Staticy Sound.

When I play music, theres a small static sound that comes from my speakers, and its pretty annoying. It doesn't happen all the time, but enough to annoy the hell out of me. Never did this when I had XP, so I know its a vista problem.

It also happens when I scroll through pages, or close tabs, just a little static for the second i do something.

I have a Audigy 2 ZS

I have downloaded the lastest drivers for it, and yes they were 64-bit and for Vista.

If my system specs are needed,

Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP1
2gb ram
intel core 2 duo E4500 2.2ghz
NVIDIA GeForce 8500GT

Welcome to the Vista x64 Forums

This Microsoft article talks about sound issues with Vista SP1 and may assist you: You experience problems with sound after you install Windows Vista Service Pack 1

I hope this helps.

I'm not having any of those symptoms...

It's more of a 'pop' then static.

I remember when the first longhorn (Vista) betas more than 3 years ago and they had the same problems with sound it does today...unfortunatly theres no known 100% method of fixing the problem, First try uninstalling the sound device and rebooting to see if that fixes the sound or if its still not working usually the only other method is reinstalling vista.

alright, i'll try that.

i had this problem last time i was running vista, and this is a clean installation, so reinstalling vista isn't going to help me.

edit: reinstalled the driver, still pops.

Sound Blaster audio cards have many compatibility problems with vista.
Dead Navigation sound,eco sound in gaming etc
I hope the create better driver soon

... wow, it even does it with MICROSOFT drivers.

i'm using my lifechat lx-3000 headphones and the sound still pops. and their drivers are up to date.

this is pretty lame.

A reinstall was the only other way I have found to fix this problem if reinstalling the drivers had no effect, it only occurs on some installs and not others.

yeah, reinstalling my drivers doesn't seem to be working.