I have been fighting "audio pops" ever since I got this board. They are very noticeable. I am using the standard audio on the motherboard through optical audio. I have no pops on no overclocks. I hate having no overclocking. I thought I might try a COAX cable to my Logitech speakers but I don't know how to hook one up. I don't know if that would make a difference.

Do I have a defective board? Once I overclock to 3600 mhz through auto-tune from 3200 I get pops. As soon as I tune down to 3200 they go away again.

I just updated all drivers for video, USB, SATA, audio from ASUS web site with no help.