KT4 Ultra Sound still stuttering for a lot of people... Any Progress?

I've searched the forums, updated, rebuilt, reupdated, replaced, blah, blah, blah....  as have a lot of KT4 Ultra owners... but still the sound stutters like a Dragon 64.
Does anyone know if MSI have even bothered to look at this problem? Has anyone "who's actually experienced the problem" actually got a fix?
I bought the MSI for it's power and it's sound. The powers great, the sound.... I rely on my daughters old Dell Celeron 400 to provide.
Thanks to everyone who've suggested ideas, but shouldn't MSI be addressing this problem? At what stage can I go back to my motherboard supplier and tell them it's crap and ask for a Gigabyte?
Very disappointing MSI. You've got my money, is that all that matters? Not related to Microsoft are we?
Yorkshiretaff2
(previously yorkshiretaff but MSI's password sender doesn't work...  hmmm...  does anyone else see a pattern here? any emails to [email protected] please.)
msi kt4 ultra (ha ha ha)
2100+
512 ddr
msi mx440
2 x maxtor 40gigs
lg dvd
tdk 48x cdrw
xp pro sp1 plus all patches to date

Thanks for replying Maesus, I really hope you can help.
My first post about this subject was Jan 24th under Yorkshiretaff. I've been scanning the forums and web for a fix since buying the MSI MB & vid card for a fix since december.
My system comprises the following...
>MSI KT4 Ultra
>2100+
>MSI GF4 MX440 64Mg
>512 DDR
>2x Maxtor 40Gb's
>LG DVD
>TDK 48x CDRW
>XP Pro SP1+ (all up to date)
>All MSI drivers up to date (except recommended beta graffics driver not installed)
>Bios 1.3 (fault occurs under all previous releases as well)
>lastest recommended VIAHyperion4in1445v drivers
>USB2 via fix
>Sophos antivirus
>MSI utilities running - PC Alert, MSI Monitor
>C-Media drivers updated to latest via Windows Update (as recommended)
All patches have been applied sequentially with full testing between each application. Bear in mind I run and support a 300 PC/23 server call centre on my own for my job.
I think thats about it for specs. The PC was put together to mainly be used as an office PC with a bit of power for processing avi's and playing MP3's decently and to support a digital camera. Apart from the sound the KT4 has performed really well. I get avi's locking the PC up, but I can trace this again to the sound problem. I have no other software or hardware issues at all. The fault occurs with just a base XP build on.
In previous posts about the sound stutter people have mentioned various bios settings which, after updating the bios 1.3 last night I'm going to start trying all over again (1.2 testing finished). Could you recommend a set of BIOS settings page by page that I could start with? I always start with the default "safe" and start working my way up. But as the fault occurs under the "safe" setting something else might be an issue.
The sound stutter can occur when the PC is almost at rest just playing MP3's. I've stopped all activity on the PC (antivirus, MSI stuff, zonealarm, fuji camera link, palm link) and the sound still stutters. I've seen recommendations for PCI Latency, PCI busmatering, etc but am unsure of what should be set. It does seem to be a processing issue in that the PC just can't handle it, but with the specs above I don't think it should be an issue.
Regarding my "MSI bashing", I apologise for breaking the forum rules, but it does show the frustration myself and many other MSI KT4 owners are experiencing. Paying for, and building a good machine for Multimedia or gaming use should be an easy thing to do with todays kit. Without good sound a PC is no good for either use.
Thanks again.....
YT

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