[SOLVED] GPU drivers causing popping sound

[mrb00ce]

This issue has been happening to me for 6 months and i still can't find a fix. So i have a colourful GT1030 GPU and the drivers of that GPU has been causing latency issues or popping noise coming from my speakers. I tried updating drivers,rolling back drivers and still hasn't found a fix for it. can anyone help me with this issue its driving me nuts.

My specs
Core 2 quad q6600
Colourful's GT1030
4GB RAM
Windows 7 64bit

 

[Schlachtwolf]

Have you tried updating the audio driver? What Mobo do you have?

 

[mrb00ce]

Have you tried updating the audio driver? What Mobo do you have?

Yes i have and its not caused my the audio drivers, I used a program called latencymon and it showed that nvlddmkm.sys, dxgkrnl.sys and hal.dll are causing the noise issues and when i disable the GPU from device manager it doesn't make the noise anymore. My motherboard is zebronics g31 motherboard.

 

[Schlachtwolf]

Have you Windows fully updated, I think that those issues are being caused by corrupt Win 10 files that are tricky to repair manually and software that can do it normally comes with a ton of bloat. If you have tried drivers etc I would do a new install of Win 10 on a new SSD/HDD. It is most likely the quickest and most hassle free way to sort the issue.

This can happen when a Win7 or whatever got the free upgrade to Win 10, at first all is OK but the worms of conflicting OS systems eventually rear their ugly heads with display, audio and general crashing being the result.

 

[kai.dyer]

Could you try another bios for the card?

 

[mrb00ce]

Have you Windows fully updated, I think that those issues are being caused by corrupt Win 10 files that are tricky to repair manually and software that can do it normally comes with a ton of bloat. If you have tried drivers etc I would do a new install of Win 10 on a new SSD/HDD. It is most likely the quickest and most hassle free way to sort the issue.

This can happen when a Win7 or whatever got the free upgrade to Win 10, at first all is OK but the worms of conflicting OS systems eventually rear their ugly heads with display, audio and general crashing being the result.

I'm using win 7 and I've reinstalled it atleast 3 times but the issue still persist the card is still under warranty should i just take it to a serviceman and will they even fix it?

 

[mrb00ce]

Could you try another bios for the card?

How do i do it? and will it void the warranty?

 

[kai.dyer]

No it should not void the warranty as long as you don't flash the wrong bios, you can find videos online and its recommended to have the latest bios to stop issues like this happening.

As an extra step you can buy this cheap gadget that can flash a bricked cards bios without plugging the card into a pc, so make sure you back up the original bios and buy one of those tools and you should be super safe.

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Might not fix your issue but i think everyone should know the basics of bios flashing

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[helper800]

If it were a windows issue related to corruption opening CMD as administrator and typing "sfc /scannow" and pressing enter should find and fix any corrupted windows files.

 

[mrb00ce]

If it were a windows issue related to corruption opening CMD as administrator and typing "sfc /scannow" and pressing enter should find and fix any corrupted windows files.

Did that too a million times

 

[helper800]

Did that too a million times

Did you try this?
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20858

" This tool checks your computer for such inconsistencies and tries to resolve issues if found. "

 

[mrb00ce]

Did you try this?
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20858

" This tool checks your computer for such inconsistencies and tries to resolve issues if found. "

Isn't this tool used for updates?

 

[helper800]

Isn't this tool used for updates?

Primarily yes, however, it can also find corruption and repair it.

 

[mrb00ce]

Primarily yes, however, it can also find corruption and repair it.

Thanks i will try out

 

[mrb00ce]

Primarily yes, however, it can also find corruption and repair it.

Didn't help is there any specific windows 7 update that i have to install?

 

[helper800]

Didn't help is there any specific windows 7 driver that i have to install?

I do not think your issue is driver related at this point. I was helping with windows 7 because another user suggested it was a corruption issue. It is clear to me that if you did those 2 troubleshooting steps that the issue is unrelated to the windows 7 OS as far as I can tell.

If I had to guess I would say that when the graphics card is operating properly under the most current drivers it causes interference with the motherboards sound processing chip because it was not properly cordoned off from the interference of the motherboard. I suggest trying an add-in sound card or external dac - amp to see if it stops.

 

[mrb00ce]

I do not think your issue is driver related at this point. I was helping with windows 7 because another user suggested it was a corruption issue. It is clear to me that if you did those 2 troubleshooting steps that the issue is unrelated to the windows 7 OS as far as I can tell.

If I had to guess I would say that when the graphics card is operating properly under the most current drivers it causes interference with the motherboards sound processing chip because it was not properly cordoned off from the interference of the motherboard. I suggest trying an add-in sound card or external dac - amp to see if it stops.

Could it be a missing windows 7 update?

 

[helper800]

Could it be a missing windows 7 update?

I could not fathom a missing win7 update could lead to Nvidia drivers causing audio popping in speakers. But I am just one person.

 

[mrb00ce]

I could not fathom a missing win7 update could lead to Nvidia drivers causing audio popping in speakers. But I am just one person.

Thanks and i got a question not related to the what we are talking about. Is windows 8.1 better than windows 7? which OS uses more resources? I tried windows 10 on my PC before and it didn't work that great.

 

[helper800]

Thanks and i got a question not related to the what we are talking about. Is windows 8.1 better than windows 7? which OS uses more resources? I tried windows 10 on my PC before and it didn't work that great.

With your system I would stay on windows 7. Win 8.1 and win 10 use more resources than win 7. I would wait until you get a new computer before getting win 10.