-KCPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 1650

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Having issues with crackling/popping audio on W10

Hi. So I've been having a hard time trying to resolve an issue with crackling and popping audio that's been plaguing me for quite some time now. The crackling is only present when sound/music is playing. If nothing is running or playing then there is 0 crackling
or popping. When I move the volume slider up and down in Youtube or Spotify the crackling can be heard clearly. Same goes for playing and pausing a video and audio. All of which where not present until I updated to a newer version of Windows (1903). I have
since updated my Windows to 2004 and the issue is still present.

I've tried all the steps listed here at https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/help/4520288/windows-10-fix-sound-problems. None of
them have worked. I tried using different headphones and even a pair of speakers. All of them produced the same crackling. I tried testing this with a laptop that I keep with me which also happens to run the same version of Windows 10. Same crackling and popping
whenever I listen to music or play games.

I'd like to provide a link to a sound file as another example of this
here via a game's wiki page. Prior to these issues there was no pop. Following a series of updates beginning with Windows version 1903, a crackling/popping sound can consistently be heard at the tail end of this sound file and many, many others across different
games and applications.

I've tried tweaking and reverting settings in the registry regarding settings such as "PerformanceIdleTime" with no sucess. I've also tried disabling/enabling Dynamic Tick and using DISM command prompts such as "dism
/online /cleanup-image /restorehealth" with no luck.

At this point I feel like I've exhausted all possible solutions and I'm out of ideas. I'm hoping that someone who is more knowledgeable than me might know what my problem is and help me find a solution
to this rather frustrating problem. Thanks in advance.

 

Sound Popping/Crackling

Hello E-Berger,

I'm John an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft user like you. I realized you're upset and I understand you're having problem with your sound popping/crackling issue. Did you made some changes to your computer?

Kindly perform the compiled methods to fix your sound issues.

UPDATE AUDIO DRIVER

Press Windows+X

Select Device Manager

In the Device Manager, click on the arrow next to ‘Sound, video and game controllers’ to expand it.

Right-click on your audio driver and select Update driver. Follow the on-screen instructions to update the driver. Once updated, restart your PC. Hopefully, the audio is restored on your PC.

ROLL BACK DRIVER

Press Windows+X

Select Device Manager

In the Device Manager, click on the arrow next to ‘Sound, video and game controllers’ to expand it.

Right-click on your audio driver and select Properties. Go to the Driver tab and choose Roll Back Driver. Complete the process using the on-screen instructions.

restart your PC

UNINSTALL DRIVER

Press Windows+X

Select Device Manager

In the Device Manager, click on the arrow next to ‘Sound, video and game controllers’ to expand it.

Right-click on your audio driver and select Uninstall device. Follow the on-screen instructions to uninstall the driver. Once uninstall, restart your PC. Check whether the realtek comeback in Device Manager. Test the sound again.

TROUBLESHOOT SOUND

Method 1: From Sound Icon

Right-click on the Speaker/Headphone icon in the taskbar of your PC. Select Troubleshoot sound problems. The troubleshooting process will begin.

Method 2: From Settings

If for some reason, the ‘Troubleshoot sound problems’ option isn’t available in the taskbar, you can start it from settings too. For that, follow these steps:

Step 1: Open Windows settings from Start Menu or press Windows + I shortcut.

Step 2: Click on Update & Security followed by Troubleshoot in the left panel.

Step 3: Under Troubleshoot, click on Playing Audio in the right panel. Then hit the Run the troubleshooter button.

Method 3: From Search

Click on the search icon in your taskbar and type troubleshoot. Click on the Troubleshoot settings option. That will directly take you to the troubleshooting window. Click on Playing Audio and hit the Run the troubleshooter button.

CHECK DEFAULT SPEAKER

If you have multiple speakers, you need to set the one that you are using as the default one. Sometimes, after updating Windows, this setting changes, resulting in no sound. To fix it, follow these steps:

Step 1: Search for Control Panel using the search option in the taskbar.

Step 2: In Control Panel, click on Sound.

Step 3: Under the Playback tab, make sure your speakers are set as default. A green tick on them indicates that they are the default. If they aren’t, click on it once and select Set Default at the bottom.

You make check the below article to fix your Sound Issues.

Fix sound problems in Windows 10

https://support.microsoft.com/en-ph/help/452028...

How to Fix Crackling or Popping Sound on a Windows PC

https://www.howtogeek.com/285429/how-to-fix-cra...

I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any further concerns.

Sincerely



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Crackling/Popping sounds on Windows 10

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I understand that you are getting crackling sound while playing back music in Windows.

I would suggest you to follow the steps and check if it helps:

Method 1:

Let’s run the audio playback troubleshooter and check if that helps. Follow these steps to run the troubleshooter.

• Click on the search icon below and type
  Troubleshooting.
• Then click on the Troubleshooting on the top of the Window.
• Under hardware and sound, click or tap troubleshoot audio play back.

Method 2:

Download and install the drivers in Windows compatibility mode.

• Download the drivers from the manufacturer’s website.
• Right-click on the driver and click on ‘properties’.
• Click on the ‘compatibility’ tab and check the box ‘Run this program in compatibility mode for’ and select operating system from the drop down.
• Click on ‘Apply’ and click ‘OK’ and run the file to install it.

Hope this information is helpful. Please do let us know if you need further assistance with Windows, we’ll be glad to assist you.