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January 6th, 2026 21:30
Lattitude 5450 Audio increasingly chopped up watching Youtubes
Over a few hours of watching instructional Youtubes, the audio occasionally becomes chopped. This gradually increases until it becomes quite annoying. A reset of the PC fixes the problem, but then it gradually shows up again after a while and again increases the frequency of the chopped audio until a reset is done again. I assume this is a software problem, but I just received my laptop back from warrantee replacement of the main circuit board, so I did not expect this. I had reported the problem as one of the three problems that I was sending it in for repair. Obviously, they didn't fix this problem. I see that other Dell laptops have had this type of problem going back as far as 2006. I am surprized it is not fixed. There is no hardware accelerator setting on the Windows 11 system installed on this laptop.


HedgeFundManager
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January 6th, 2026 22:24
Try a fresh install of Windows 11 and see if that clears up the mess
Thomas Eldredge
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January 6th, 2026 22:43
@HedgeFundManager
Will I have to recopy all my programs and data after I reinstall Windows 11?
HedgeFundManager
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January 12th, 2026 21:16
I suggest some USB sticks to save installer programs, I use several to make a fresh install faster