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Hey /g/, I put together a new computer and it went well. There's only a single issue. My Asus Hero VIII Mobo. Every single FUCKING time the audio is disengaged and reengaged I hear popping and cracking noises. This happens with basically everything that uses sound. Youtube videos? Popping and cracking. Opening up certain games or emulators? Popping and cracking. Testing the sound itself? Fucking popping and cracking. I've been trying to fix it for a fucking week and a half now. So I was desperate in search of a solution and I found a temporary one in the form of this video. About five minutes in to see what I'm dealing with if you want to hear it, just that and it being like 20 times fucking louder.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZyvOUdbUqY

So, I'm curious to what I should do now /g/. I REALLY don't wanna take it up the ass from the manufacturer, so I'm thinking of just getting a refund. The other option I was considering was getting an external sound card for another PCIE slot, but, I don't even know if that would help. I want it to stop without me having to run a third party application in the background. I've tried just about everything else and the only thing I can think that it is anymore is the motherboard itself. If I do get a refund, I'd like to get one to support XMP, but, this right now this is fucking unacceptable. So I need a solution, I need the awful sound popping and cracking to stop. I've done everything normal, upgrading bios/drivers, reinstalling said drivers, checking for interference inside and outside the case, I'm kind of at my wit's end here.

TL:DR Motherboard causing sound issues, don't know what to do to fix it, should I mention this when/if I return this, will getting external soundcard solve without having to go through hoops, recommendation for XMP supported Mobo if I do return.