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We encountered a clicking sound issue on Windows 10 x64 right after reinstalling operating system with Creators Update. In our case the solution was very simple but it can be much more difficult to troubleshoot the issue in other cases. Here is about all possible solutions to fix clicking, popping or stuttering sound in Windows 10.
Make sure you don’t have such obvious causes of system slowing down, capable of making the sound pop, click or stutter, as malware or high CPU load by some programs.
In particular, ensure you are not running Virtual machine (especially on Virtualbox) or you don’t have some difficult tasks (like backing up, moving files, defragmentation, streaming, etc) running in the background.
Because if you are currently running some apps that burden your CPU you will have bad latency and you will definitely hear stuttering sound.
On some systems it solves the clicking sound issue at once. This can be explained as a bad drivers implementation for Windows 10. You can have two different computers with fresh Windows 10 and the issue will exist only on once of them because of hardware peculiarities. In our case we had clicking sound on Realtek ALC892 using the latest Realtek HD driver for Windows 10 x64 from the official website. However, the PC was rather old – on Socket 775 Intel Core 2 Quad Q9500.
This can solve the issue when it is about the drivers and priority of audio stream.
Throttling can also be the reason of clicks or pops on your audio. The thing is CPU is able to decrease its frequency. For instance, when CPU load is 60% it works on maximal frequency but when the load is 5% it decreases and the sound begins stuttering. We advise you to install CPU-Z utility from its website cpuid.com and check your processor’s frequency – is it on maximum and does it change or stable?
If you see that the CPU frequency is changing, try the following:
Intel® Dynamic Platform and Thermal Framework (Intel® DPTF) driver serves to control CPU temperature and manage throttling mode (including so called Adaptive Performance). Visit the official website of your hardware vendor and check if DPTF driver is available for download. Some users report they managed to fix the issue by installing DPTF Driver for Windows 8.1 on Windows 10.
Especially this relates to Acer (and eMachines) PCs and laptops. Before doing something to solve the clicking and popping sound issue go to the official website, download the latest BIOS for your exact model and flash it:
You should install the latest drivers for your Sound Card And Graphics Card as well. So visit official websites and download the latest versions of drivers for exact models or your equipment.
If the previous solutions didn’t work for you, you are likely to have bad sound drivers implementation. The following steps may help to get rid of stuttering and clicking sound.
1) Try selecting the simpler format
In most cases you won’t need Studio quality sound. So CD audio will be enough.
2) Try disabling sound effects (enhancements)
3) Try turning off exclusive Mode
LatencyMon is a special software designed to detect issues with your sound card and output.
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