Hello,

So I've been having this issue with the Maximus X Hero, and I am on my third Maximus X Hero motherboard now and all three have had this issue.

While streaming a youtube video, watching movies, playing games, etc. Almost anything that has audio, I get weird sounds every so often that is hard to explain. It makes like a skipping sound, as if the video/audio lagged for a second. I will include a clip that I recorded on my phone to hopefully give you an idea...

I would VERY MUCH appreciate any help. I have tried everything I can think of. I have tried a fresh windows install using the audio driver Windows picks and installs. I've tried the most up to date audio driver from the Asus site. I originally had my Logitech 5.1 surround set plugged into the motherboard's back Analog outputs, but thinking maybe it would just be the analog outs, I switched to a 2.1 Sound bar with a digital fiber optic (s/pdif) connection, and it STILL does it. This is driving me insane. $300 motherboard, horrible audio. If I switch to my monitor's built-in speakers using my 1080 ti's DP audio, there is no issue whatsoever. Problem is, my monitor's speakers are awful, like you'd expect.

I know I've seen another thread on here where someone said it was a known issue, but I keep my drivers and BIOS completely up to date and it's obviously still going. I read another thread where someone said Afterburner was causing some sort of pop sound in their speakers, but that issue sounded different and I haven't experienced that specifically. I am working on testing whether Afterburner could be the culprit for this as well though.

Thanks for any help....

Audio file - weird sound