So like the title says, I upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 8 Pro a few months ago and I have had this sound issue when playing music in Windows Media Player or in Google Chrome, where the sound skips(Sometimes it cut outs for a second, other times it stutters) and pops. I have an ECS 8200a motherboard and I am using the integrated audio to play to some stereo speakers, I have tried using the OEM drivers certified for Windows 7, and I have uninstalled it and allowed Windows install the latest Microsoft generic drivers, but still the issue persists. It seems to occur when the hard disk is being used at the same time the audio is playing, for instace if I were listening to music and I opened a folder with many files in it in File Explorer, there is a chance that this issue may occur, so I suspect that it may be a hard drive/ATA Chipset issue. The chipset drivers are for the Nvidia nForce chipset, and is for AHCI mode which I have set as the SATA mode in the BIOS. Would anyone have any suggestions to solve this issue/better debug this issue?
The refresh feature has never worked for me,the description of the audio going away( while i listen to an online media stream,online radio,skype..) while scrolling through windows explorer library has happened to me only on certain win8 iso's,it's a hit an miss with these win8 iso's. the only iso that does not do that is the WZOR win8 pro rtm x64 iso.,it just works
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That's correct. When it is an issue with Audio driver, updating BIOS would provide solution? I don't think so. @rompacka: Did you install latest audio drivers for your audio device from its manufacturer's website?
Yes, I was using those when I first updated and noticed the issue immediately, I tried reinstalling the drivers a few times, and finally tried to use the Microsoft generic drivers, and the issue is still present. The issue isn't so bad that I can't listen to music, but it does occur many times a day and it is a very annoying issue since I listen to alot of music on my computer.
here is an ASUS example for ya: BIOS (1) Version 206 Description BIOS 206 (1)Firmware update. (2)Fixed bug: While audio playing, press Fn+ESC will result in sound have noise. Taille du fichier 1,3 (MBytes) 2011.05.11 Mise à jour Télécharger depuis Mondial (DLM) Mondial
As this issue persists, i would recommend fresh install of Win 8 (not an upgrade, it´s sometimes buggy).
You are lucky you have drivers for "Nvidia nForce chipset" at all, I have installed Windows 7 and I could only find XP drivers for my chipset. Great. I do not buy Nvidia products anymore because of this. Have you checked "SlimDrivers" software for sound driver update?