[SOLVED] Audio skipping about every 5 seconds ?

[Night FM]

This problem didn't used to happen, but recently my audio regularily cuts out and cuts back on about every 5 seconds. I've tested it with my 3rd party audio applications turned off, and with multiple audio outputs, and no luck, so any help is appreciated.

Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i5 @ 2.90GHz 74 °F
Comet Lake 14nm Technology
RAM
32.0GB Dual-Channel DDR4 @ 1329MHz (19-19-19-43)
Motherboard
LENOVO 3730 (U3E1) 92 °F
Graphics
C24F390 (1920x1080@60Hz)
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Lenovo)
8192MB ATI Radeon RX 580 Series (C.P. Technology) 65 °F
CrossFire Disabled
Storage
476GB SAMSUNG MZVLB512HBJQ-000L7 (Unknown (SSD))
Optical Drives
No optical disk drives detected
Audio
VB-Audio Virtual Cable

 

[Night FM]

My computer is regularly freezing. While haven't noticed it happening at any specific time, it doesn't seem to happen when I am signed out, and typically happens when applications are running (e.x. Google Chrome, Discord, etc). I've tried all of the fixes at this link and nothing has worked so far:

Windows 11 Freezing Randomly: Diagnose & Fix in 8 Ways

If Windows 11 keeps freezing, try running the Windows built-in tools and adjusting the virtual memory as outlined in this post.

windowsreport.com

Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i5 @ 2.90GHz 74 °F
Comet Lake 14nm Technology
RAM
32.0GB Dual-Channel DDR4 @ 1329MHz (19-19-19-43)
Motherboard
LENOVO 3730 (U3E1) 92 °F
Graphics
C24F390 (1920x1080@60Hz)
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Lenovo)
8192MB ATI Radeon RX 580 Series (C.P. Technology) 65 °F
CrossFire Disabled
Storage
476GB SAMSUNG MZVLB512HBJQ-000L7 (Unknown (SSD))
Optical Drives
No optical disk drives detected
Audio
VB-Audio Virtual Cable

 

[Lutfij]

You could've listed the specs to your build like so:
CPU:
CPU cooler:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:
Monitor:
include the age of the PSU apart from it's make and model. BIOS version for your motherboard at this moment of time.

if this system is a Lenovo prebuilt, then you could simply add an SKU for your system.

Do you have any updates pending on your OS? Speaking of OS, did the OS come installed with your platform? You could try and uninstall the audio drivers, then manually reinstall the latest driver listed on Lenovo's support site, in an elevated command, i.e, Right click installer>Run as Administrator.

 

[Night FM]

I don't remember the specifics, but I was able to fix this.