Crackle and Pop every time I start to play media

Hardware Support
#1

Hello I own a Dell XPS 17 2021 model with i9 proc. Due to hardware being so new I am forced to upgrade to kernel 5.15.26 . Kernel 5.13.x has issues with Thermals and shuts down my video. On this newer kernel (5.15.26) every time I start to play music or video I get a popping sound and every time media stops playing I also get a popping sound. This is not the end of the world but it is annoying. Not sure if anyone else has encountered this issue and can suggest a fix. Any feedback provided is appreciated.

Thanks

#2

I have not had popping sounds with my experience just rare static echo sounds. Have you had this problem with the 5.13.0-30-generic kernel? For example, my PC is 2021 year model as well (ROG Strix G17 ) That and I would upgrade my kernel to your version but I do not know how and I would not want to mess with that. What did the new kernel fix for you that the other one did not?

#3

Thermals was the biggest fix. Kernel 5.13 would not activate fans once cpu and GPU reached certain temps typically 100c. This causes laptop video to shut down.

#4

I upgraded to the Linux kernel 5.16.12 and this fixed my Bluetooth problem but how did you update without any problems with updating your system? I have had massive problems with that so I had to go back the the normal 5.13 LTS kernel.

#5

I did not update to 5.16 updated to 5.15 from Xanmod website.

https://xanmod.org/

#6

I probably should try 5.16 . Perhaps when I’m up for tinkering with my fancy laptop.