sound problem pcg-fr415m

[K-tch]

Hi,

I have a tiny problem with my VAIO
when I am playing mp3 songs with winamp (not that i use another prog to play them) sometimes the sound goes somewhat slower for a second or 2 en then returns to normal.

It doens't happen with the sound of dvd's or divx movies, nor with the sound of games, just mp3. It's a little annoying.

It is not caused by processor overload, but it happens more often when I scroll down a page for example. Any tips ?

[kee-lo_]

Does the same happen in Windows Media Player?

[K-tch]

Yes it does,

and I just updated media player to the latest version.

[kee-lo_]

Have you tried reinstalling your soundcard?

[K-tch]

Ok, have I reinstalled the audio driver. The problem is not gone.

The driver I now installed seems to be another one than I had before; but doesn"t solve the problem.

Thx for your time,

K-tch

[TygerTyger]

Are you running lots of programs in the background......or anything taking up lots of processor time? It sounds like Winamp isn't able to read off the hard drive fast enough.

[kee-lo_]

I would send it in to Sony

[K-tch]

No, I am not running a lot in the background. Just the stuff that loads ( norton antivirus) at startup, messenger and browsing.

I know that the harddrive is slow, but playing a stupid mp3 ... but it in the ram mem and winamp doesn't need my harddrive.

Sending it in ... *sigh* ... this is the only problem, all the rest works great, I'm really happy with it. ( 0 broken pixels )
I don't think it's worth it.


Could it me my mp3 codec? Although I doubt this.

[kee-lo_]

I doubt it too.

I guess you could try running Spybot S&D and Ad Aware

[K-tch]

I've done an ad-aware scan and a virus scan. No help.

I just purchased a Maxtor external Harddrive (dv 5000) and placed mp3's on that drive and played them from there : no help.

So I think it's not the harddrive's problem. I still think it is a software related thing.

I might to a system format and use the restore dvd's ... . That means a load of work, deleting the progs I don't want, reinstalling the ones I want.
If that doesn't work ... no option but sending the laptop to Sony. And I can't miss a working computer.

*sigh*

Thx for all your time guys.

Greetzz.