L505D-S5983 Sound Problem/Fix

Hi,
Have had the PC for about a month. Really like it! Good price $399 at Best Buy!
Started having Audio problems. Sound would stop emit a loud static sound then start working OK.
Tried many of the suggestions on this forum but none helped.
I started noticing that if music was playing and the PC started taxing the CPU (Running other applications), the problem would come back.
I had recently installed the CA Internet Suite that Roadrunner offers. I remembered that this application seemed to be a resource hog on our desktop. I uninstalled it, loaded Avast and the problem has not come back. I ended up with the Micro$oft driver installed after troubleshooting. Unless I have any further issues, I will leave it as is.
Hope this helps others!

ps hp if you keep ignoring the users and not fixing the driver then people wont buy from you oh  and its been sence july get your thing right...

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    //-->  Toshiba Satellite L505D-S5983_AMD Athlon II Dual-Core M300   2.00 GHz_3GB RAM 32-bit OS   <--//
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