Audio Crackling problems relateing to mouse movement.

Having read previous topics with no sign of a solution, I was hoping you ladies and gents could help me. My PC was recently attacked by a virus which meant I had to enter safe mode and restore factory conditions (I didnt know what else to do, it wouldnt turn on in normal mode).

This fortuitously worked for me, but I am left with a clicking, crackling sound every time I use my mouse. Scrolling on web browsers, loading web pages, and clicking with the mouse all cause these irritating noises.

It can be particularly bad when loading a game (the effect seems to vary, but the noise is persistent) from a low hum to a high pitched shrieking noise.

Anyway, I hope you guys can help me out also, here are my list of Sound, video and game controllers:

Audio Codecs
Legacy Audio Drivers
Legacy Video Capture Devices
Media Control Devices
Sigmatel High Definition Audio CODEC
Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit
Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device
Video Codecs

Only Sigmatel, Sound Blaster and Unimodem can be disabled and so far, doing so has not been helping.

I hope you can help, if you need any further information, I will provide it asap.

Thanks

Also what may be of note, every time I shut my pc down, the speakers emit a very loud thud. This didnt happen before and I am unsure if it is related, just thought I'd mention it.

 

Hello,
Is your mouse wireless?

Is the receiver (or mouse, if not wireless) connected via USB or PS/2?

What sound card do you have?

 

My mouse is USB wired to my PC

 

What sound card do you have?

Is it an add on or did it come with the computer?

 

I honestly dont know, how do I check?

It is the standard Sound Card though, I haven't installed a new one

 

Okay, what is the computer make and model?
We can find out the sound card that way.

 

Dell Dimension 5100

 

Okay, you have a Sigmatel STAC9220 audio chip.

All I can conclude from my limited experience is that the USB signal must somehow be being passed on to the audio chip.

I will leave this topic in the hands of someone more capable than I.