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It might be a weird bug with power distribution to your hardware...

 

Try going to Control Panel > Power Options and set your power plan to High Performance. That might just fix it.

 

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I really love the way you do your signature. Just saying~

I had the same freeze/audio glitch, but I could never figure out what caused it.

 

I sent my laptop in for repairs for different reasons, but that (among other things), didn't happen after I got it back.

I have a lot of different power options on this computer. Both Intel and AMD give me their own options for that. ._.

 

Could it be possible that having those two graphics processors switching with slightly different power settings cause the issue?

 

I'll try your method first to see if it makes a difference.

 

@Kothra I assume you have to put up with switchable graphics too, yeah? I am almost certain they're the cause.

 

Interesting. It was set to a "balanced" option. This sounds like it would cause an alternating power flow, which is a likely cause.

Did you try taking the cartridge out and blowing into it?

 

Is it plugged in?

 

Have you tried turning it off and then turning it back on again?

I would be very surprised if your computer's graphics cards were actually constantly switching; that's about as ineffective as you can get.

 

But yes, try "high performance" in the Windows power settings. I had a similar issue with Mass Effect 3, and it was resolved through that.

Every time I load a new program, AMD's application prompts me to set the program to either "power saving" (no dedicated card) or "high performance" (dedicated card). So it turns on and off depending upon what I run.

 

Using high performance in power saving has helped significantly so far, but the problem still exists. Just not quite as heavily as before.