DJK-Funk wrote:
my laptop is out of warranty now so i may reformat it get rid of vista and go back to xp, upgrade RAM while im at it.
is Cross compatible with XP home sp3?? or pro sp3??
Defo XP home SP3, not to sure on the Pro (but I can't see why not)
If you are planning installing more Ram (I would looking at your early post) I would consider upgrading to Windows 7.
I had Vista (32bit, Home Premium) on my Gig'ing laptop, although I didn't have any problems with it, I felt the OS was too "heavy". As soon as Windows 7 came out I decided to upgrade to that rather than downgrade to XP. I've been using 7 now for well over a year with no problem.
Have you thought about trying the DPC latency checker. It will show you whether you have a driver or drivers that are misbehaving and causing your sound problems.
http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtmlDownload it and try it mate, there's no harm in it

you never know, you might see some interesting results