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post #1 of 7
8/12/09 at 6:24pm
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Hi, i have a Acer 7720G laptop, i guess i have always had this problem, but would be nice to see if over the time anyone else has, or knows a way to fix it, without buying a new laptop lol

if those who dont know the laptop, its not exactly that low powered so i dont think it should be suffering because its weak, its a dual core 2 duo cpu, i have 4gb ram in it and a 256mb video card.

when i am playing music generaly i will be browsing websites and as i am browsing, i find a lot when i am scrolling the music really starts stuttering a lot and then eventualy goes ok, am not sure why when i am viewing websites, and it seems like it can be any site.

i am using the newest realtek hd drivers at this time.

any advice?

Thanks

James
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post #2 of 7
8/12/09 at 6:42pm
. Media player used?

. Codecs up to date?

. Antivirus software? Malware software?

. ...

Review your background processes and system performance. Nothing is wrong with your comp, as far as hardware concerns.

cheers ...
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post #3 of 7
8/12/09 at 6:45pm
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well i use winamp as the primary software to play music, i do have a fairly new k-lite codec pack installed and i use avast av
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post #4 of 7
8/12/09 at 6:48pm
How about trying with another media player like VLC, or even WMP itself?

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post #5 of 7
8/12/09 at 6:53pm
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hm i dont know much about vlc, is that good, do you have experience using it? i only stuck with winamp as i was thinking it was the best.
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post #6 of 7
8/13/09 at 3:26am
I don't doubt that WinAmp is the best for you. I was only suggesting another media player as a form of diagnostic tool to your sound issue.

I use VLC and like it a lot myself.

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post #7 of 7
8/13/09 at 7:06am
Dont know if you are using XP or not, but it might work with Vista as well. Came up with this on a Google search

You might want to read this article.
http://winhlp.com/node/10

Pan down the page, there is a warning which you should be aware of

WARNING: BEFORE UNINSTALLING IDE CHANNELS, READ THIS
If you are not using the generic microsoft drivers (Defualt installation) for your Primary and Secondary IDE/ATA channels DO NOT try uninstalling the channel. This is because they will be most certainly detected on the next re-boot and re-installed, however the generic windows drivers will be installed in place of the MFR. propietary drivers and they will not work correctly! You will fall in to a trap. This happened to me with a Dell Dimension 8200 which uses Intel chipset drivers loaded in BIOS. One very good thing about Dell computers is that you can go to the Dell website and in downloads, enter your "service tag number" and come up with a list of downloads aprropiate for your machine. One of the options was a file enabling you to make a Boot Flash Bios disk. I was able to flash the bios and got the intel chipset dirvers back for the IDE/ATA controller. Bios on this 8200 by default had UDMA turned off but I entered setup on first boot after flashing the BIOS (F2) I turned UDMA on. I exited setup and let the system boot to XP normal. I looked in device manager for both IDE chanels and they both showed Transfer as UDMA 5 with the correct intel driver installed. The bottom line is that if you do not use generic MS drivers by default for the controller, DO NOT UNINSTALL THE CHANNEL if you have no way to put the correct driver back in. I hope I saved someone out there a giant head ache becuase I spent the better part of a day figuring this one out!!
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