ever time I play my MP3s on my PC and minimize a window the song sutters. why is it doing that? it never did it before.



and some of my songs have bits missing. why?

no one knows how to help?

Do you use some kind of uber skins? Does it happen when you minimize only the mp3 player or just any window?

any window

Do you use WindowBlinds or some other skins program? What kind of sound card do you have, what OS? Does it shudder for a few seconds only?

1~skins program? what is that? skin mode?
2~I dont have one. its the sound thingy is connected to the motherboard
3~XP
4~yep

What kind of CPU do you have?
Take a screen shot of your desktop with the winamp and post it here.

AMD athlon XP 1800+ 1.50 GHz

Have you tried using winamp or other mp3 players?

yeah it still does it. could it be my HD?

It sounds more like a CPU overload, or a sound card problem.

1. Play the music, press ctrl+alt+del and go to Performance. Check your CPU usage and PF Usage. Minimize some window while observing the CPU Usage. See if it jumps to 100% while the sound is shuddering.

2. Try getting a newer soundcard driver.

it goes back and forth from 22% to 34%. when it studders

I'm pretty sure its the soundcard then, try updating the drivers.

what are the drivers?

Drivers are software for your soundcard that make it work with your OS. It sounds like your soundcard is built in in the motherboard. Figure out which soundcard you have by right-click on My Computer icon on desktop, select Hardware, Device Manager, click on + next to "Sound, video, and game controllers." One of the lines that show up will be the name of your sound card. Tell me what it is.

Also, download the latest DirectX version here
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/thankyo...en&Hash=F9TG8S8
Click on "Start Download"

avance AC97 audio

Great, now tell me which motherboard you have. If you dont know you can download this proggy that will display all info about your PC.
http://www.belarc.com/Programs/advisor.exe
Once you install it, it will pop up all info in a browser window.
Look for header titled "Main Circuit Board" and tell me what it says next to "Board:"