Audigy 2 zs crackling noise

DjFluidz · Sep 12, 2005, 11:07 AM

Hi there,

I've had my Audigy 2 card for a few months, ive got it softmodded to the audigy 4 using youpax. Ive noticed a problem which happens after about 2 hours of use. Sometimes randomly, but each time I restart the pc and the problem goes away.

The issue im having is a crackling sound , like foil burning coming from the speakers, ive tried several tactics (headphones, 2.1) and it seems to be coming from the sound card. Its not that bad, but its certainly irritating as i work producing music.

I took the sound card out from the PcI slot, (situated 3 pci slots from the gpu card), I noticed the connectors at the bottom, you know - the little gold striped lines, 3 of them are blanked out, what i mean is theres no gold colouring covering them, also one of the 3 seems to have burnt out, im not sure to whether its standard on the audigy 2 cards but definately looks like its been forced into a pci slot and maybe been damaged prior to that?

I've tried all the options to test my sound card to its full ability, and nothing cuts out. Only after a short period, of which the sound is still playing, but crackles..

Try not to imagine lots of crackling, just imagine clicks and popping, the sort of problem u get if you dont record a track properly. But its definately not the track/s itself as ive tried the speaker tests ect at the time and they produce the same problem.

My subwoofers situated quite close to the tower, (30cm) to the right, im using the inspire 7900's..

Anyway, please help me here..

Cheers

jiiteepee · Sep 12, 2005, 08:33 PM

This can be a faulty component/joint which starts malfunctioning whe Audigy 'board'/components temperature gets to high enough (supposingly componenet). What if you put your case fan to blow the way it cools also Audigy board.

Can you check if you see this also on RMAA results when you start to get crackling noises.
You can DL the RMAA 5.5 + instructions to set it working with Audigy 2 Zs from http://audio.rightmark.org/download.shtml. You also need a 'loop-back cable'.

jiitee

Sep 12, 2005, 11:07 AM	#1
DjFluidz HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Outta space Posts: 114 Rep Power: 45	Audigy 2 zs crackling noise Hi there, I've had my Audigy 2 card for a few months, ive got it softmodded to the audigy 4 using youpax. Ive noticed a problem which happens after about 2 hours of use. Sometimes randomly, but each time I restart the pc and the problem goes away. The issue im having is a crackling sound , like foil burning coming from the speakers, ive tried several tactics (headphones, 2.1) and it seems to be coming from the sound card. Its not that bad, but its certainly irritating as i work producing music. I took the sound card out from the PcI slot, (situated 3 pci slots from the gpu card), I noticed the connectors at the bottom, you know - the little gold striped lines, 3 of them are blanked out, what i mean is theres no gold colouring covering them, also one of the 3 seems to have burnt out, im not sure to whether its standard on the audigy 2 cards but definately looks like its been forced into a pci slot and maybe been damaged prior to that? I've tried all the options to test my sound card to its full ability, and nothing cuts out. Only after a short period, of which the sound is still playing, but crackles.. Try not to imagine lots of crackling, just imagine clicks and popping, the sort of problem u get if you dont record a track properly. But its definately not the track/s itself as ive tried the speaker tests ect at the time and they produce the same problem. My subwoofers situated quite close to the tower, (30cm) to the right, im using the inspire 7900's.. Anyway, please help me here.. Cheers __________________ Case: Cooler Master Cosmos 1000 + 7 fans .. 2 intake.. Motherboard : Gigabyte X58-UD3R Memory : 6GB Patriot Viper 1600mhz Cpu/s : Intel I7 930 @ 3.8ghz Graphics : Geforce Gtx 480 Storage : 800Gb Sata2 Hd's Sound : Titanium HD + Z5500 OS/System : Windows 7 Display : 42" LG7000 Lcd screen http://paxyoursoundout.com

Sep 12, 2005, 08:33 PM	#2
jiiteepee HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: FI Posts: 400 Rep Power: 0	This can be a faulty component/joint which starts malfunctioning whe Audigy 'board'/components temperature gets to high enough (supposingly componenet). What if you put your case fan to blow the way it cools also Audigy board. Can you check if you see this also on RMAA results when you start to get crackling noises. You can DL the RMAA 5.5 + instructions to set it working with Audigy 2 Zs from http://audio.rightmark.org/download.shtml. You also need a 'loop-back cable'. jiitee