#Windows Vista SP2 audio stuttering

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tacit grove
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yay, Windoes Vista is doing dumb shit yet again!!!
any audio on my ancient Windows Vista laptop has random stuttering. idk why its doing it
specifications:

  • Device: Dell Latitude E6400
  • CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo
  • GPU: Nvidia Quadro NVS 160M
  • RAM: 8gb DDR3
  • OS: Windows Vista SP2 (fully updated)

no im not updating the idiot to Windows 7, its the only Vista machine i have

sour crypt
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Given the age of the device, I'm not surprised. What is the audio source you're using? Windows Media player playing an MP3 file or...?

tacit grove
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including system noises

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CPU model is the P8700 btw

fleet harbor
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Also windows vista oh dear

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Please tell me you don't connect that to the internet

sour crypt
# tacit grove any audio on the device of any format

Gotcha, since it's all sounds, not just those from certain sources, it's likely hardware failure or bad / broken audio drivers. The only thing I'd try is downloading audio drivers from Dell's website onto a USB drive, then installing them onto the laptop.

tacit grove
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nothing has happened so far ¯_(ツ)_/¯

sour crypt
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I hope you don't login to any accounts you care about on that computer. 🤷

tacit grove
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i dont think anyone is really willing to go out of their way to brick a Vista computer tbh

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thats just sad if they do

sour crypt
tacit grove
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actually, would upgrading to Windows 7 fix it?

sour crypt
tacit grove
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so ig im just playing with the literal sun over here, huh?

tacit grove
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update: the whole OS is lagging and we (me and some support guy in the Legacy Update server) are thinking that its the IRRT

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and ofc the drivers for it arent compatible with the thing its supposed to be compatible with

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ok, its fixed

sour crypt
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Was it indeed Intel's RST / IRRT storage drivers? I haven't run into this in 15+ years so it didn't even occur to me.

fleet harbor
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Honestly throw linux on that laptop would be better than your current setup

tacit grove
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im also a linux hater