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Resolved Question

Audio drags and pauses when wifi is working

Jan 11, 2012 9:47AM PST

Hi all,

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With only these few details
Jan 11, 2012 10:02AM PST

I think this is a desktop and all this would happen on 5 or more year old machines. Why? "It doesn't have the chops."

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Surprised?
Jan 11, 2012 1:55PM PST

Would you believe this computer is only a year and a half old? I built it myself so that might explain it, maybe. This is a desktop. I went for a cheaper wifi card when I bought everything for it though, but I didn't think how my computer got internet would make a difference to my audio. I've checked the router and it'd doing everything as it's supposed to, running an xbox and multiple laptops all at the same time. If there's anything else you'd like to know that could help, just ask. Thank you for the response.

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Could be some missing driver.
Jan 11, 2012 2:38PM PST

Windows, even 7 needs an install procedure and drivers after the initial install. It looks like a nice enough machine but forget a driver and this happens.

When did it do this? After the wifi? Then I'm thinking motherboard drivers. Check with the motherboard maker or go to intel.com
Bob

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Thank you!
Jan 12, 2012 1:35AM PST

I updated the motherboard audio and it doesn't seem to be a problem anymore, but I also had to rollback the wireless adapter driver because it wasn't allowing anything incoming to work even though the status of the network connection said it was receiving all the incoming packets yet my browser couldn't load any web pages.

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Good to hear.
Jan 13, 2012 2:37AM PST

You won't be the last to wish Microsoft would stop issuing an OS that has us doing driver hunts.