Windows 10: Pops and crackling in audio when using audio interface.

Hello. I'm experiencing pops and crackling when using an audio interface in my laptop. The interface is theAudient iD14, and I believe it's not a hardware problem with it, because it works perfectly well in my home's PC same cable used, same headphones, etc.. The audio artifacts happen in daily use web browsing, playing music and intensify when I'm using a DAW Ableton Live 10. They seem to follow a pattern, starting with little pops and ramping up to a completely distorted sound before abruptly going back to normal. The weirdest thing for me is that rarely, once in 4-5 days or so, I boot the laptop and the interface's audio works fine until I turn it off or restart it. When this happens, dpclat.exe still reports yellow bars between 1000µs and 2000µs. Video and cursor movement are not affected by whatever the problem is. I already tried to update the BIOS and drivers through Device Manager and did some other basic stuff, so now I'm looking forward to a more technical insight you guys can give me. Any help is greatly appreciated!

• LAPTOP: ASUS A515-52G-522z
• CPU: Intel Core i5-8265 1.6GHz up to 3.9GHz
• RAM: 8GB DDR4 CMD reports the manufacturer as 0194
• GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 620 and NVIDIA GeForce MX130
• OS: Windows 10 Home Version 1909 64bit
• What was original installed OS on system? Windows 10 Home
• Is the OS an OEM version came pre-installed on system or full retail version YOU purchased it from retailer?It came pre-installed
• Age of system? 3 months
• Have you re-installed the OS? No
• Is driver verifier enabled or disabled? Disabled
• What security software are you using? Windows Defender
• Are you using proxy, vpn, ipfilters or similar software? No
• Are you using Disk Image tools? No
• Are you currently under/overclocking? No. Are there overclocking software installed on your system? No

• Speccy link
• trace.etl link Google Drive
• More info link Google Drive LatencyMon report, DxDiag and msinfo32.

If I'm missing any files or information that would help, please let me know.

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Audio Popping

Hi guys,

Anyone have any idea the main causes of popping crackling audio from on-board audio?
My computer has only just started doing this and it happens in both the front and back audio jacks with different headphones.

 

Audio Pop/Stutter/Crackle When Stopping Audio

I've been having this issue for the past two days, and I've tried everything to no avail.
Basically this is the issue:
I get a pop/crackle when I suddenly stop audio.
What I'm running:

• Schiit Uber Stack.
• Win 10 PC.

What I've tried:

• Tried onboard audio, still get the problem.
• Tried onboard audio on both my PC and laptop, still get the problem.
• Tried my stack on both PC and laptop, still get the problem.
• Tried using a DPC latency checker, everything seems fine there.
• Tried different headphones just in case, wasn't the issue.
• Tried changing audio format, still get the problem.
• +literally tried 99 other things *Tongue

That pop is happening when I suddenly stop the sound effect. I get that pop when a Windows notification shows up. My friend's voice on Discord also pops every couple of seconds (100% sure it's not his mic).
Any help is appreciated!
(Just to clarify, I made sure it's not a hardware issue, so something within Win 10 is screwing with me)

I WILL LITERALLY PAYPAL ANYONE WHO FINDS ME A SOLUTION $10 *chuckle

(Yup, I'm losing my mind and I'm that desperate lol)

 

Crackling audio. Skyrim + other games

USB headphones have never been kind to me. They always hiss, pop and crackle. The fact that you can hear it when no audio is being played suggests it's a power /connection issue.

Do you have any 3.5mm or RCA based headphones you can try?