Extremely bad sound (crackling) on analog/headphones with Realtek ALC892 Codec





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i assembled a new PC based on a AM4 Platform. The Mainboard provides a Realtek ALC892 Codec for audio.



Sometimes the sound gets very distorted (crackling noises). Since the last boot the problem is persistent.



I attached my headphones using a 3.5mm cable, when attaching the headphones directly the problem does still exist, so this is not the problem. When i attach the headphones to my android device the sound is perfect, so it has to be related to my setup here.




  • Ubuntu Version is 16.04.3

  • Kernel: 4.10.0-42-generic


I allready checked this related quesion, but that did not work.



The sound is like someone is constantly twisting the cable. It is extremely annoying :-(



UPDATE 2018-02-06:



Did not find any solution so far, the situation is unchanged (kernel @ 4.13.0-32-generic).



I noticed, that the crackling starts about 1 hour after i booted and persists for about 15 minutes. It will not happen multiple times in one work-day - only once. Rebooting helps, but i cant reboot all the time...



UPDATE 2018-03-28:



Very strange: Today the same problem occured on a different machine. This machine has a Creative Soundblaster SB0730 soundcard connected via PCI because the integrated audio is broken. Everything worked perfectly until today - when suddenly the sound began to freak out.



Its a dualboot setup, so i booted into windows to see if the soundcard causes the crackling but windows plays all sounds perfectly.



This problem is really really weird. Both systems are AMD-based, this system is a AM3+ Platform with a AMD FX-8320, Mainboard = ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0.



Same Ubuntu version, same Kernel, so it might be connected...



UPDATE 2018-06-05:



No change, but it seems to happen less often now
Kernel: 4.13.0-43-generic










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  • I have this now, kernel 4.18, Debian 9. Any success? You mean even a separate sound card didn't help you?

    – Sergey
    Jan 18 at 7:29











  • No, i did not find any solution so far. But i did not check for a long time, i currently work on a notebook where that problem does not occur. A strange thing i noticed is, that the crackling sometimes stopped when i killed certain processes (docker, virtualbox, everything related to virtualization). Maybe completely random but who knows...

    – Philipp Wrann
    Jan 21 at 15:02











  • The problem happened when an application used mic. Just playback (wihtout mic) was ok. The only thing I came up with was buying a sound card supported in Linux. This will save me from such problems in future.

    – Sergey
    Jan 21 at 15:11


















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i assembled a new PC based on a AM4 Platform. The Mainboard provides a Realtek ALC892 Codec for audio.



Sometimes the sound gets very distorted (crackling noises). Since the last boot the problem is persistent.



I attached my headphones using a 3.5mm cable, when attaching the headphones directly the problem does still exist, so this is not the problem. When i attach the headphones to my android device the sound is perfect, so it has to be related to my setup here.




  • Ubuntu Version is 16.04.3

  • Kernel: 4.10.0-42-generic


I allready checked this related quesion, but that did not work.



The sound is like someone is constantly twisting the cable. It is extremely annoying :-(



UPDATE 2018-02-06:



Did not find any solution so far, the situation is unchanged (kernel @ 4.13.0-32-generic).



I noticed, that the crackling starts about 1 hour after i booted and persists for about 15 minutes. It will not happen multiple times in one work-day - only once. Rebooting helps, but i cant reboot all the time...



UPDATE 2018-03-28:



Very strange: Today the same problem occured on a different machine. This machine has a Creative Soundblaster SB0730 soundcard connected via PCI because the integrated audio is broken. Everything worked perfectly until today - when suddenly the sound began to freak out.



Its a dualboot setup, so i booted into windows to see if the soundcard causes the crackling but windows plays all sounds perfectly.



This problem is really really weird. Both systems are AMD-based, this system is a AM3+ Platform with a AMD FX-8320, Mainboard = ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0.



Same Ubuntu version, same Kernel, so it might be connected...



UPDATE 2018-06-05:



No change, but it seems to happen less often now
Kernel: 4.13.0-43-generic










share|improve this question

























  • I have this now, kernel 4.18, Debian 9. Any success? You mean even a separate sound card didn't help you?

