[VIA] KT4Ultra - Sounds Pop, Click and Stall

Hey folks -
I hope someone can help here. I am running a KT4 Ultra with an Athlon 1800 MHz chip, all of the latest drivers, and sound files are driving me nuts! The audio clicks and pops and "stalls" for miniscule amounts of time while playing. It is especially noticeable when playing a video/DVD, as eventually the stalls add up to a multi-second delay between video and audio. It is really frustrating watching a movie and having the characters move their mouths, only to hear their words during the next scene!
I REALLY don't know what could be causing this, but it is driving me nuts. I am using the C-Media 8738MX chips on the board for my audio. Should I purchase a separate sound board, or do I need to change some sort of settings?
Thanks very much in advance.
Garry Wakely

For a while I tried to use that integrated C-Media, but it just didn't work. I'm not sure is the chip piece of s*it or are the drivers just bad, but I suffered from great number of blue screens (1-2 per day) in games. Some times it also caused crashes when Windows (98SE, this happened 2002) was loading. This drove me almost insane, but luckily I eventually found out that C-media was to blame. I purchased Philips Audigy Edge, and everything has been working perfectly since.

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