Computer Help!

[David]

Originally Posted by Janet

Suddenly out of nowhere, everytime I listen to a song on my computer, the beat is off, there is alot of static and it sounds awful and slowed down.

I played songs off Ares, it did that. Then I played my song on MySpace and it did that. What possibly could be wrong??? Music on my computer is so very important.

I just tried on another program. Wherever I play music, it's really bad.

Would a speaker ruin it that much? I never could play both speakers ( they are 6 years old) so I have always just had one ( the other just sits there) but would a bad speaker slow down the song and add that much static or could it be my actual computer?

It might be your sound system, it might be your sound card. It might even be corrupt sound files.

Put a music CD in your CD-ROM drive. What do you hear? Anything wrong?

What OS are you using? The OS usually has a sound diagnostics.

I don't know what Ares & MySpace are, but just try playing an MP3 in Winamp. Don't you have Winamp loaded on your machine? In general, eschew the weird stuff & use the tried-and-true freeware instead (like Winamp).