crackling sound

Hey guys I have an almost perfect hackintosh machine up and running, except one thing that is really annoying me. Basically I have and externally powered speaker connected via jack to my computer. When I don't play any sound for a bit the speakers start crackling and popping... like static, a...

Whenever I turn on my Hackintosh, the speakers make a very annoying crackling sound, plus some static. When I log in, the static is no longer there. Please HELP! Thank you Specs: cpu:i3 4150 Mobo: Msi b85-g41 GPU: Ordered a 5450, but my PC detects as 6450, RAM: 2x4 gb ram 1600mhz ddr3 os...

Hi. I'm experiencing sound distortion issues watching YouTube videos in Safari (8.02 - 10600.2.5) since updating to osx 10.10.1. It starts about 8 minutes in to playing a YouTube video. The sound starts to crackle intermittently, the crackles getting longer and the sound becoming more and...