Audigy problem - Speakers pop during startup and shutdown - Normal?

[bellisari]

My speakers give out a very loud pop(so loud i fear it would spoil my speakers) during startup and shutdown. Is this normal? Anyone else experience this problem?
I have updated my drivers to the newest ones but they don't seem to help. Any ideas?
BTW, I am using the Audigy OEM on Dell dimension 4400, running Windows XP.

 

[GremlinHater]

My Boston Acoustics BA4800's and Hercules GTXP give off an "alarming" pop on startup, so far they've been alright though.

 

[Baronz]

You can just turn your speakers off before you shutdown 🙂 assuming they have external on/off switches that is...

 

[Heretik]

Onboard sound of my nForce board does the same thing. I've had a couple other soundcards in other rigs with the same "pop" noise on startup and/or shutdown. As suggested, I've always just kept the volume down/off....

 

[AndyHui]

Yes, my Audigy Platinum with the Creative Inspire 4400s give off a pop when the system is shutdown.

 

[GrumpyMan]

Try going to the Windows update site and look in the device driver section of updates I think it was. I think it's called the Windows Audio mesenger update or something like that. Fixed mine.

 

[sandorski]

I never had that with my SQ2500, but pratically all other soundcards I've used do do that.

 

[bellisari]

Thanks for the replies. I tried going to windows updates and dl the audio messenger update. Now, the pop is a little less louder but still there nevertheless. Oh well, I guess I just have to turn off the speakers before I shutdown.

 

[andrey]

You get that pop because you have your speakers' volume turned up pretty high, while the sound volume in Windows is pretty low. Try the reverse process. Turn up the volume in Windows as high as you can, and at the same time lower the volume on your speakers. While you still will have a little pop on your speakers when you startup or shutdown your computer, you'll barely hear that pop.

I hope this helps,

--Andrey