Tecra M10-12M - clicking noises and slight stuttering
I have a strange but serious sound problem with my Tecra M10-12M from December 2008.
It started occurring a month or two ago and behaves like this:
After restarting Vista Professional the sound is perfect.
I use my computer all day long, then put it in Sleep mode at night. The problem starts with occasional clicking noises and slight stuttering, then gradually gets worse. After 3 to 4 days the PC becomes impossible to listen to or use with Skype.
I'm a competent IT person and have tried to systematically close down all applications, services and processes to see if I could find an offender that caused the problem. I didn't and I have also checked that I have the latest drivers for the Realtek High Definition Audio (with EC). I also tried disabling all enhancements in the sound properties.
The only thing that helps is restarting. The sound is then perfect again right away and for a few days.
A good sample of this phenomenon can be found at http://www.netwv.net/Sound.mp3. Though the example comes from Skype, note that this is not a Skype related problem. But Skype is an important tool for me and this problem really completely disables my PC when it comes to using Skype and listening to other sound.
Any suggestions to solve this will be greatly appreciated!
Willy
>The only thing that helps is restarting. The sound is then perfect again right away and for a few days.
Hm thats strange seems its not a sound driver issues as you updated the sound driver as well.
Im not quite sure what could cause this clicking noise when using the Skype
Maybe you should to reinstall the Skype too.
If this will not help then you should clean the OS using the CCLeaner. This tool is for free and cleans the registry and OS.
But if you will still notice the sound issue then you should check if new OS installation would help.
For this you should use the Toshiba recovery disk!
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