Crackle sound on start up.

[GinGo]

Hi,

I've recently started having issues with my sound, whenever i restart boot up my PC i have a constant crackling sound. The only fix i'm aware of is changing the playback from the default S/PDIF Pass-through device to say, my speakers and back to the default again, if i do this straight away its fine, if i leave my PC to boot up and come back 5 or 10minutes later that fix doesn't work, it has to be done right away.

I use a mixamp going to my sound card using Fibre optic, and i use headphones for it. Obviously i know a fix for it but its just i wanted to know if anyone else has had this issue or might just know how to fix it.

I use Windows 10 and all of my drivers are upto date, My sound card is a Asus Xonar DX.

Thanks.

 

[Marsman]

I wonder if some Windows 10 update caused this to start happening. If it used to work fine, and no settings have been changed, not sure what else it could be.

 

[FurryLemon]

Make sure any physical connections are seated properly.

 

[Digit]

I run a Xonar D2 and i'm fed up of Windows 10 updates messing my sound up in one way or another. I use the latest Uni drivers. I think it was the anniversary update that completely disabled my sound card...
I've always been able to sort things myself but at the moment I have a on going issue with Teamspeak and my sound output to other people that I didn't have up until recently.