KT3 Ultra onboard audio

I have bought KT3 Ultra 3 days ago. There's problem with onboard sound codec. Testing of speakers in 2, 4, and 6 speaker mode in sound driver settings doesn't work - when I click on any speaker it does nothing. But the major problem is very unpleasant crackling coming from speakers when playing for example mp3's.
If this sound chip or driver for it provided by MSI is so bad, I will probably switch to ASUS.
Can someone help ?

My 1st two questions would be....
1) What OS are you running
2) Are you using the audio drivers that came with the
MSI CD?- if so, UPGRADE!
... assuming your sound is enabled in the BIOS, if you're running Win98 (gold) you'll be installing the Virtual Device Drivers (VXD)- which is a bad thing! You will want to verify that you have the WDM drivers installed. Also, the newer audio drivers on MSI's web site are much improved over the one that came with the CD. Personally, I think the onboard sound is pretty sweet!

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