    – Sergey
    Jan 18 at 7:29











  • No, i did not find any solution so far. But i did not check for a long time, i currently work on a notebook where that problem does not occur. A strange thing i noticed is, that the crackling sometimes stopped when i killed certain processes (docker, virtualbox, everything related to virtualization). Maybe completely random but who knows...

    – Philipp Wrann
    Jan 21 at 15:02











  • The problem happened when an application used mic. Just playback (wihtout mic) was ok. The only thing I came up with was buying a sound card supported in Linux. This will save me from such problems in future.

    – Sergey
    Jan 21 at 15:11














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i assembled a new PC based on a AM4 Platform. The Mainboard provides a Realtek ALC892 Codec for audio.



Sometimes the sound gets very distorted (crackling noises). Since the last boot the problem is persistent.



I attached my headphones using a 3.5mm cable, when attaching the headphones directly the problem does still exist, so this is not the problem. When i attach the headphones to my android device the sound is perfect, so it has to be related to my setup here.




  • Ubuntu Version is 16.04.3

  • Kernel: 4.10.0-42-generic


I allready checked this related quesion, but that did not work.



The sound is like someone is constantly twisting the cable. It is extremely annoying :-(



UPDATE 2018-02-06:



Did not find any solution so far, the situation is unchanged (kernel @ 4.13.0-32-generic).



I noticed, that the crackling starts about 1 hour after i booted and persists for about 15 minutes. It will not happen multiple times in one work-day - only once. Rebooting helps, but i cant reboot all the time...



UPDATE 2018-03-28:



Very strange: Today the same problem occured on a different machine. This machine has a Creative Soundblaster SB0730 soundcard connected via PCI because the integrated audio is broken. Everything worked perfectly until today - when suddenly the sound began to freak out.



Its a dualboot setup, so i booted into windows to see if the soundcard causes the crackling but windows plays all sounds perfectly.



This problem is really really weird. Both systems are AMD-based, this system is a AM3+ Platform with a AMD FX-8320, Mainboard = ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0.



Same Ubuntu version, same Kernel, so it might be connected...



UPDATE 2018-06-05:



No change, but it seems to happen less often now
Kernel: 4.13.0-43-generic










share|improve this question
















i assembled a new PC based on a AM4 Platform. The Mainboard provides a Realtek ALC892 Codec for audio.



Sometimes the sound gets very distorted (crackling noises). Since the last boot the problem is persistent.



I attached my headphones using a 3.5mm cable, when attaching the headphones directly the problem does still exist, so this is not the problem. When i attach the headphones to my android device the sound is perfect, so it has to be related to my setup here.




  • Ubuntu Version is 16.04.3

  • Kernel: 4.10.0-42-generic


I allready checked this related quesion, but that did not work.



The sound is like someone is constantly twisting the cable. It is extremely annoying :-(



UPDATE 2018-02-06:



Did not find any solution so far, the situation is unchanged (kernel @ 4.13.0-32-generic).



I noticed, that the crackling starts about 1 hour after i booted and persists for about 15 minutes. It will not happen multiple times in one work-day - only once. Rebooting helps, but i cant reboot all the time...



UPDATE 2018-03-28:



Very strange: Today the same problem occured on a different machine. This machine has a Creative Soundblaster SB0730 soundcard connected via PCI because the integrated audio is broken. Everything worked perfectly until today - when suddenly the sound began to freak out.



Its a dualboot setup, so i booted into windows to see if the soundcard causes the crackling but windows plays all sounds perfectly.



This problem is really really weird. Both systems are AMD-based, this system is a AM3+ Platform with a AMD FX-8320, Mainboard = ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0.



Same Ubuntu version, same Kernel, so it might be connected...



UPDATE 2018-06-05:



No change, but it seems to happen less often now
Kernel: 4.13.0-43-generic







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  • I have this now, kernel 4.18, Debian 9. Any success? You mean even a separate sound card didn't help you?

    – Sergey
    Jan 18 at 7:29











  • No, i did not find any solution so far. But i did not check for a long time, i currently work on a notebook where that problem does not occur. A strange thing i noticed is, that the crackling sometimes stopped when i killed certain processes (docker, virtualbox, everything related to virtualization). Maybe completely random but who knows...

