Skype problem on Pavilion DV7 Vista & Win7

I'm having problems with Skype 5.1 - when I try to open it a message appears 'Skype has stopped working, check online for a solution & close the program etc'. Nothing appears when this is clicked. I tried scanning for viruses & updating drivers with no success. My DV7 originally ran Vista so I decided to do a fresh install of Windows 7. To my surprise the problem with Skype persisted, so I can only assume it's hardware related. I updated the Bios without success.
I've found a partial solution - start Skype in Win 98/ME compatability mode. Skype opens but the quality of the video & audio is poor. I have Skype installed on 2 desktops with Vista & Win 7 & it works perfectly, so the fault must lie with my HP Notebook. Any help would be appreciated.
Update: if I disable the IDT Audio Device Codec drivers Skype video works well (in Win98/ME compatability mode) without sound. This suggests the audio drivers are causing the problem - there are several posts on this topic. I tried installing an older driver (6.10.6225.0 instead of 6.10 6276.0) but the program still freezes after a few minutes on a call with CPU usage at 85-90%. My machine is the DV7-2030ea with a 2.2 GHz AMD Turion processor, 3GB RAM, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4500/5100 Graphics & AMD HD Audio. Anyone else had this problem?
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Tried Skype 5.2 - reluctant to install & outgoing video would not work. Decided to go back to 3.6 (360216). Only works in Win 98/Me compatability mode, but no problems with freezing etc even after 30 mins. To anyone having the above problems with the DV7-2030ea or similar spec machine I would suggest:
1) Use Skype 3.6 rather than latest version.
2) Run in Win98/Me compatability mode.
3) Replace IDT HD Audio Codec drivers with Microsoft ones if problems persist.

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