Author Topic: why is my computer making a crackling noise?  (Read 1291 times)

after playing a high end game for a while (BF3, 10 minutes, Garrys mod, an hour, APB, 10 minutes, Minecraft, sometimes 3 hours, sometimes 10 minutes) something in my computer goes into effect called the "ripple effect" AKA ear rape. Every sound turns into a cracking noise, like talking will turn pure cracking, enough to make out what he says but its annoying. I usually reset my PC to fix this, But i don't want this to happen. how do i fix it?

If it's through your headphones, probably your soundcard.

If it's coming from your computer itself, maybe the case/cpu or gpu fans?

If it's through your headphones, probably your soundcard.

If it's coming from your computer itself, maybe the case/cpu or gpu fans?
Its through my headphones and speakers. oh god.

Driver update? what do i do?

My best bet is that the soundcard or the headphones are out of place.

did you try cleaning it?

How do the headphones connect to your system?
USB or front panel audio (or even rear panel audio)?

did you try cleaning it?
this has been happening since i got the computer.
How do the headphones connect to your system?
USB or front panel audio (or even rear panel audio)?
USB, but right now im using speakers.

stop popping popcorn in your computer  :cookieMonster:

No, but in all seriousness, yeah, it does seem like a sound card issue.

stop popping popcorn in your computer  :cookieMonster:

No, but in all seriousness, yeah, it does seem like a sound card issue.
should I upgrade it?

also sometimes sound is off, when i was playing bf3 and a fight scene started where he punched the guy the punch came in after he actually hit him

stop popping popcorn in your computer
I once had a laptop that could have probably done that

I once had a laptop that could have probably done that
Lots of computers could probably do that.

It's eating small animals.

Lots of computers could probably do that.
yeah but I mean this thing really wasn't good for anything else

Lots of computers could probably do that.
mine can't S TO THE W TO THE A TO THE G