Sound crackles every minute or so

[Guest]

I've read comments from other people having the same problem, which is that
any type of sound played on vista crackles or skip several beats every minute
or so. So far, I can't find anyone with a clear explanation to, or a solution
for the problem. Is there a savior in this forum that can help me? This is
what I've tried and found out so far.

* The problem occurs on both my eMachine T5212 and my Vaio TP1. Both are
running Home Basic. The eMachine has a Realtek AC'97 Audio driver and is
connected to a pair of cheap $20 speakers via the headphone jack. The Vaio
has an Intel HDMI Audio driver and is connected via HDMI to a Sharp Aquos.
This tells me the driver is not the problem (although I don't know a thing
about computers).

*The problem occurs regardless of which program I'm using. In my case, it
happens when I'm using WMA, Real, iTunes, InterVideo (when I try to watch
DVDs) and SonicStage. The sound even crackles when the Microsoft logo appears
and the startup tune is playing.

*In the case of my Vaio, I've deleted and reinstalled the Intel HDMI driver
but this hasn't worked. I downloaded the latest HDMI driver (as of 9/07) from
intel.com and installed it, but this also hasn't worked. When I called Sony,
they told me to do a total recovery. But this obviously won't help my
eMachine.

*One thing I am suspicious of is Office Home and Student 2007. I think the
problem started on both my PCs after I installed Office, but I can't be sure.
Maybe paranoia on my part.

Anyone out there with any helpful ideas?

 

[Rojo Habe]

Make sure you have the latest Realtek/Intel drivers installed. Mine started
doing something similar to this and when I looked I found that Windows had
decided to revert to the generic Microsoft drivers.

 

[Guest]

There are several potential remedies listed on this site. For me removing my
wireless adaptor from the USB port seems to have removed the problem. I don't
understand why this works. I'm hoping an internal wireless card will allow me
to have good sound while I'm connected.

 

[Guest]

Like I wrote in the original post, I went to intel.com (actually yesterday)
and downloaded/installed the latest HDMI Audio driver (version 6.10.0.2035
released 6/6/07). I checked device manager a second ago and it hasn't
reverted. A Realtek driver won't control HDMI output from a Vaio TP1 anyway.
But I doubt this has anything to do with it because the sound skipping
happens on two completely different PCs.

 

[Guest]

The Vaio TP1 is built with an internal wireless card (LAN Express AS IEEE
802.11g PCI-E adaptor). My eMachine is hooked up to a Buffalo 802.11n
Wireless Adaptor. But they still both have the same problem.

 

[Guest]

Here's a thread on the Creation Labs website describing the same kind of
problem. This is exactly what's happening on my two PCs.

http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=Vista&message.id=5198