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Toshiba Satellite Pro 4300, jerky sound ?

post #1 of 28
4/15/06 at 11:45am
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Just got one of the 4300 series off e-bay. It is a lovely laptop, but when i play mp3's they sound as if they are slowing down a little (every 5 seconds or so), it's a little jerky. Not too noticable, but i do notice it. It has the 700MHz processor and 327Mb RAM, Windows 2000, Yamaha soundcard, so i don't think the RAM or Processor is at fault here. Everything else seems fine, just sound (whether playing off its own Hard Drive or DVD-ROM or CD-ROM) is jerky. Are there any drivers that i could use to fix this issue ?, if so, where would i get them from ?

Kind Regards,
Andrew
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post #2 of 28
4/15/06 at 3:24pm
I would say you need to max out your Ram and be careful how much CPU usuage you have going with other programs when you are playing music or video.
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post #3 of 28
4/15/06 at 3:27pm
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jerky sound on Satellite Pro 4300

There are no other programs (or very few) running - it's a clean Win2000 install just a week ago. How do you mean "Max out the RAM", do you mean a RAM defragmenter ?

Kind Regards,
Andrew
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post #4 of 28
4/15/06 at 4:04pm
what exactly do you meen under "jerky" how are they slowing down???
I have a 4030 with 300Mhz and using Winamp 5.21 and nothing happens. The only thing I'v noticed when i had inly 64 mb Ram whrn I closed an application made a "pok" sound. But since I have 96 mb it almoust disapeard and tryed just for curiosity XP and it was working great!
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post #5 of 28
4/15/06 at 4:11pm
He's referring to installing as much ram as the system will take (probably 512MB). It would be a good idea anyways, to make it less sluggish all around, but if you're using something like winamp to play your MP3's then I doubt it's a lack of memory casuing the problem (my old tecra 520 could do it no problem with less than half the ram you have and a P1 and in win 2k). Have you installed the appropriate drivers for the card from Toshiba or are you using the ones that installed from the windows cd? Try going HERE to get the right drivers for you model and see if that helps.
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post #6 of 28
4/15/06 at 5:03pm
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Jerky as in it sounds like a quick burst of static lasting for about half a second and happening about every 4 or 5 seconds. It's like if you have ever used software to "slow" audio CD's down, it's not smooth. I have now downloaded and installed the "s430 sound2" sound drivers and it is still the same. As for RAM, it is already at 327Mb, so i'm fairly sure it cannot be that. It's a new installation of Win2000 and there isn't anything else significant running (task manager etc). I have loaded Winamp onto it and the sound is exactly the same !. It doesn't seem to matter what program i use to play the mp3s. Even on Win2000 startup, the start sound is jerky too. I cannot for the life of me figure this one out because i have another PC in the household running at 256RAM and it plays mp3's fine (and it has a heck of a lot more programs running than the laptop !). There is no Antivirus/Spyware etc running on the laptop as it is not used for internet usage. Help !

Regards,
Andrew
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post #7 of 28
4/16/06 at 6:49am
Did you download the 07-24-2000 Driver
Sound Windows 2000 Sound Driver for Yamaha DS-XG (5854) (v4.10.2224; 05-12-2000; 4.79M) as suggested by gOOnter above?????
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post #8 of 28
4/16/06 at 7:37am
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Yep, the s430snd2.exe file for Satellite Pro 4300 (Win2000) !! - problem still there, which is a shame really as i got the laptop for £100 expecting to play music on it !! - everything else works fine !!. Ideas ???

Regards, Andrew
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post #9 of 28
4/17/06 at 1:19am
I'd still say load it with max RAM.
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post #10 of 28
4/17/06 at 4:43am
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sound problems with Toshiba Satellite Pro 4300 ??

But surely that cannot be the answer here, 327 Mb of Ram is quite sufficient for a laptop to be able to play an mp3, surely ?????. I used to have PC's with 64Ram playing mp3s without any problems !!.

By the way, how much is RAM for laptops (this is a Toshiba Satellite Pro 4300), will it take up to 512Mb (i thought i had read somewhere that it was pretty much maxed out at 327Mb, where it is now !). Is it easy to fit RAM ??

