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Purabytes

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Registered: 2023-12-20

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[SOLVED] Audio [pipewire] keeps re-recognizing/switching device.

Hello everyone,

First of all, I apologize for the noob question. This is my first time posting on here because I am not able to wrap my head around this issue.

The issue:
Completely at random, the audio crackles/stops and comes back super quick within seconds. This can last for 5-7 seconds or for a good minute or more.
The weird part is, sometimes I have no issues for an hour or 2, and sometimes it just happens too frequently to even use my PC audio as it gets annoying.

I am using a razer headset (blackwidow) which has 2 jacks for mic and headphones. I tried both frontpanel and backpanel audio jacks.

To explain further what I mean, below is an image of what "switches" constantly/repeatedly.

Setup:
Kernel: 6.7.4-arch1-1
DE / WM: KDE Plasma 5.27.10 / Kwin (X11)
CPU: I7-8700k
Mobo: Z370 Extreme4
RAM: 64GB Fury Beast
GPU: 3090 (founders)
Audio:

sudo pacman -S pipewire lib32-pipewire wireplumber qpwgraph pipewire-audio pipewire-alsa pipewire-pulse pipewire-jack

This is on a fresh Arch/KDE Plasma.
Thank you in advance for all the help/guidance.

Edit:

It seems the issue is solved. I apologize that I do not have a solid answer to what exactly caused this issue, however:

I was using XMP for memory, running it at 3200mhz. I disabled this, and hard locked memory to 2400mhz.
As soon as I did this, the issue was resolved. As you can tell, even a whole month passed now and no issues still.

Again Apologies that I do not have a concrete answer to what exactly what the issue (but it is memory related for sure as that fixed the issue).

Last edited by Purabytes (2024-03-08 21:09:00)