update bios
get the correct chipset, audio, lan, etc.. drivers from the mobo mfg site
never use windows update for drivers

Go to Sound Settings < Sound Control Panel < right-click on your audio device < Properties < Advanced tab

Now here try the old studio trick we use, turn off (uncheck) within Exclusive Mode uncheck both of those options, apply, then ok and see if this was the issue because I found that it can cause issues but usually when running a game and another app but maybe this will work also for you.

Also in the Enhancements tab, sometimes these might be another problem that could help you and you could try to uncheck them all to check for any solutions, just remember what you are changing so if it is not the cause, simply reverse engineer what you changed.

What I also have seen is when the bitrate, aka sample rate, is over DVD Studio standard which is above 48k Hz, as seen when I went to 192k Hz by accident coming out of the studio then a game ("Days Gone") caused my external DAI to go crazy, aka hiccupping, but also much more than hiccups, too much I wish never to relive again.

Originally posted by Moogal:

What could be the cause? I have a Katana 15 B13V with i7 and GTX 4060

Try updating drivers or bios.

That said, OP may not see this post because of his personal echo chamber. But he may if someone else quotes this post.

your problem lies in the onboard sound chipset itself, not to say it is faulty. my suggestion is to install a sound card. often times the chipset will perform great at 16, 32 htz and trying to change that does not end up the way we would like.

What audio device is outputting sound?

Originally posted by Bootyhound:

your problem lies in the onboard sound chipset itself, not to say it is faulty. my suggestion is to install a sound card. often times the chipset will perform great at 16, 32 htz and trying to change that does not end up the way we would like.

so is your onboard chipset default or is the video card default, try switching and if problem does not resolve itself changing between the graphics card sound processing and the onboard chipset, install an actual sound card

Originally posted by Bootyhound:

your problem lies in the onboard sound chipset itself, not to say it is faulty. my suggestion is to install a sound card. often times the chipset will perform great at 16, 32 htz and trying to change that does not end up the way we would like.

its not the early 2000s anymore
onboard sound has been fine for the last 20 years

realtek is still using software for sound processing, but cpus are able to overcome that easily

windows generic driver is most likely the problem
the generic driver covers so many sound cards general functionality, but cant do all the stuff the correct driver supports