Windows: Audio Problems
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Windows: Audio Problems
When I have iTunes open (or any other audio player for that matter), I get crackles/distortion when opening up other programs/doing something else in the foreground when a song is playing, something that has only recently started to happen.
Obviously, my first port of call was to check that there was enough RAM free. Strangely enough, there is 30-40% free when it does occur. I've checked for viruses/adware (all negative), I've updated Windows to SP2, and I've deleted a great deal from my C:/ drive...and now I'm confused.
Obviously, my first port of call was to check that there was enough RAM free. Strangely enough, there is 30-40% free when it does occur. I've checked for viruses/adware (all negative), I've updated Windows to SP2, and I've deleted a great deal from my C:/ drive...and now I'm confused.
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I've checked for updates, but there are none.
It's on my VAIO laptop, therefore I don't think that it's a loose connection.
It's only when I open up additional programs; when the computer is 'idle-ish', the sound is perfect.
It's on my VAIO laptop, therefore I don't think that it's a loose connection.
It's only when I open up additional programs; when the computer is 'idle-ish', the sound is perfect.
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Scandisk n defrag the drive. Sounds like when there's disc activity its causing the problems. Check the swapfile settings are ok. Turn of the XP HDD Indexing crap. Found in properties of your C:\ drive.
Also make sure ure not running too many things in the background, as something maybe chewing up your resources. How much ram does it have? Anything below 512mb might give you problems. And cpu speed?
Also make sure ure not running too many things in the background, as something maybe chewing up your resources. How much ram does it have? Anything below 512mb might give you problems. And cpu speed?
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Originally Posted by bioforger
Scandisk n defrag the drive. Sounds like when there's disc activity its causing the problems. Check the swapfile settings are ok. Turn of the XP HDD Indexing crap. Found in properties of your C:\ drive.
Originally Posted by bioforger
Also make sure ure not running too many things in the background, as something maybe chewing up your resources. How much ram does it have? Anything below 512mb might give you problems. And cpu speed?
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Originally Posted by bioforger
Weird, u shouldnt have any issues at all with that spec. Throw it in the bin? 448mb of ram? where did u get that figure from?
I presume it's 512 MB - no idea why it says 448 MB.
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