@Rod M. posted:Is this the sound chip in photo below?
That is the bluetooth chip, the sound card is as below:
As a quick test, disconnect the Volume pot from the main board and carefully short 3V3 to the middle pin (VOL) with a flat head screwdriver, to eleminate the volume pot as the problem. If you still hear the static doing that, the amplifier chip (U5) is bad and will need to be replaced.
If you do find the static issue is still there, take the fuel take off and check if any of the speaker wires are touching the speaker frame. I had an AC6000 get its sounds messed up from that.
