Ok, I nice gentleman in the Ubuntu+1 channel on freenode has fixed this issue for me, hopefully this helps everyone else:
00:54 <ghendar> comment out the line "options snd-hda-intel power_save=10" in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf it should be at the end of the file I rebooted, when I came back, it was mint! Thanks a lot! -- Loud crack before sound plays in any media player https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/446977 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs