GA-X58A-UD3R (Rev 2.0) - Audio Crackling/Static

[Dark Mantis]

I understand totally how you feel, we have all had days or even weeks like that    I am just sorry that you had to find a duff board. Have you tried turning off all the background programs(often it is Gigabytes freebies that can cause a problem)?

[ak1nza]

I got my board replaced by my vendor at the recommendation of Gigabyte Tech Support and have had no issues at all with the new board.  Defects happen, and I'm not turned off by it or anything.  Still think it's a great board!

Thanks for the help here and I hope anyone else with any issues gets theirs resolved!

-A

[Dark Mantis]

Another good result. Must be Gigabyte' s day. Good news though.

[reinier]

I also am experiencing crackling because of DPC latency 

my details:
GA-X58A-UD3R Rev 1.0
i7 920
using onboard sound.

using DPC Latency checker:
dpc latency went down after i restart and also stayed away a little longer when i flashed bios and installed all the latest drivers but it keeps coming back.

should i ask for a replacement board?

[Dark Mantis]

I think that it would be prudent to try and find the cause of it first otherwise even with a new board you could still find you have the problem.
You need to go into Device Manager and disable anything not necessary for the running of the machine. Next go into Task Manager and turn off all the processes that are not critical to the runnning of the system. Then check the latency and see if it is stopped. If so then you can start re-instating the devices until you find the culprit.

[LoveDuckie]

Hi,

I've been having the same problem that's been stated by the OP in this thread and I found this post through Google.

Most recently howver the audio for me in Duke Nukem Forever started crackling and I figured enough was enough and I should go about sorting this out.

Although FB11 seems to be the one that fixed it for Rev 2.0 boards, the most recent one that I can see on the Supports & Downloads page for the motherboard on the Gigabyte site is now FF (non-BETA).

Would it be best to go for the hailed FB11 or go for the FF version of the BIOS?

Thanks, and sorry if I necro'd this thread. I figured it would be more relevant to post on a thread that was in context to my problem than to start a completely new one.

[Dark Mantis]

Hi and welcome to the Gigabyte Forum.

The latest BIOS will have all the features of earlier BIOS versions too so it shopuld be te better update. However if you have a big jump between the one you have now and the one you want to reach it is better to do it in a few steps.

If that doesn't fix your problem try checking for latency.

Download and run dpclatency checker from  http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml

Turn off disk indexing

Turn off all non essential programs and services

Disable all non essential devices in Device Manager

[LoveDuckie]

Hey,

Thank you for the response on such an old thread.

I will go about testing out my box for latency.

If it is struggling from that, what would be the solution?

[Dark Mantis]

If you have any columns in the red section then you have a latency problem. You can try what I have already listed above as a start.

Also the problem is easilly fixed but finding the culprit can be more troublesome. Latency is caused by bad programming generally. There are various rules for how a program should access the core and if it doesn't follow these rules it can result in the core not being released for the next operation and this causes a bottleneck that backs up. The biggest headache from our perspective is that we have to find the rogue program/driver.

The best way to tackle this is to go to Task Manager and then in the Processes section stop all the processes that are not required for Windows to run. If you do this one at a time until you find the one that is causing the trouble. Then depending on what it is as to how you tackle the repair.

If none of that works you would need to go to Device Manager and disable all the devices not needed to run the system. Then you can enable them one at a time and again see which one causes the problem.

Have fun!

[Drizqel]

Holy Thread revival batman!

I recently bought this motherboard so I can try out one of those really cheap second hand Intel Xeon 5670 cpus (6 core for £50) and had the same issue. How I fixed the issue was to remove the blue plate from the Northbridge heathsink and attach a 60mm fan to it. I knew this was the thing causing the sound problems as the temps for it were going to 95 degrees. Now they are at 60 degrees on full load and no crackling. Really poor motherboard design as it seems to have only been designed for the stock Intel cooler which would have ccoled the northbridge easily with the air coming down and to the sides.

Overalll very happy with this motherboard. £40 for the motherboard second hand, £50 for the 6 core Xeon (which I now have at 4 ghz) and £30 for 8GB 1600 Ram. Great bargain!