Windows 10: [SOLVED] FIX POPPING SOUND/CRACKLING ON ACER ASPIRE 7 WINDOWS 11

Hey guys,2 weeks ago i just picked acer aspire 7 with specs intel i5 12450h gtx 1650, i had problem with popping/crackling sound when playback youtube or other music when unplugged/ battery mode, while i check with Latencymon it has very high value. I was tough it caused by parked cpu by hybrid architecture alder lake or windows 11 bug. I search solution and try every article in community but never find it. Today i try installing Iobit driver booster then install some update driver like:Battery Driver/ACPI SurfaceIntel Sound TechnologyIntel Management Engineand other system devices update.Then

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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As an initial step we suggest that you update your sound driver to eliminate any issues related to faulty or outdated drivers.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.

 

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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Realtek crackling sound on Windows 7

It works fine with Vista. Googling "Realtek sound crackling Windows 7" brings up plenty of other people reporting the same issue. Seems that 7/8 have an issue with some Vista-era hardware.