New update about this issue!It got worse!Now both the tweeters (on the screen) have simply died and "click" every once a second.The woofers, however, still work.The sound is absolutely garbage without the highlights. Who have thought.Meanwhile I also...

Crackling and audio issues still present on latest BIOS 313. ASUS will probably never fix this, a bummer.Since then, I filled at least 3 forms out and they did... absolutely nothing.

Blake@ROG wrote:Hello Fusseldieb,BIOS 313 does not have anything to do with audio. But before sending to repair, BIOS update is the last thing we can do.We did not receive any other similar feedback from other channel . And you are the only one that ...

Blake@ROG wrote:Hello Fusseldieb,It's very likely hardware issue. Either the left speaker or the motherboard.Let's try to update to BIOS 313.If the issue still happen, please consider to send the device to service center.Sorry for the inconvenience c...

Blake@ROG wrote:Hello Fusseldieb,Thank you so much for getting back to me and providing the video.May I confirm your current BIOS version and audio driver version?Thank you.Thanks for taking the time to address this issue.BIOS Version 312Audio Driver...