Crackeling and clicking noise through speakers

[Art]

I get a crackeling noise and constant clicking in my left front speaker.
When I click on a program or a link in a web page the noise gets louder
and faster. It sounds as if the clicking is coinciding with my clock as
it sounds like it's approximately every second. When I disconnect the
left front speaker, it reverts to the left rear speaker. I currently
have 5.1 speaker set up and running Win XP Pro SP 2.

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Check that the speaker wire to the left front is not touching or crossing
any other wire.

 

[Art]

Check that the speaker wire to the left front is not touching or crossing
any other wire.

I went ahead and checked the wires and all is ok. I also re-installed
the drivers for my SB Audigy soundcard. I still get static and crackeling.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

A few more things you can try:

1) Make sure no internal power cables "pass" over the Audigy sound card.
2) Update to the latest drivers includin chipset drivers
3) Orient the external sound cable away from the power supply.

This has been a documented issue with the first version of Audigy sound
cards, especially when used on Dell computers.