Weird Crackling Noise

[Myura]

I was exploring a drwemer ruin when I died, respawned and the audio was gone. Instead I'm getting a constant crackling noise and I can't find a way to fix it. Previous saves have the same problem. Tried verifying cache etc but with no result. Anyone had something similar?

[velasquezt43]

Check your hardware and connections. No, I'm not being a smartass, this happened to me too but its on my end... sometimes those USB ports are like, touch 'em, just look at em and they connect and reconnect and make crackling noises. At least, that's a good place to start before you start uninstalling and ripping things out and tearing things apart :)

[WolfGod]

if you are using windows 10 and are using onboard drivers such as realtek audio drivers then you will have issues with the xaudio2.dll in your windows/system32 folder there are two fixes that worked for me check your event logs and find out which xaudio2 is causing the problem from xaudio2_0.dll - 2_9.dll and rename it to .bak or you can go into task manager and look for Touch Keyboard and Handriting Panel (TabTip.exe) and stop this process believe it or not this touch screen keyboard for windows causes about 60% of noise crackling issues

[Myura]

I loaded a save 1 hour and half prior the issue and it's working fine. Mistery not solved but at least it works now. Cheers for the answers guys ^^

[IamSnorlax]

I randomly get a constant crackling in my left speaker. It doesn't stop until I restart the game.

[WolfGod]

Originally posted by frellyouall:

I randomly get a constant crackling in my left speaker. It doesn't stop until I restart the game.

Try this go into task manager and look for Touch Keyboard and Handriting Panel (TabTip.exe) and stop this process before you run your game

[PainkilleR]

Using my necromancer powers.

What the hell!

Exactly the same issue with dwemer ruins! I quick saved the game before spinning blades. Then I died, and now when I load it there is a crackling sound, and it's pretty hard to kill Skyrim process (using another desktop helps though).

Previous save works though, but it can't be a coincidence. Dwemer ruins are haunted.

[overrclocked]

Originally posted by PainkilleR:

Using my necromancer powers.

What the hell!

Exactly the same issue with dwemer ruins! I quick saved the game before spinning blades. Then I died, and now when I load it there is a crackling sound, and it's pretty hard to kill Skyrim process (using another desktop helps though).

Previous save works though, but it can't be a coincidence. Dwemer ruins are haunted.

This exact thing happened to me as well. Quicksaved in ruins before the spinning blades, died, then sound is crackling. Can't even hear spells or other effects.

[SlamSte@m]

Hi, I'm a new Skyrim fan since two months. Today I was killed by a falmer in dwemer ruins and guess what ? No sound except the crackling noise too. :)

[QHD_144hz_MLED_5ms]

Lol I experienced the crackling noise bug in Fallout: New Vegas. But I could still hear other sounds and a simple reloading of a save fixed it.

[SlamSte@m]

In Skyrim it seems happening when loading a quicksave or an autosave after being killed.
To avoid the issue I'm using manual savegames because when a quicksave or an autosave is corrupted you have to exit game and load a manual savegame to recover sound.
It seems to be an engine issue if you also encounter it with Fallout New Vegas.
We are doomed ! :D

[ĿIFE oƒ ƤIE]

Originally posted by <N/A>:

I experienced the crackling noise bug in Fallout 3/New Vegas. A simple reload of a save fixed it.

This.

[SlamSte@m]

Interesting. ^^
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Alftand
Bugs
When loading from a save within the Animonculory zone, audio may become corrupted or stop altogether.

To fix this, quit the game, then either load a save from outside of the Animonculory or the (auto)save immediately after entering the zone.