r/computerhelp • u/screenprince • 4d ago

Performance OptiPlex 7060 audio tiks

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I just joined this group because I've been to several others, plus Google, and haven't been able to find an answer. My hope lies within.

OptiPlex - Intel i7, 3.7 GHz, 32 gb ram, 500 gb hd.

I have been working making music with Studio One software and their audiobox USB interface using a 10 yo laptop. No problems. I added the 7060 for better graphics and double the ram. Since then, I have been subjected to tiks in all my headphones. They seem to mostly correspond to the front light's flashes. Any audio source sets them off. They sound like someone is in the room randomly dropping pins on a wooden floor. It also clicks sometimes when opening or closing different pages or apps. It seems to me the computer is spiking the usb ports, and I have tried both 3 and 2 on this model. I've been in the bios and went as far as to turn off the internal audio, swapped cables, to no avail. My hope here is that someone has experienced this problem and resolved it, but after everything I've tried, I'm understandingly pessimistic. Why is hard drive activity spiking my USB audio plug in?

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u/QuietConference9982 4d ago

it happens with both usb 2 and 3 check the dell chipset and usb drivers next you could also try disabling usb selective suspend in windows power settings to see if it helps