Have a Dell 9150 Vista Home Premium upgrade, exactly the same problem but
seem to have solved it by following dell intructions, installed latest
sigmatel driver and diabled enhancements; seems to work
http://www.dellcommunity.com/support...hread.id=73028
goo luck
Andy P
"Saq" wrote:
> This happens to me too but only on really long mp3s (about an hour or more)
> It also does it in winamp 
>
> "Ryan Kittendorf" wrote:
>
> > I have just bought a new Dell PC with Vista Home Premium pre installed. I
> > transferred my music collection from my Iriver PMP manually (copying and
> > pasting). When i play mp3s in media player, with about 10% of the track
> > remaining - say 20 seconds to go, the track skips quite badly! Sounds strange
> > i know - buts its for all the tracks!! I installed media monkey and it plays
> > the mp3s fine so i figure its got to be media player. If i play the tracks
> > through media center it does the same thing. Is any one else suffering from
> > this issue? Have i missed something blatently obvious? I havent tried a DVD
> > yet but thats on my to do list! Changing the sound settings for SigmaTel High
> > Def Codec also dont seem to make too much of a difference!! Any help will be
> > greatly appreciated!
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Ryan