Sony Vaio Woes :(

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My girlfriend's got a laptop with these specifications:

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SONY PCG-Z600TEK

Windows XP Professional.
P3 700MHz

Video Card:
ATI RAGE MOBILITY-M1 AGP
CD-ROM Drive:
TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-7002Bc SCSI
Modem:
Conexant SoftK56 Data,Fax PCI Modem
Network Card:
Intel 8255x-based PCI Ethernet Adapter (10/100)
Sound Card:
YAMAHA DS-XG PCI Audio CODEC (WDM)

Current BIOS Version:
R0203Z3 / RK203Z3

autoexec.bat
MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD /M:12 /V /L:G

config.sys
DEVICE=ANSI.SYS
DEVICE=VA16365.sys /ne
DEVICE=VA16CD.SYS /D:MSCD

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However when she plays MP3s through Windows Media Player the songs jump/skip
a lot. This is a

very serious problem.

Recently we bought a ARTEC DVD & REWRITABLE CD DRIVE, Model - ARTEC 52X
EXTERNAL. When we

play DVD movies it's fine but frequently the movie slows down and goes
jerky. Very annoying.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/product.php?sku=981109



Does anyone know what the problem is?
 
KevinGPO said:
My girlfriend's got a laptop with these specifications:

-------------------------------------------------
SONY PCG-Z600TEK

Windows XP Professional.
P3 700MHz

Video Card:
ATI RAGE MOBILITY-M1 AGP
CD-ROM Drive:
TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-7002Bc SCSI
Modem:
Conexant SoftK56 Data,Fax PCI Modem
Network Card:
Intel 8255x-based PCI Ethernet Adapter (10/100)
Sound Card:
YAMAHA DS-XG PCI Audio CODEC (WDM)

Current BIOS Version:
R0203Z3 / RK203Z3

autoexec.bat
MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD /M:12 /V /L:G

config.sys
DEVICE=ANSI.SYS
DEVICE=VA16365.sys /ne
DEVICE=VA16CD.SYS /D:MSCD

-------------------------------------------------

However when she plays MP3s through Windows Media Player the songs
jump/skip a lot. This is a

very serious problem.

Recently we bought a ARTEC DVD & REWRITABLE CD DRIVE, Model - ARTEC
52X EXTERNAL. When we

play DVD movies it's fine but frequently the movie slows down and goes
jerky. Very annoying.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/product.php?sku=981109



Does anyone know what the problem is?
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Further to Chris's comments, run disk cleanup and defrag. If it is a
small HD, 8MB, you should check that there is at least 500MB free, and
if not, make that much free. Start/Run command/type: msconfig. Select
the startup tab. Uncheck the box for any entry that does not need to
run. Use this site to determine if an entry needs to run:
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.php Make a note of the
application that is unchecked, open that application and find the
preference or option to prevent running on startup. You might empty the
contents of C:\Windows\Prefetch. The computer will boot a bit slower
until the contents are rebuilt, but it will remove any corrupted
entries.

Q
 
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