toronto699 wrote:
please post fix
The problem I discovered is: I believe the realtek audio drivers for the ASUS motherboards are constantly trying to combine the rear speaker outputs and the front headphone outputs. Realtek seems to want them to run at the same time and instead just turns down the rear audio outputs jacks instead of actually muting them when you plug in headphones in the front audio output ports. Here's what I did: I messed around with the settings and found an interesting fix that splits up the two outputs into just rear speakers and front headphones instead of trying to combine them as one audio output.
When you open Realtek HD Audio, you will see this main screen.
In the top right hand corner, there is a cogwheel for options. Click the cogwheel and click on "Option".
After you get into the "Options" menu, there will be a box that says: "Make front and rear output devices playback two different audio streams simultaneously". Check the box and press"OK" in the bottom right of the menu.
After that, when you return to the main Realtek menu, you should see that you now have settings for both "Speakers" and "HD Audio 2nd Output" (This is what it named them on my pc, the names could be different for you depending on your speakers, headphones, and drivers for your audio devices. You can also see this in effect in the first image of this post.) I can now successfully adjust my volume levels to any value without the popping and crackling sounds. My rear speakers also sound fine now as well.
This is the fix that solved my audio issues with the z270e ASUS motherboard. If it does not work for you the first time, I discovered that you may have to check and uncheck the box and press "OK" again. I simply messed around with the "Options" menu until I found out that it was combining my speakers and headphones as one audio output. If this does not work for you, please let me know and I will work on finding another fix. Thank you and best of luck with this fix.
