Pops When Recording

I am getting intermittent static pops when recording live audio. I know that it's not clipping, because I am setting the peaks below zero and I get no warning message when the recording is done. I thought that maybe it might be my mic pre-amp/line-in (Behringer Tube Ultragain and/or Behringer Pre-Q), but the peak light on the mic-trim is at no time lighting up, so I really have no clue what the problem could be. I need some help here, please?

About 2 months ago, I was getting random clicks and pops embedded in my audio, after 2 tears with my current system working flawlessly.
I had a lot of trouble shooting to do, but eventually I came to notice that in my Lynx control panel, one of the two places where you select the clock wasn't allowing me to change it. It was "stuck" on Internal, and although I thought that was the proper setting, I found it odd that I couldn't select it, and change it.
After more digging around, I found that a new update to my Lynx driver was available, so I downloaded it, and installed it. Not only was I then able to access that parameter, but the clicks and pops went away immediately.
That's my long winded way of saying, it could be a corrupt driver, or something that isn't so obvious. Only time and experimentation will reveal what's going on.
Can you take a screen picture of one of these pops, when zoomed into the sample editor? I've gotten pretty good at recognizing digital clock spikes, so I might be able to confirm if that's what it is (or isn't).

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