ga-x58a-ud3r REV 2.0 Sound Issues

[Guradem]

Hi all,

I am having a huge problem with sound quality on my new ga-x58a-ud3r mobo.  I keep getting a constant clicking noise and slowing down of sound whenever I use a audio application like spotify or watch a move on you tube. 

So far I have tried the following remedies :

Tried a different set of Headphones
Updated Sound card, chipset, SATA, Raid and ATAPI drivers
Tried various BIOS versions (FA11,16,18 Fc1) 
Replaced the sound card
Added sound playing applications to MS Security essentials exception list
Changed MS Security essentials to a completely different VS
Turned off power saver options in BIOS (CE1)
Removed 2nd GFX card
Turn off W7 indexing & Areo

My system spec is as follows.

Summary
Operating System
MS Windows 7 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 930 @ 2.80GHz 49 °C
Bloomfield 45nm Technology
RAM
12.0GB Triple-Channel DDR3 @ 764MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. X58A-UD3R (Socket 1366)
Graphics
DELL 2407WFP @ 1920x1200
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
Hard Drives
1171GB FUJITSU MARVELL Raid VD 0 ATA Device (IDE)
Optical Drives
Optiarc DVD RW AD-7170S ATA Device
Audio
SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio (PCI)
Driver : LB_1_04_0900

Thanks for any help in advance

[Dark Mantis]

Hi and welcome to the forum.
 
I think your problem is caused by latency. If you download and run DPCLatency checker and then try it for a while and then post on here again with your results.

http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml

[Peteruk]

Ok here's a test remove the SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio card try the on board sound any clicking from that?

[Guradem]

Hi and welcome to the forum.
 
I think your problem is caused by latency. If you download and run DPCLatency checker and then try it for a while and then post on here again with your results.

http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml

Thanks for the reply but I have already checked with DPC and its reports no latency issues what so ever.

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/1138/latu.jpg

[Guradem]

Ok here's a test remove the SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio card try the on board sound any clicking from that?

I have tried with both a new SB card and removing it totally and using the on-bored realtec audio card. The problem occurs with both but to a lesser extent with the  on-bored card.       

[Peteruk]

Is the computer near a phone or other electrical stuff?

Can you try another PSU? It might be feed back from the ground connections.

[Guradem]

Is the computer near a phone or other electrical stuff?

Can you try another PSU? It might be feed back from the ground connections.

I have another PSU I tried and it produced the same clicking sound and the system is not close to nay other electrical device.

[Peteruk]

If you strip the system to the minimum do you get it then?

Not sure how your HDD is setup with what you posted but you might want to try installing windows on another drive by the Intel SATA port or try to RAID your drives on the Intel ports.

If your still getting clicking noises I can only think theirs something wrong with that motherboard.

[Dark Mantis]

You may find that it is not the computer at all but a bad earth circuit in the ring main of your house. Of course it could be any part of the ground circuit in the computer as well.