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my a headset sound like a campfire when moving windows around. driver or hardware?

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Accepted solution by Joon Vos — oh ive been there lol roll back the audio driver in Device Manager Properties Driver Roll Back Driver , or install the previous package…
  1. Theo Olsen
    @theoo155

    guys pls help calls with clients now come with a free percussion track 😤 My audio craclkes when moving windows around, through a headset, and started right after a driver update.

    USB Audio Device Properties

    USB Audio Device Properties
Device status:
This device cannot start. (Code 10)

{Operation Failed}
The requested operation was unsuccessful.

    Ive disabled all the sound enhancements i could find, set the power plan to High performance, and rebooted. Its a little better, not gone. Is there a way to see which driver is causing delays? Ive heard about DPC latency but have no idea how to measure it properly. im about to throw this thing out the window lol

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  2. Freya Nolan
    @freya_voxel

    wait does teh crackle happen in Safe Mode or with all other apps closed? ?

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  3. Ivan V.
    @ivan.vance68

    @diego_binary-2pk thank u this worked!! owe u a beer 🍺

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  5. Joon Vos
    @jvos_30

    run LatencyMon for 10 to 15 minutes while reproducing the crackle. look at Highest reported DPC routine execution time and which driver it names. network, storage and GPU drivers are common culprits, not only teh audio driver. fingers crossed 🤞

    the real fix was the friends we made along the way

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  6. Pia L.
    @pia_packet

    page 1 lets gooo

    lol

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  7. Pia L.
    @pia_packet

    open mmsys.cpl > your playback device > Properties > Advanced 🙏 try a different default format (for example 24-bit, 48000 Hz vs 16-bit, 44100 Hz) and untcik Allow applications to take exclusive control as a test. also check the Enhancements tab and disable them. good luck man!

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  8. Diego Mori
    @diego_binary-2pk

    If LatencyMon points to the GPU driver, try a clean GPU driver install with DDU. Bad GPU driver DPCs commonly show up as audio crackle.

    at this point my GPU cost more than my car lol

    lol

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  9. Joon Vos
    @jvos_30

    wait what everyone keeps saying this but nobody posts proof, same issue here on my old thinkpad, glad im not the only one

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  10. Diego Mori
    @diego_binary-2pk

    lol same thing happened to me set the power plan to High performance or Balanced with Processor power management > Minimum processor state rasied... aggressive CPU power saving causes buffer underruns that sound like crackle.

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  12. Joon Vos
    @jvos_30
    in reply to @bea.demir Accepted solution

    oh ive been there lol roll back the audio driver in Device Manager > Properties > Driver > Roll Back Driver, or install the previous package from teh device or motherboard makers support page. If the crackle disappears, uve confirmed it. fingers crossed 🤞

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  13. Tomas Reyes
    @binaryowl-1kk

    @pia_packet works on paper, not in real life idk maybe im wrong lol

    lol

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  14. Theo Olsen
    @theoo155
    in reply to @jvos_30

    @jvos_30 rolled back Sound Blaster R3 Driver to the previous package and teh audio is clean again.. 😤 will wait for a newer release before updating.

    the real fix was the friends we made along the way

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