On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:46:17 GMT, Manlio <noemail@news.org> wrote:
Does this happen when you are running on battery power and also when
you are running on mains power..??

>Followup  to  msg on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:38:57 -0800, Steve Urbach
><dragonsclaw@NOTmindspring.com> :
> (Original msg on bottom)
>I discovered an additional point could reveal to be interesting.
>The stuttering happens mainly on audio input. Microfone is not
>affected or very little .. On the contrary CD player stutters ..
>I have to think about
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>Manlio
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>>On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:36:26 GMT, Manlio <noemail@news.org> wrote:
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>>>Followup  to  msg on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:26:47 -0500, "Joan F \(MI\)"
>>><jjfahl@removethisameritech.net> :
>>> (Original msg on bottom)
>>>
>>>Yes, you're probably right .. I have also thought could be a real
>>>hardware problem ... I will do another couple of attempts and after I
>>>will only the chance to give a physical look ! Thanks for the support
>>>.. it's nice to have someone paticipating your trouble.
>>>Cheers
>>>Manlio (from Italy)
>>>
>>>
>>>>Would suspect the sound card--which probably is part of the MOBO since they 
>>>>tend to pack everything together in laptops.  Could just be a loose contact 
>>>>that is only making partial contact.  Laptops are a pain to get into.  Good 
>>>>luck.
>>>>
>>>>
>>My old S-1135 seems to be developing USB (pwr load?) issues, that slows the
>>whole Laptop down if I leave a USB pen drive in place for hours. So you could
>>be developing weak hardware.
>>If you have not tried. Get a copy of Sysinternals "Process Explorer" from
>>Microsoft.com and see what is running (also shows traffic).
>>A badly behave Anti-virus may be your issue.