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    Toshiba Satellite Audio Skipping

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by chriscroker92, Feb 12, 2011.

  1. chriscroker92

    chriscroker92 Newbie

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    My Toshiba Satellite M100 has problems with the audio. When I play any sound, whether from a movie (VLC), youtube or itunes, the sound skips and stutters. I think this may be related to CPU usage, as when only itunes is open it plays a lot better, however I have recently upgraded to 3G ram and the problem persists.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated!
     
    chriscroker92, Feb 12, 2011
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  2. alexUW

    alexUW Notebook Virtuoso

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    Try removing the RAM you just upgraded, see if that helps.

    You say it gets better when using itunes, which leads me to believe its software related (driver etc.) and not hardware related.

    You might have to do a system restore to an earlier date, or do a factory reset.

    Keep us updated
     
    alexUW, Feb 12, 2011
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  3. mshaw50g

    mshaw50g Newbie

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    This might be a fairly simple fix actually. I had the same problem. Brand new Toshiba Satellite. Kept skipping on movies and songs. Took it back to Best Buy, they had no clue so exchanged it. Then it hit me on setup: it's the HDD Protection setting, which adjusts the Hard Drive head when the computer detects a tilt or vibration. If you toggle "don't show me this message again" the first time it shows up, then the rest of the time, it only skips, without the visual cue that the HDD Protection has kicked in. You can either turn it down to make it less sensitive, or disable it entirely. This is doable either in the tray, or through system manager.
     
    mshaw50g, Jun 5, 2011
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  4. alexUW

    alexUW Notebook Virtuoso

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    Good catch. Didn't think about the HD protecting software. I agree, turn it down to Normal/Medium protecting [as that is what I have done].
     
    alexUW, Jun 5, 2011
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    Yep, this gentleman has the right idea. If it were purely hardware related, changing the software source likely wouldn't improve it; drivers, firmware, etc. are the most likely culprits here.
     
    SuperWarehouse, Jun 7, 2011
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    pengy_666 Notebook Evangelist

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    usual 1 poster on all the laptop forums until he gets an answer within 30 seconds!

    Good work guys any case. I reckon you were pretty spot on with your diagnosis.
     
    pengy_666, Jun 7, 2011
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