I picked up an older server that had never been put online from a
business that went bankrupt. My idea was to set it up with Gigastudio
to just run drum sounds. It does that chore well, but the sound is
polluted with pops. When you boot up the computer, there is one loud
speaker shredding pop, then a much milder pop about every three to five
seconds. This is without loading up any software at all except the OS.
Any ideas what could be causing this?

I've updated all the drivers and the BIOS.

I've heard clicks and pops can be caused by buffer size problems, so
I've tried changing them without effect. It makes sense that this
wouldn't solve the problem, since I don't have to load my music software
to get the pops.

Pentium III 450 MHz.
Rack for five SCSI drives, populated with two 9.5 gig Seagates
one half gig memory
Windows XP, service pack two, home edition
Aardvark Direct Pro LX-6 soundcard

Thanks for your time and your help.

Larry Bellinger