My computer is playing music

geek_72gto

April 7, 2008, 8:58 am

My computer is playing music like a skipping CD. How do I fix this? it has never happened before

geek_intrade

April 7, 2008, 8:59 am

Ok what operation system do you have? I assume you got winblows, if so get crapcleaner from www.filehippo.com and remove all old files to start with.

geek_72gto

April 7, 2008, 9:01 am

Windows XP ok I will try that thanks

geek_sighkick

April 7, 2008, 9:02 am

Thanks for giving us ALL the information up front! Have you tried more than one CD? Are you even using a CD player or is this simply an MP3 on your hard drive? If you are using a CD in a computer CD player, either the CD is faulty [scratched] or most likely a faulty CD Player.

geek_72gto

April 7, 2008, 9:03 am

I am using windows media player the songs are on my computer there is no CD involved

geek_72gto

April 7, 2008, 9:07 am

Oh and its also the same when I try to watch a video on youtube the sound just skips, its not my computer speakers as I have just tried running it thru my stereo and it is doing the same thing

geek_sighkick

April 7, 2008, 9:08 am

Use Crap Cleaner as mentioned above to remove everything from the startup other than security such as Virus Checker, Trojan detectors and Firewalls [if any]. It sounds like your CPU is busy and interfering with processing the audio.

geek_72gto

April 7, 2008, 9:14 am

Just remembered I defraged my computer a couple of nights ago. Could this be the problem or not?

geek_72gto

April 7, 2008, 9:53 am

OKAY Just run Crap Cleaner and it didnt fix the problem. What to do now?

geek_connie56

April 7, 2008, 10:32 am

#10

Bumping for answers as I have this problem with my laptop

geek_puddleduck00

April 7, 2008, 12:08 pm

#11

It sounds like what you call a buffering problem. As mentioned your computer might have a pile of applications starting up that are using all your system resources. Failing that it could be a problem with your soundcard drivers, so updating/reinstalling the drivers might help. Or, it could be that your soundcard has some kind of DSP running that your PC can't handle.

geek_puddleduck00

April 7, 2008, 12:09 pm

#12

In Ccleaner under start up, how many items are in that list? Listing them would actually be quite helpful.

geek_72gto

April 7, 2008, 12:22 pm

#13

#12 Internet explorer, windows explorer and system. each of those has a drop down menu

geek_pcfix4u

April 7, 2008, 12:27 pm

#14

Whats your PC specs operating system???? video,,,,,, cpu,,,,,,,, memory,,,,,, free space on c drive