1. You could try one of the many programs that scan your computer for outdated drivers. Off the top of my head I can recommend Uniblue, SysTweak but I'm sure there are others too. Typically, they will do the scan for free but you'll have to register (and pay) to have them update your drivers.
2. I presume you have some up to date AV, anti-malware and firewall up and running? Are they all happy? Nothing suspicious?
3. Disable unneeded services. Again, you could use some automated tool for that - TuneUp2011 is in my experience the best for this. Or you could do it manually if you are comfortable with switching services on and off. If you do it manually, take care to disable them - setting them to "manual" isn't always enough since some other process can restart them.
4. Check event log. See if there is anything of interest there. Two things in particular - errors & warnings (obviously) but also info messages about starting/stopping services that look like they may be related to the issue.
What I suggest is to remove all driver files from the C:\Dell\drivers (see section 2 of The Audio Driver Facts FAQ) and install the generic driver (section 6). If you still get the latency then I would say you can rule out the IDT driver as the culprit. At that point if Task Manager is still showing stacsv as the process eating cpu usage, try deleting from C:\Drivers.
What I can't figure out is what to do about it.
If unresolvable, I would return the computer to its original factory configuration.
Oysterisk
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January 23rd, 2011 20:00
1. You could try one of the many programs that scan your computer for outdated drivers. Off the top of my head I can recommend Uniblue, SysTweak but I'm sure there are others too. Typically, they will do the scan for free but you'll have to register (and pay) to have them update your drivers.
2. I presume you have some up to date AV, anti-malware and firewall up and running? Are they all happy? Nothing suspicious?
3. Disable unneeded services. Again, you could use some automated tool for that - TuneUp2011 is in my experience the best for this. Or you could do it manually if you are comfortable with switching services on and off. If you do it manually, take care to disable them - setting them to "manual" isn't always enough since some other process can restart them.
4. Check event log. See if there is anything of interest there. Two things in particular - errors & warnings (obviously) but also info messages about starting/stopping services that look like they may be related to the issue.
Hope this helps, try it and see what happens.
Jim Coates
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January 25th, 2011 07:00
What I suggest is to remove all driver files from the C:\Dell\drivers (see section 2 of The Audio Driver Facts FAQ) and install the generic driver (section 6). If you still get the latency then I would say you can rule out the IDT driver as the culprit. At that point if Task Manager is still showing stacsv as the process eating cpu usage, try deleting from C:\Drivers.
If unresolvable, I would return the computer to its original factory configuration.