re: Crackling Sounds Friday, April 7, 2006 at 7:54 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Malcolm Fowler (1736 messages posted) The crackling sound is most likely due to a poor connection somehere in the sound hardware or possibly electrical interference. If it does it with both on board and Sound blaster systems then I would suspect your amplified speakers or amplifier (whatever your setup is). Have you tried connecting the headphones directly to the sound card (if that is not already the case)? If the crackling is present at the sound card outlet and you are sure that the headphones are "good" then it gets a little more confusing/complex! All I can suggest is a methodical approach to try and isolate the source... On Friday, April 7, 2006 at 7:06 pm, sean wrote: > I seem to be having a problem with my sound card. Whenever I am listening to music >and surfing the web or even playing a game I constantly get a crackling sound from >my speakers/headphones. Especiall when I scroll up or down on web pages and such. >It also make little beeping sounds like r2d2!!! Does anyone know what this may be. >My sound card is a Soundblaster live 5.1 digital. I also have this problem if I use >the on baord sound card that is actually disabled right now because it uses too many >system resources. Written in response to: Crackling Sounds (sean: Friday, April 7, 2006 at 7:06 pm) Responses to this message: re: Crackling Sounds (sean: Friday, April 7, 2006 at 8:13 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Crackling Sounds (sean: Fri, Apr 7, 2006, 7:06 pm) re: Crackling Sounds (Malcolm Fowler: Fri, Apr 7, 2006, 7:54 pm) re: Crackling Sounds (sean: Fri, Apr 7, 2006, 8:13 pm) re: Crackling Sounds (Malcolm Fowler: Fri, Apr 7, 2006, 11:58 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum