I have an alienware m17x r3, and i have gotten a quite severe issue which affects both my sound quality and performance. The audio sometimes "sparks" or "stutters". It does not seem to be because of a windows update, or general winrot. as it persisted through a reformatting. I also installed the newest BIOS drivers, as that was a suggested way to fix the problem. Although it got much better after the formatting, it has now returned, and I would like to stop the issue before it becomes as bad as it was last time.
Has anyone encountered this problem before? is there a solution out there?