Regards,
Andrew
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post #11 of 28
4/17/06 at 4:27pm
That' not the RAM. I would say better a mobo - soundcard problem.
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post #12 of 28
4/17/06 at 11:24pm
All I know..... 1 gig socket A desktop with 256MB ram.... choppy sound, choppy video. Added an additional 512MB ram and it's smooth a silk. But others may be right so take it in to a qualified technician. They can diagnose the problem.
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post #13 of 28
4/18/06 at 2:06am
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choppy sound on laptop

rather defeats the object of buying a cheap laptop in the beginning though doesn't it ! - i had hoped for a simpler solution to taking it to be analysed and being ripped off !

I cannot believe it's a processor/RAM problem, my 400MHz 64RAM machine played mp3's perfect, this is a P3 700MHz 327RAM !!!!

andy
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post #14 of 28
4/18/06 at 3:37pm
I remember there being a choppy sound thread somewhere with regards to an older laptop like this (I don't remember the exact model, nor do I have the time right now to search for the thread, feel free to search for it though, I remember them using the words "choppy sound" in the thread). IIRC the solution was basically driver oriented, maybe even bios. Since you have already tried the drivers, do you have the latest bios version installed?
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post #15 of 28
4/19/06 at 9:47am
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Choppy sound on Toshiba Satellite Pro 4300

Well it seems we all might have been wrong. there was nothing wrong with the RAM or Processor. I put WinXP on it and the sound is perfect !!. Seems Windows 2000 just couldn't cope !. I wouldn't care but the Win2000 installation was a fresh install a week ago, so it's not like something got corrupted on it !!.

Regards,
Andrew
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post #16 of 28
4/19/06 at 11:23am
Win2000/WinNT were initially developed for a more "industry" related application and were not really a good OS for doing "extras" ie. music, games etc. For standard and Office applications, it was a marvelous OS, certainly a leg up for the quirky WinME. Glad you got it sorted out
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post #17 of 28
4/19/06 at 12:40pm
The desktop i was talking about had a W2Kproinstall as well.
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post #18 of 28
4/19/06 at 1:42pm
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Thanks everyone for all the advice anyway. I just took the 12Gb HD out and put my 40Gb mp3 player one in (didn't use the mp3 player much anyway !), then installed WinXP Pro, everything went smooth and it installed better than i had thought. I had reckoned on needing motherboard drivers, display drivers etc from Toshiba, so i downloaded them all before the install. Well i didn't even need them, all display, sound and motherboard drivers were there in XP already !!. It's working faster now too !.

Cheers
Andrew
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post #19 of 28
4/19/06 at 3:01pm
Glad to hear it. I also found XP to be faster than 2k in my old P3 laptop (Tecra 8100), but only with 256mb of ram or more. When I used it with less it becamwe way to sluggish. Since you have 384 you should be good to go, but I'd put some more in there as you get the chance. I also found that using the classic settings (XP eye candy turned off), turning off the Indexing Service for the HDD and using small antivirus (like antivirXP and setting it to ONLY scan on write, not on read and write) made a big difference in performance as well.

Enjoy the machine.
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post #20 of 28
4/19/06 at 10:39pm
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Originally Posted by g00nter
Glad to hear it. I also found XP to be faster than 2k in my old P3 laptop (Tecra 8100), but only with 256mb of ram or more. When I used it with less it becamwe way to sluggish. Since you have 384 you should be good to go, but I'd put some more in there as you get the chance. I also found that using the classic settings (XP eye candy turned off), turning off the Indexing Service for the HDD and using small antivirus (like antivirXP and setting it to ONLY scan on write, not on read and write) made a big difference in performance as well.

Enjoy the machine.
You are right g00nter ... but I allways find 2K faster than XP (and more stable to be honest ... even at 256MB...) And yes, if you choose XP classic windows feel (cool after all) and put a light avir (I use grisoft AVG free edition) and turn off HDD indexing the difference is noticeable...
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