Hi
I have been using my dell Vostro 3500 for about 5 years, mainly for sound recording and playback. (Cubase via Focusrite audio interface). Up until the last few months it has been working flawlessly.
However, I've lately been getting sound glitches on playback, where the audio stops/jerks/ distorts for a fraction of a second, and continues to play.This can happen maybe twice during a song, but sometimes up to 10 times. There seems to be no pattern to it.
This happens whether I am playback via the interface and also through the laptops internal speakers. It also happens when playing a song via iTunes , although not quite as often, which suggests a problem with the PC, and nothing to do with my DAW or interface.
My wife is an IT consultant and has updated all the drivers, re-installed everything she could, and replaced the hard drive, which died recently.
Can you suggest anything else we could try?
Regards
Simon