Audio problems on new PC

[SakuraFlame]

Hello Everyone.

I recently built a new PC and i am having some problems with the audio. I am running Windows 10 home 64-bit and the newest Realtek HD audio drivers.

Right before any sound is played on the PC i hear a loud pop sound and then the sound proceeds to play. The popping does not occur during the audio itself, just every time that it goes from no sounds playing to a sound playing. I have tried this on both the front and back audio jacks, using multiple headsets and even using my monitors inbuilt speakers with HDMI and the issue still persists.

I also notice in some games there is a faint whining noise that is often times extremely distracting. It is not as loud as the popping but it is loud enough to hear normally.

I then tried to uninstall the Realtek drivers and just use the standard Microsoft ones and the issue remained. This leads me to believe there is a problem with the onboard audio of my motherboard. Would buying a external usb dac help these issues? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[maugusto]

the problem is somehow the quality of the components or the power delivered from the wall to the pc. i have a similar case, my home is old and i have no ground wires on the socket, so i have some popping sounds, when i move the pc to other house with ground wiring no more popping sounds. or you can try to see if your system have some BIOS updates. some people reports that when they used windows 7 the sound was good and when the upgraded to windows 8 or 10 que sound is very bad with all kinds of noise, and the solution was a simple BIOS update