I've been playing for 50 hours now, and I've had no problems at all.

Pretty much our of nowhere, a static crackling sound has appeared, and is pretty much constant. I can make it go away sometimes by reloading, but it always comes back within minutes, and it comes back instantly when I enter a piece of power armor.

I've seen online that I am not the only one with this problem, but I have yet to fine anyone who've solved it..

Please help, if anyone knows anything..

Ps. It is worth noting, that the sound is only when I'm playing, and goes away when lockpicking or using the Pip-boy.

Finally! yes i have just had the exact same issue pop up and it is driving me insane, had no issues other than SLI not working then out of nowhere start getting this crazy static sound popping up.

just hit 60 hours of gameplay with no static andn ow yes, whenever i enter powerarmor it comes back, and sometimes it stays sometimes it doesnt but if i load a much older save it seems to be ok, however it is very inconsistant. im trying to track down whether it was an item i picked up, a storyline event or something like that which started this i have dumped my full inv, removed and dismantled all my 12 powerarmor sets and undone any weapon mods / items i have played with around the point where it seems to have started to no avail as of yet. oh and reeinstalled sound drivers but it is def an ingame issue as it is not present in computers, pip boy lockpicking or talk menus. and i was having so much fun hope next weeks patch fixes this or i might have to go outside haha

holy [censored], i think i am onto something. as of now, havent had the static for 2 hours.
this seems to have been the problem. The_Big_Dig quest line from goodneighbor.

i did this quest upto the point where they are waiting for me in the hole. only just noww i stumbled in there and whammo, that bastard floating thing has that exact static sound that has been plagueing me. it actually goes away when u get away from him and im guessing once the mission is finished (which at time of writing isnt done yet) it will stop. will update tho

well, the static has gone away. but now i am stuck at the end of the [censored] quest, WITH A DOOR THAT WONT LET ME OPEN IT. the actors go silent, and thru the door, and it highlights for a second as they open it but it will not let me through. thats it im going to sleep this game is pissing me the [censored] off