    – Philipp Wrann
    Jan 21 at 15:02











  • The problem happened when an application used mic. Just playback (wihtout mic) was ok. The only thing I came up with was buying a sound card supported in Linux. This will save me from such problems in future.

    – Sergey
    Jan 21 at 15:11



















  • I have this now, kernel 4.18, Debian 9. Any success? You mean even a separate sound card didn't help you?

    – Sergey
    Jan 18 at 7:29











  • No, i did not find any solution so far. But i did not check for a long time, i currently work on a notebook where that problem does not occur. A strange thing i noticed is, that the crackling sometimes stopped when i killed certain processes (docker, virtualbox, everything related to virtualization). Maybe completely random but who knows...

    – Philipp Wrann
    Jan 21 at 15:02











  • The problem happened when an application used mic. Just playback (wihtout mic) was ok. The only thing I came up with was buying a sound card supported in Linux. This will save me from such problems in future.

    – Sergey
    Jan 21 at 15:11

















I have this now, kernel 4.18, Debian 9. Any success? You mean even a separate sound card didn't help you?

– Sergey
Jan 18 at 7:29





I have this now, kernel 4.18, Debian 9. Any success? You mean even a separate sound card didn't help you?

– Sergey
Jan 18 at 7:29













No, i did not find any solution so far. But i did not check for a long time, i currently work on a notebook where that problem does not occur. A strange thing i noticed is, that the crackling sometimes stopped when i killed certain processes (docker, virtualbox, everything related to virtualization). Maybe completely random but who knows...

– Philipp Wrann
Jan 21 at 15:02





No, i did not find any solution so far. But i did not check for a long time, i currently work on a notebook where that problem does not occur. A strange thing i noticed is, that the crackling sometimes stopped when i killed certain processes (docker, virtualbox, everything related to virtualization). Maybe completely random but who knows...

– Philipp Wrann
Jan 21 at 15:02













The problem happened when an application used mic. Just playback (wihtout mic) was ok. The only thing I came up with was buying a sound card supported in Linux. This will save me from such problems in future.

– Sergey
Jan 21 at 15:11





The problem happened when an application used mic. Just playback (wihtout mic) was ok. The only thing I came up with was buying a sound card supported in Linux. This will save me from such problems in future.

– Sergey
Jan 21 at 15:11










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Are you still having this issue? Supposedly the problem can be fixed by disabling "auto-mute". Use the command alsamixer and ensure your terminal window is widened so the option shows, then navgate to it with the arrow keys. I think up/down disables it. There are some that say this doesn't work though so I'm sorry if it doesn't fix the issue.






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    When crackling starts, I change the audio output device, or speaker configuration. It generally fixes it temporarily...






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      Are you still having this issue? Supposedly the problem can be fixed by disabling "auto-mute". Use the command alsamixer and ensure your terminal window is widened so the option shows, then navgate to it with the arrow keys. I think up/down disables it. There are some that say this doesn't work though so I'm sorry if it doesn't fix the issue.






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        Are you still having this issue? Supposedly the problem can be fixed by disabling "auto-mute". Use the command alsamixer and ensure your terminal window is widened so the option shows, then navgate to it with the arrow keys. I think up/down disables it. There are some that say this doesn't work though so I'm sorry if it doesn't fix the issue.






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          Are you still having this issue? Supposedly the problem can be fixed by disabling "auto-mute". Use the command alsamixer and ensure your terminal window is widened so the option shows, then navgate to it with the arrow keys. I think up/down disables it. There are some that say this doesn't work though so I'm sorry if it doesn't fix the issue.






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          Are you still having this issue? Supposedly the problem can be fixed by disabling "auto-mute". Use the command alsamixer and ensure your terminal window is widened so the option shows, then navgate to it with the arrow keys. I think up/down disables it. There are some that say this doesn't work though so I'm sorry if it doesn't fix the issue.







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              When crackling starts, I change the audio output device, or speaker configuration. It generally fixes it temporarily...






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                  When crackling starts, I change the audio output device, or speaker configuration. It generally fixes it temporarily...






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