Hi.
I have a Dell pc with on-board sound card in the form of Crystal CS4236 chips. I get a
clicking noise at the beginning of sounds. Not allways - only if there is a period of
silence
first. For instance, if I am playing an MP3 and I do something in X that generates a
sound
event, the sound is hear fine with no clicking. But if there is no sound playing and a
new
sound is played, you get a click whose volume is proportionsal to the amount of time
it's
been silent for - ie longer silence gives a louder click.
If it was an analogue device, I would suspect a faulty decoupling capacitor, causing
DC to
build up on the output. But it's digital and only happens in Linux (not Windoze). This
implies
it is a driver thing.
Does anyone know a fix for this?
Paul
Unix techy
Walton
