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lopissimo
Adept I

pcie lanes problem sound blaster z se

hi, i have a problem with a creative sound card model sound blaster z se , when i turn on, restart or turn off the pc it emits annoying pops from the speakers, i was wondering if it can affect the fact that my ryzen 3200g cpu has few pcie lanes, i already a video card that runs at 8x and an nvme so this may be the problem? thank you.

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johnnyenglish
Grandmaster

It could be the speakers, that happened to me with all my Sound Blaster cards or onboard audio when I used the 5.1 Logitech speakers.
But it didn't happened with a 4.1 FPS Sound Blaster speakers.

Can you give it a try with other speakers? Does it happen with onboard sound?

PCIe lanes and the pops is totally unrelated in my experience.

The Englishman
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lopissimo
Adept I

even with other speakers it is the same while with the integrated sound card no, no problem

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I'm sorry, but I can't help you much more, I always had that popping sound with my Logitech Speakers and not the Sound Blaster Speakers. It actually happened since the Sound Blaster Live! The Audigy 2 and the X-Fi.

Can you try the sound blaster in another system and check if it does the pops?

Troubleshooting is key here.

The Englishman
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unfortunately I don't have another pc

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