Disable C states that could cause the interrupts to desync the device etc. Alternatively play around with power states.
The IC is rather new, you should wait for new drivers, the bad news Realtek never posts change logs, so it is like you will never know, they will not answer either.
I've experienced SPDIF instabilities in the past, for most those were driver problems, incorrectly handling interrupts.
If you do not need more than two channels then SPDIF is still a great solution, as you can galvanically isolate devices from PC and actually improve THD by removing possible ground loops and greater cable range like versus USB solutions. Digital sound source either SPDIF or HDMI coming from PC is device agnostic, it can be bitperfect and doesn't care if it Realtek or anything else. You critique towards Realtek digital sound is out of place and suggesting OP to buy another product instead of understanding the problem. The bus decoder part could be anything a matter of taste there. Audio processing DSP section and a dedicated sound device is not a only DAC, that term itself is vulgar and incomplete. You should refrain from posting in the audio section.
Realtek support did not respond to my question. (Their other emails are poorly written to the point of futility.) MSI support suggested to disable Intel C State in the BIOS, but it didn't help. Tried resetting the CMOS but it didn't help
Windows, Windows Update, BIOS, and Drivers are all latest versions. Before you run it, you might want to go in and remove big pops manually in your favorite editor, I usually manually draw in the waveform in these areas using Sound Forge. (It seems incredibly common for forum-posters to suggest "just buy a sound" card but that's a distraction from the issue at hand.) Subjective comment: I thought it did a great job of removing the impulse noise without affecting the music at the lower settings and up to the moderate settings. Found several threads about this issue with the alc4080 on motherboards from a variety of manufacturers but I haven't found word of a fix. Tested, confirmed that the receiver is not the cause. This means its pretty easy to clean it up. With that said, hiss tends to be a very constant and consistent noise under the vocals in a recording. Tested, confirmed that the cable is not the cause. One of the first rules of any form of audio production is to always record the cleanest possible source material. Issue does not occur with any other audio outputs. Some days it won't happen at all, other days it happens several times every hour.Īny thoughts on what I can I do to make this audio output behave normally? Do you think it's a hardware problem or a driver issue? Using the TOSLINK audio output, the sound will work normally for some time but suddenly and randomly the sound will cut out and a very loud hissing sound is output instead. My trouble is with the sound (Realtek ALC4080) on a new motherboard (MSI z590 Torpedo) motherboard on a (mostly) new PC build.
Maybe someone here can think of a new fix to try. Hello, I'm new to this forum but you all seem very knowledgeable and I'm stumped here.