
Originally Posted by
johngalt
I also read in another thread that setting your BIOS to use AHCI versus IDE causes massive slowdowns in audio as well - could this be applicable to you?
I searched for this setting in the CMOS but couldn't find anything like u have mentioned. If you can elaborate it a bit, then it would be better for me to search for such setting again in the CMOS.

Originally Posted by
Mr GRiM
Another cause might be your headphones have you tried a different set, might be a bad connection that would explain the distortion and sound manager thinking that a new audio jack has been plugged in.
The headphones were working fine the last time I checked on my previous PC. This problem has been since I got my new PC. One more thing, I have also noticed that when such pop-ups occur, the
Microphone tab vanishes from the Realtek HD manager. Only the
Digital Output &
Speakers tabs remain. The
Microphone tab doesn't apppears even after re-plugging the headphone jacks. Still, I will check my headphones on my friend's PC to find out if my headphones have gone bad.