X58A-UD3R (2.0) Crackling and cyclic audio noise

[phaid]

Hi all,
     I am using a Creative card with latest drivers and have the onboard audio disabled, and when gaming get static, crackles and cyclic pulse noise, the bios is an FA. If needed I can post the rest of the system spec. 930 I7 proc. Any fixes? I was thinking I should uninstall realtek drivers?

[Dark Mantis]

Try runnning DPCLatency Checker and if you get any red bars you have a latency problem. The other thing that is possible is if you have a bad earth connection. It could even be your ring main.

[phaid]

I scarfed  DPCLatency Checker from a post of yours =-)   (thanks) will run this evening. RING MAIN? wut duh? All prior builds have been good power wise - I have a Hospital grade outlet- P.C.Power and cooling 750 silencer. WUT DIS RING MAIN YOU SPEAK O?

[Dark Mantis]

Yes sorry for forgetting to include the link for the latency checker.

The ring main is the electrrical supply lines that are built into the house. The main electric supply. Sometimes the earth(ground) connection fails and you can get build up of static elecricity which can give the symptoms you describe. The same happens if you have a bad ground connection from the computer to the mains.

[phaid]

Np, Mr. DM- I had got it from you through someone else's post. I am a former audiophile and was deep into it- the house electric is good. The case on the other hand...? I wonder if the little plug in speaker could be acting as a microphone? One way to find out- remove it. Also on former rigs- last three builds were Gigabyte boards- I had a ECCI pedal directly grounded to the case- I'll try that also. As the Wife sez; Mad Scientist mode. I'm thankful that I haven't run into any of the other problems people have been having ( knock on wood).

[Dark Mantis]

No I am sure you will be fine once we sort out this little problem. I will be interested to see what sort of response you get from running the latency checker.

[phaid]

There for sure is a ton of drivers loaded that probably aren't necessary- the realtek stuff could go, the sata drivers that aren't being used- I used the install disk install all and then updated again- so who knows?  Thanks  a bunch for your input and I will be getting back with the results when I get home to Rigzilla.

[Dark Mantis]

If you are still having problems a comprehensive list of your hardware would help next time.

[phaid]

Hi!
  Was unable to post/login to Forum from either one of my home rigs over the weekend for some reason. Will post all specs and results of latency test later- lantency test was straight green line- no red at all. I removed the little plug in speaker, and it seemed to go away, also disabled the realtek through Windows- has always been disabled in bios. I'm not getting the cycle noise at all now, and static still but no where near as bad. Have grounded case to ECCI pedal, was thinking of getting case off the floor- first rig with power supply @ bottom of case. Mechanical or cyber, that is the question.

[Dark Mantis]

Sometimes you can't beat good old experimentation. Let us know if there is anything specific we can help with.