W10 Sound cuts off for a couple of Seconds

[manddy123]

Good evening everyone

I've built a new PC with these specs:
i7 6700
GA B150 D3H
MSI GTX 1060
Windows 10

Since a couple of days i've started noticing a kinda weird problem.
For some reason, at random moments, the sound of the PC cuts off for a couple seconds (1~3 seconds) and then comes back without me doing anything.

I thought that maybe it was my MOBO's audio jacks but the same happens when i switch the Sound to come from the monitor ( that's plugged in the GPU through HDMI ).

So, what's left me is the OS... But I have downloaded all recent drivers from MOBO/GPU's website recently and have updated them as demanded alongside with W10 updates. So i'm kinda lost on the cause.

Has anyone experienced this issue before? Any tips would be gladly taken in.
Thank you for your time.

 

[W Fallon]

I would start with your audio driver. Go to the manufacturers site and download the latest driver.

Bill

 

[manddy123]

I would start with your audio driver. Go to the manufacturers site and download the latest driver.

Bill

Thanks for tip,
I've already went to Realtek's website and downloaded it, but the problem's still there :/

 

[manddy123]

Well, i did find a issue with newer Intel Network Driver version causing lag input in the PC and therefore causing this issue in some other machines as well. So it is probably related with that.

But i couldn't uninstall my network driver because as soon as i did it, W10 automatically installed it back.

So, i decided to revert to Windows 7 and haven't had a single problem since then.