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well hang in there, hopefully someone will come along with the answer. -- like ZeeGee

Sure kenneth,
Basically you need to modify /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf,

Do this by typing sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf [you'll be prompted to enter your password]

next you'll...

So I found a temporary solution to this on the net: here

Basically you need to modify /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf,
changing power_save=10 to power_save=0

I'm having a similar issue. I keep hearing random popping sounds -- I'll hear it when i adjust my volume or a sound starts to play.

I'm running ubuntu 9.10 -- what can I do to fix this?
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