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Sound issues after a system rebuild & reset
I decided to "upgrade" my PC after 5 years. It started with just a graphics card change, but when I couldn't figure it out - I sent it to the shop. The guy told me my power supply was bad & I needed a new case so I decided why not change the processor, RAM, & motherboard while I was at it? At the end of the day pretty much the only thing left was my hard drive, plus they added my old hard drive from my 2009 PC in it, so I could get my old files off. Now I'm left with this Frankenstein machine that doesn't run very smoothly, & the sound started out decent, but it began to crackle randomly & eventually stopped working off & on. I tried various troubleshooting methods, reinstalling the drivers, uninstalling the whole thing then reinstalling, searching for the drivers online, installing from my hard drive, upgrading Windows with the updates, Resetting my PC, using aftermarket amplifiers, etc. Basically, everything that I was able to find from every tech forum I could find. It seems no one has my exact situation. They also don't have 2 hard drives either. After the reset I have 90% sound with a slight static, but it's annoying. The sound was perfect before the rebuild which leads me to think that it's a hardware issue. I've tried different head sets & plugging into different USB slots, & even using the male ends of the jacks. I get the same results. This makes me think it's a software issue since I get different results depending on how much I mess with the drivers (but it just goes from bad to worse). What I don't understand is how changing the chip set would do this? The sound was perfect on this same hard drive before the rebuild. Could a new GPU, CPU, motherboard, etc cause this issue? If so... how can I troubleshoot such a thing? I don't have the ability to take it apart again, nor the funds. Please help.
Thanks.
Windows 10 Ver 20H2 (OS Build 19042.928)
Old Build:
Motherboard - ASRock FM2A68M-DG3+
CPU - A6-6400 APU
Ram: 8 GB
Graphics Card - Nvidia GT 740
New Build:
Motherboard: MSI B365M Pro-VDH
CPU - Pentium Gold G5500
Ram: Samsung 16 GB DDR4 PC4-21300 2666 MHz UDIMM
Graphics Card - Gigabyte RX 570 4 GB