New build problems

naudiz · 16 Jan 2010 at 17:44

Hey all. Built a new PC for a mate, core i5 750, 4gb of DDR3 ram, Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H. Problem is while he's listening to music on it the music keeps jumping/juddering. I can't place the problem myself, any suggestions?

Brummies · 16 Jan 2010 at 17:46

what media player is he using? and the file codec? mp3? ..

naudiz · 16 Jan 2010 at 18:03

They're MP3s, and he's using iTunes. Never had a problem with it on his old PC. Forgot to mention, he's running Windows 7 Professional, and he's using an external firewire sound card, that required the drivers to be downgraded to legacy versions. Could this be an issue?

Derek W · 16 Jan 2010 at 21:41

has he tried a different media player?

naudiz · 17 Jan 2010 at 11:39

That's the next step I think, but he needs iTunes for his iPod. I've monitored the usage while he's listening to music, and there's no odd spikes or anything when it happens. Very odd

Derek W · 17 Jan 2010 at 14:51

naudiz said:
That's the next step I think, but he needs iTunes for his iPod. I've monitored the usage while he's listening to music, and there's no odd spikes or anything when it happens. Very odd

I've got an ipod as well but very rarely do i listen to music using it. I only use it to transfer music vids pics and apps to my ipod touch. I normally just use WMP for playing stuff if i do play any music on my pc.

Has he got a new HDD or is it an old one from a previous pc? possible bad sector or corrupted music file?

naudiz · 17 Jan 2010 at 15:18

It's a brand new TB hard drive. Bad sector is possible I guess, I'll check next time I can get in there