MikePeabody
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so - in Post Scriptum, fairly CPU heavy milsim, my Gigabyte Aorus 15P XC gets audio issues, specifically a sort of crackling, popping noise that gets worse when loud sounds play. I have absolutely *no* clue why, and it doesn't even happen in the game Post Scriptum is based on, Squad. Or *any* other game or load. I saw some posts saying it's a thermal issue with this laptop - this doesn't happen in any other game, though. I've tried setting to 16bit CD quality sound with no enhancements or priority mode on my headphones, no fix and the same issue happens with speakers too. I've undervolted and lowered turbo multipliers to keep a much better 70-75 degrees (than the 90+ that it was hitting before), and I still get these problems.
And something else I've noticed - when the audio issues start, my CPU FID (MULTI in the log file attached, I believe) starts decreasing down to weird numbers. PROCHOT is 90 degrees but never got tripped, BD PROCHOT is enabled but my GPU isn't going above 75 degrees, I just have no clue what is going on. I've included screenshots of Throttlestop and its log, but I have no clue why this could be happening. Also, I noticed the crackling got more intense the lower the FID dropped below the set number. The "Limit Reasons" screen always has EDP OTHER in yellow under RING (what do they even mean?) even at idle but no other limits ever show up. In Event Viewer, I see some DistributedCOM errors before and just after noticing the audio issues starting, but nothing else above the "Information" category.
The first time I have recorded this issue happening is a day after flashing the BIOS so I could control the outrageous thermals (I am yet to repaste, going to order soon). I am unsure if going back to stock BIOS, even with a repaste, would control the temperatures enough. Also I have disabled the HPET through Device Manager and cmd, as apparently it was a fix for another user - obviously that hasn't worked for me, and when I tried re-enabling it, my laptop slowed down so incredibly hard I was barely able reenable it.
I will continue to test, but please if there is any solution anyone knows, please do advise.
yes there is a lot of idle time on the end of the log, the start of the log is during the audio issues. the laptop is always plugged in, if it matters.
And something else I've noticed - when the audio issues start, my CPU FID (MULTI in the log file attached, I believe) starts decreasing down to weird numbers. PROCHOT is 90 degrees but never got tripped, BD PROCHOT is enabled but my GPU isn't going above 75 degrees, I just have no clue what is going on. I've included screenshots of Throttlestop and its log, but I have no clue why this could be happening. Also, I noticed the crackling got more intense the lower the FID dropped below the set number. The "Limit Reasons" screen always has EDP OTHER in yellow under RING (what do they even mean?) even at idle but no other limits ever show up. In Event Viewer, I see some DistributedCOM errors before and just after noticing the audio issues starting, but nothing else above the "Information" category.
The first time I have recorded this issue happening is a day after flashing the BIOS so I could control the outrageous thermals (I am yet to repaste, going to order soon). I am unsure if going back to stock BIOS, even with a repaste, would control the temperatures enough. Also I have disabled the HPET through Device Manager and cmd, as apparently it was a fix for another user - obviously that hasn't worked for me, and when I tried re-enabling it, my laptop slowed down so incredibly hard I was barely able reenable it.
I will continue to test, but please if there is any solution anyone knows, please do advise.
yes there is a lot of idle time on the end of the log, the start of the log is during the audio issues. the laptop is always plugged in, if it matters.