Hmm... I will try that. It could be a setting.

I don't think it is a driver related issue. My motherboard is about 5 years old. I have relatively new drivers for it so yeah. I will install newer drivers and see but I am sure the problem lies with the audio chipset. Also just plugged in my iPhone into the speakers and the static issue is...

Nah I can confirm its the onboard audio. When I plug the speakers into another source like a TV the static issue diappears. I am using the sound cable (green colour speaker port) as opposed to the RCA connection since my motherboard doesn't support RCA

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