Audio playback freeze followed by Graphics sysc issue

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Originally Posted by SamRinaldi

Since my upgrade to Video Hoster 4.XXX currently 4.09d I have been having audio freeze issues followed by an out of sync Lyrics to the music. I have followed the upgrade and FAQ resolutions as closely as I can and can't seem to resolve this issue. I hope someone can help.

HP nc8000 Laptop 1.6 Ghz Pentium M, 1 Gig of RAM 120 GB Hd with more than 30% free space. I use a Creative Labs Soundblaster USB to RCA external sound device. I send second monitor video to a TV using the svideo port. Current Windows updates to MTU specs, Power settings according to MTU specs "Always On", Video properties set according to MTU specs (16bit Color and widows effects settings), DirectX 9.0c Sound Hardware Acceleration set to Basic, Built in ATI Video Card with 64meg of Video memory.

You didn't mention whether you are using Vista or XP.

The unfortunate thing about laptops is that most use shared memory instead of dedicated memory for the on-board video card. This can caause a conflict if there isn't enough memory available for all the functions running.
Do you have any other programs running at the same time such as Anti-virus or a DJ program? These can also eat up memory space.
Have you defragmented your hard drive lately? The more fragmented the files the slower the file is going to run.
Is your USB port for the sound card version 1 or 2? If it is a 1 then the transfer speed is slower and may cause it to freeze.
That is all I am going to mention for now. There are a couple of other tricks that can help, but I'll wait until you check on these items first.