Sound slow and distorted

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daveyg

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Hello
I am having a bit of a nightmare with my Dell PC - I am running Vista and recently reformatted it as the internet clock had stopped working, it was losing up to an hour a day - unfortunately the reformat has not solved that problem and created a new one - now all the sounds my PC make are slow and distorted - from the 'welcome' sound when the PB boots up to mp3 and CD playback - even the images on WMP are slow and distorted. I have tried downloading new drivers etc. but nothing seems to work, everything is slow and distorted on speakers and thru headphones - even the 'test' sounds are the same.
Can anyone help??
 

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My first thought was that you need a new CMOS battery on the motherboard.

Did the Dell do this right after your reformat on some time later? If the former, you may have to do a backup and a clean format, if the latter, then try performing a system restore to the earliest point available.

Is it still losing time too? Replacing the CMOS battery may not be a bad idea.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom mATX
    CPU
    AMD Athlon X2 5600+ Brisbane 2.9Ghz (dual core)
    Motherboard
    Asus M3N78-VM Green
    Memory
    Kingston 8 GB DDR2 PC-6400
    Graphics Card(s)
    PNY NVIDIA GeForce 9400GT 512MB PCIe
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 22", Samsung 24"
    Hard Drives
    WD RE3 320GB (WD3202ABYS), Samsung SPINPOINT F1 640GB (HD642JJ)
    External Drives: WD MyBook Essentials 500GB, WD 120GB, an old Maxtor 80GB. Portables: Simpletech 160GB, WD Passport 250GB.
    PSU
    Corsair 620W modular
    Case
    CoolerMaster Elite 341 mATX
    Cooling
    Thermaltake TR2-R1
    Keyboard
    HP Elite Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Laser & Logitech Marble
    Internet Speed
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    Other Info
    Printers: HP Photosmart C7280, Oki-Data 3400n, HP Officejet 4300
Hi
It did it right after the reformat - before the reformat it was losing time but the sound was fine, mp3s etc played without a hitch. After the reformat I am getting the hideous slo-mo distortion effect and the clock is still slow even when I reset it to a different internet clock. The PC was also making a horrible squeal sound every time I pressed on a track title on my cd burning software but that now seems to have gone overnight.
Similarly the sound all seemed to sort itself out for a day or two with mp3s playing OK then it's started again!
Forgive me for being a novice how do I do a backup and clean format? Is that reformatting it all over again?
 

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