As of recently, I have noticed my sound will randomly just stop. There's first a brief half-second of a static-like crackling and then a few "pop" noises. It will then stay muted for anywhere between a few seconds to several minutes. However, using my Creative software (either Creative Console Launcher's mode switcher or Creative Audio Control Panel) to change the "sound mode" will instantly fix the issue.
I first noticed this occassionally happening when I would use the Metro game app "Flow Free" and didn't have any music playing in the background, so I figured it was a bug with the app. Now I'm noticing it when just doing anything on my desktop. The sound completely glitches up, exiting Winamp (what I use for music) does not fix the issue, and opening Windows Audio Mixer shows that there is sound coming from winamp, even after I've exited it.
For clarification, I am using Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer with PCI interface and using its Windows 8 driver.
I first noticed this occassionally happening when I would use the Metro game app "Flow Free" and didn't have any music playing in the background, so I figured it was a bug with the app. Now I'm noticing it when just doing anything on my desktop. The sound completely glitches up, exiting Winamp (what I use for music) does not fix the issue, and opening Windows Audio Mixer shows that there is sound coming from winamp, even after I've exited it.
For clarification, I am using Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer with PCI interface and using its Windows 8 driver.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 Pro x64
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- CPU
- AMD FX-8350
- Motherboard
- MSI 970A-G46
- Memory
- 16 GB DDR3 1333 MHz (mixed brands)
- Graphics Card(s)
- Asus R9-290 DirectCU II OC
- Sound Card
- Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer
- Monitor(s) Displays
- AOC 23" LED backlit, eMachines 23" LCD flatscreen
- Screen Resolution
- 3840x1080 @ 60 Hz
- Hard Drives
- Patriot Pyro 60 GB SSD (boot)
Seagate Barracuda 500 GB
Western Digital Caviar 500 GB
(Configured into a RAID 0 array)
- PSU
- Antec High Current Gamer 620 W
- Case
- Cougar Solution
- Cooling
- Antec Kühler 620 liquid CPU cooler (push and pull)