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    Computer Slows down whe listening to music

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Jasilv21, Jul 11, 2011.

  1. Jasilv21

    Jasilv21 Notebook Consultant

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    Every time I play music on my computer it slows down dramatically and stutters. Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this? I feel like it might be a hard drive but idk also does anyone else have the same issue?
     
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    ted264 Notebook Consultant

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    what program are you using? check your task manager to see if your using up memory/cpu

    if it only happens with that program then it wouldn't be the HDD
     
    ted264, Jul 11, 2011
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    I'm using windows media player and sometimes the audio gets stuck and makes a really load noise
     
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    well im most familiar with itunes..... how much music do you have and from what source? sounds like it could be your content causing the crash... create a new user on your machine and test with a few songs
     
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    I have 5 gigs of music.. I changed my Ram Frequency and so far I haven't had the problem since lol idk if that fixed it I'll keep updating just in case
     
    Jasilv21, Jul 12, 2011
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