I just got a new computer a couple of weeks back and so far most everything is pretty cool.
But I’ve noticed something in the last couple of days that is starting to vaguely annoy me and I want to see if I can find a fix for it. I notice it both when I’m playing movie files, cd’s, and also mp3’s in Windows Media Player (and Winamp) - within the first five seconds, I’ll get a quick (less than a second long) skip. Kind of like one of those skips where it skips really really fast so it sounds like machine-gun skip. Hard to explain, but if you’ve heard it, you know what I mean. Then sometimes, but not all the time, it will slow down for a couple of seconds a little later. It might happen elsewhere, but I do most of my video watching and audio listening in WMP, so I notice it most there.
I’ve checked on my CPU usage and I’m well under the limit so I’m thinking that this has to have something to do with my soundcard. I have a “Realtek High Definition Audio” card. Looking at the mixer, it gives the following info:
Audio Driver Version: 5.10.00.5178
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c
Audio Controller: HD Audio
Audio Codec: ALC883
Is there anywhere I can check to see if there is a fix for this? I would assume there would be one.
Thanks!