Windows 7 Crackling Sound Issue When ALT-TABBING in WoW with Winamp

[Witchsong]

I have this problem that the sounds start to occasionally "crackle". This "crackling" occurs almost every time I ALT-TAB while playing World of Warcraft and listening to Winamp at the same time.

 

[iroken22]

Re

What sound card are you using and are you using the most up-to-date drivers?

 

[Witchsong]

It's built-in on the motherboard, and is installed with the default Windows 7 (or Windows Vista?) driver that the OS installs itself.

 

[iroken22]

I had a very similar problem when I had build 6801. What i did to fix it was i went to the Realtek website and downloaded the most up-to-date sound driver for my device. From then on i had no problems with crackling or the sound not working at all.

 

[Radenight]

I've always had bad luck with onboard sound and trying to listen to multiple audio sources at once, (ie: Winamp and a Game) But as iroken22 said, getting the latest driver often times will fix the problem.

 

[iroken22]

Very well put. I spent a whole day just looking through and testing the computer to determine the issue. I finallly figured it out 17 hours later when I read a post online that someone had a similar problem in VISTA and that fixed it. So I gave it a whack and it worked.

 

[RudeBw]

@iroken22: can you give me link to that site, or give me advice, how to solve that kind of a problem. I try to do everything, but no success. Only crackling sound in Windows 7 with Realtek HD drivers.

 

[kstarfire]

I, too, am having a problem listening to multiple sound sources in win7. A single source often works fine, but then fails when another sound source activates.

I did not have any problems with this in Vista.

 

[RudeBw]

Ok, I solve my problem:
Go to Control panel - Power options - and instead Balanced check High performance.

And no crackling sound anymore ... that works for me.

 

[kstarfire]

Ok, I solve my problem:
Go to Control panel - Power options - and instead Balanced check High performance.

And no crackling sound anymore ... that works for me.

This did not work for me.

 

[Bannon]

I, too, am having a problem listening to multiple sound sources in win7. A single source often works fine, but then fails when another sound source activates.

Same exact problem. Has persisted from onboard sound to Creative X-Fi, with absolutely no difference, with or without beta drivers.