Intermittent sound issue detected.
Intermittent sound issue detected.
My laptop runs Lenovo Legion 5 with a 5800H processor, RTX 3070, and includes a 3200C22 2x16GB DDR4 memory. It comes with a 1TB Kingston Fury Renegade SSD paired with a Crucial P1 1TB SSD. The display is an 165 Hz IPS screen with 1080p resolution and G-Sync support. Currently, it’s mostly used for streaming YouTube videos. Sometimes I notice brief audio issues—lasting about a second, sounding like digital noise, similar to weak signal interference. The problem seems to appear occasionally, sometimes once a day, other times multiple times daily. It started roughly a month ago, though the exact cause is unclear. I suspect something might be interfering with the system. I’ve kept the Task Manager open without seeing further changes, and it appears “system interrupts” may spike at the same time. I haven’t found any Rouge or driver-related causes. My setup remains relatively clean; I avoid running other programs simultaneously and have disabled many Windows startup items. The only extra software I keep is Lenovo’s update utility and Nahimic sound enhancer, both of which were included with the machine. All drivers—Windows, NV, and AMD iGPU—are up to date, and I’ve tried updating the chipset driver after the issue began. The AMD graphics are currently disabled.
Keep an eye on the YT Nerd stats next time. It might be due to unstable frames or audio glitches—those brief video pauses could be caused by signal drops, similar to older systems. Some users reported issues with Nahimic; consider switching to a different player temporarily, like a more stable one. Generic Windows drivers aren’t always the best choice.
Found a fix! Previously I enabled quiet mode on my laptop, which likely reduced fan speed unnecessarily. Switching back to auto resolved the issue. In normal operation, fans adjust dynamically, but quiet mode seems to be limiting performance. Now I prefer the sound of fans over silence, especially during video playback.