Ever since I put my system together, I've been having issues with the onboard audio. If I'm using Winamp, for example, and I'm typing (in any program - OE, AIM, Word) at the same time, occasionally the audio will break up, and every now and then, Winamp will do some crazy 2x speed playback for no apparant reason triggered by the keyboard.
The problem isn't limited to just Winamp. WMP and other wave-mapping programs get choppy with keyboard usage. Installing a vintage copy of Warcraft II and running the tests was amusing as well, because the test wave is "Your sound card works perfectly" when in fact the audio is a bit broken up.
I built another system almost identical to this one for my girl, and she has no problems. The only difference in systems is a different video card, a slightly slower processor of the same class, and half of the memory.
The motherboard is a DFI with an nVidia NForce2 chipset, onboard nVidia audio. I'm using an Athlon processor at 2GHz with 512MB of RAM - should be overkill to play an MP3 file through Winamp without breaking up over the keyboard. There are no system conflicts, all drivers are up to date, and the only other thing on the Winamp IRQ is a USB port controller, which may be linked to my mouse (I have two port controllers).
Anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks...
JS