Sound prob, Need help

[Sarlic]

Been having sound problems the last two weeks in games and while watching films on my 3 month old Sound blaster z, I get cracking and popping noises that is driving me mad and has made gaming unplayable for me.

Tried everything from reinstalling Win 10 to updating drivers/Checking Bios/Cables, Removing one speaker at a time and the noises are still there, Logitech 5.1 speaker set up (1 year old).

I even tried removing the card and going though the on board sound but I still had the popping noises so its not a faulty card.

I am now at a loss on what else I can do to sort the problem out except maybe buying new speakers but I am reluctant to do this as I have recently spent a small fortune on a MSI 1080X and a top of the range G Synch so funds are a bit low at the moment.

Do you guys know of anything else I can try before I throw the towel in ?

Thanks in advance for any advice you can give me.

 

[Sarlic]

Have you tried moving the sound card to a different slot ? was this happening before you got the new 1080 ?

Tried different slots and no I didn't have the noises before the 1080.

I was convinced it was a faulty card but I am also getting the nasty noises though the on board sound with the Z removed so I am leaning towards a recent Win 10 update that has caused the issue..

Was just about to try out my Razer headphones to see if the noise comes though but my son has stolen/borrowed them for his PS4. so will have to wait a bit as he is in a online match.

 

[Sarlic]

finally sorted out my sound problem by re-installing the drivers that came with the Z.

What is still confusing me was I was still getting the static and popping noises with the Z removed and using the on-board sound.

The only thing I can think of is these issues started after I had the Win 10 Anniversary update so maybe that was the cause, Anyway it sounds crystal now and I am happy it was a driver problem rather than a hardware.

Thanks for the replies