Severe audio crackling when using Steam VR

[The Mighty Spoon™]

This past week have have started to get really bad audio crackling/distortion when i play VR games with Steam VR, whenever this happens i also notice that the windows audio device graph isolation Prosses seem to use way more cpu than it usually does.
Any known fixes to this?

[--ranXerox--]

Update graphics driver

[The Mighty Spoon™]

Originally posted by --ranXerox--:

Update graphics driver

I have the latest ones installed Game ready driver 457.51

[The Mighty Spoon™]

re installed a bunch of drivers, still nothing

[--ranXerox--]

try removing bandwith hogging usb devices like wifi usb and usb sticks etc. try a naked run and swab usb ports see what works. this also helps sometimes. another thing you can do is disable onboard camera for vr.

[The Mighty Spoon™]

Originally posted by --ranXerox--:

try removing bandwith hogging usb devices like wifi usb and usb sticks etc. try a naked run and swab usb ports see what works. this also helps sometimes. another thing you can do is disable onboard camera for vr.

Gave that a shot now, still getting the issue

[The Mighty Spoon™]

Tried doing a reinstallation of Windows 10, still having the issue.

[--ranXerox--]

You might need to wait for a release an updated video driver. Did you try steamvrbeta or disabled camera??

When I used the vive pro, I had this issue. Only after like 6 months, when nvidia fixed the issue, I was able to get my audio working again.

During this time, I bought a wireless headset that fit my head with the vr headset. I used a g533 without using the logitech audio drivers. Windows 10 drivers fixes the downgraded drivers related. Appearantly, some people complained it was too loud and ear damaging and ended up producing softer quality audio fyi.

[The Mighty Spoon™]

havent tried steamvrbeta nor turning of the camera, will try that and report back if it works or not

[_Alcoan]

Some motherboard do have difficulties in running an VR HS, maybe an motherboard Bios update as an try.
Once I did have an MSI Z270 with an special chipset for VR use, only on that port I could connect my O+. Try to find out witch USB port on the motherboard is special suited for VR, normally its the fastest like the USB3.1.
Now if you check all the USB connectors at the back, you noticed they are grouped. If you do connect the VR HS leave the others that are in the same group or header empty, so the power signal can not be diverted to other USB applications.
If used, remove extension cables from you headset.
If still have the same problem get ear plugs from you mobile phone and mirror the sound.

[The Mighty Spoon™]

Originally posted by _Alcoan:

Some motherboard do have difficulties in running an VR HS, maybe an motherboard Bios update as an try.
Once I did have an MSI Z270 with an special chipset for VR use, only on that port I could connect my O+. Try to find out witch USB port on the motherboard is special suited for VR, normally its the fastest like the USB3.1.
Now if you check all the USB connectors at the back, you noticed they are grouped. If you do connect the VR HS leave the others that are in the same group or header empty, so the power signal can not be diverted to other USB applications.
If used, remove extension cables from you headset.
If still have the same problem get ear plugs from you mobile phone and mirror the sound.

Did a bios update to the latest one

Kindof anoying that it worked perfectly fine a few weeks ago and then suddenly all of these audio issues starts appearing, seems like the same thing happens when i connect a new audio device.