Audio freezes during internet activity

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A problem has recently cropped up on my AMD based XP Pro system, that's
driving me nuts.

While surfing the internet, I usually have mp3's playing in the
background on WMP, I have never had any problems doing this until
recently. Now it seems that any internet activiity causes WMP and any
other players to freeze.

I can listen to mp3's with no problem until I open Firefox (haven''t
tried with IE) then it's like russian roulette with every url click
until eventually I click on a link then my whole system freezes
completely in a loud audio loop. The only way to bring it back is to
turn the power off and restart.

Again, I usually have music going in the background anytime that I'm
surfing but now it's impossible without a complete system freeze up.

Any ideas as to what is going on here?

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