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Apologies for bumping up an old thread (especially since I'm new here), but I came here via a Google search and I happen to be facing a similar problem as the original thread starter. In my case though, my computer is an one-year-old Acer M5630 running Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit. The stuttering issue started and worsened only recently, especially after i had accidentally dropped a phone on it.

The problem seems to happen not only when I load a page in a web browser (Safari, Google Chrome, Opera, etc.), but also during other high-load CPU activities. The problem is only especially bad when something is loading in the web browser though.

I have ruled out a speaker problem (I have tested it with other devices and they work fine), so there's definitely something wrong on the computer itself.

Full specifications:

Acer Aspire M5630
Intel Core2Quad Q6600 2.4 GHz
2GB of RAM
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GS (I'm including this as I did read somewhere that graphics card may cause some audio problems indirectly)
Realtek High-Definition Audio (integrated with the motherboard)
Creative I-Trigue 2300 speakers
Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 32-bit