Re: toshiba laptop music slows down by half

From: pid (clopid123_at_yahoo.com.ar)
Date: 02/12/04 

Date: 12 Feb 2004 10:08:05 -0800

Hi Lance,
Thanks for the detailed reply.

The most recent software i have installed prior to the problem were
yahoo messenger an Kazaa. Since then, I have removed both offending
parties.

I am running the following:
1) windows media player 9
2) direct x 9.0
3) the music files come from the hard drive

I have tried the device manager as well. CPU usage jumps between 0 to
9 %. and the PF usage around 210 MB.

The funny thing is that the sound also slows down with the windows
opening and closing theme.

truly desperate, Bernard

"Lance Zielinski [MSFT]" <lancez@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<#AA00EP8DHA.2480@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>...
> Hello Bernard,
>
> Having Kylie Minogue sound like Frank Sinatra is a crisis any way you look
> at it... :-) Let's see what we can do to figure out the cause.
>
> Have you installed anything recent? Something you can say "Ah yes, my music
> was sounding correct before I installed it."?
>
> First of all, what are you playing your music on? Is it Windows Media
> Player, or is it something like Musicmatch or Winamp? Have you updated your
> media player software to the latest version?
>
> Are you playing your music from your hard drive, or from a network share or
> a streaming music site? Network latency can occasionally cause these
> problems.
>
> Try updating new sound drivers and the latest version DirectX. Basically
> you're giving your audio devices a major tuneup by doing this. After you've
> done this, do you still experience the same problem?
>
> Let's look at the device manager while this is happening. Press CTRL +
> SHIFT + ESC to open the device manager. Click on the processes tab. Click
> on the CPU tab so that the highest number is at the top. When your music is
> slowing down, you may see your CPU is being used 100%. This is the way to
> find out where all the resources are going. What's using the most
> processer time?
>
> If you can run through these steps and get me some information if we are
> still having problems, I'd appreciate it! This way I can further assist you
> while we troubleshoot our way through it.
>
>
> --
> Lance Zielinski
> Microsoft Corporation
>
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> "pid" <clopid123@yahoo.com.ar> wrote in message
> news:c3d411f.0402102328.7d08f582@posting.google.com...
> > Dear all,
> > I need some advice on this. I have a Toshiba Tecra 1.5 GHz, 512 Mb.
> > Recently the sound/music is playing up in that:
> > 1) with the fist boot up, every bit of sound/music slows down by half.
> > Kylie Minogue sounds like Frank Sinatra.
> > 2) But with a reboot, the sound playback speed returns to normal!
> >
> > However, this happy state of things didn't last. Now the sound/music
> > just stays half speed. I have tried the following:
> >
> > 1) scan for virus. Done it three times in a day. Nothing found.
> > 2) scan for spyware. found some cookies. removed them. still no go.
> > 3) removed/inactivated more labour intensive software e.g. Flash MX,
> > Norton anti-virus, Zone alarm. still no go.
> > 4) defragmented the harddrive twice. no go.
> >
> > I have contacted the toshiba people who were less than helpful. Can
> > anyone please help?
> >
> > regards, Bernard

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