sound issue - crackling noise

>-----Original Message-----
>occasionally, when i turn on my computer, i get a

crackling scratchy noise. other times, i turn it on and
my sound is just fine. it is as if something connects
wrong when i turn on the computer to cause the noise. any
help would be really appreciated. thanks.

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I am having the exact same problem. I have been using
winamp and sometimes I will stop and start to do the
crackling. The only way to remedy this is if I change
the song....it seems even if I do this, it starts
happening even more often. Also there are sometimes when
I can do nothing but restart my computer to fix it.