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OS Information:
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OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional|C:\WINDOWS|\Device\Harddisk0\Partitio n1
Service Pack 2.0
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS


Processor:
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Current Clock Speed 3790
Description x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 1
Manufacturer GenuineIntel
Name Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.80GHz

Current Clock Speed 3790
Description x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 1
Manufacturer GenuineIntel
Name Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.80GHz


Memory (RAM):
PropertyValue
Bank Label
Capacity 536870912

Bank Label
Capacity 536870912

Total Memory Deteced in Hardware: ~1024 MB
Memory Reported to Operating System: 1022MB

Disk Drives:
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Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model ST3160023AS
Media Type Fixed hard disk media
Size 159998146560 (~149 GB)
Number of Partitions 3


Installed Printers:
PropertyValue
Name EPSON Stylus COLOR 880
Port Name LPT1:
Default True
Driver Name EPSON Stylus COLOR 880


Motherboard:
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Manufacturer Dell Inc.
Model
Name Base Board
Part Number
Product 0U7084
Serial Number ..CN481114BU02CH.
Version


BIOS:
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Manufacturer Dell Inc.
Name Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A07
Release Date 20050715000000.000000+000
Version DELL - 7


Monitor:
PropertyValue
Description Plug and Play Monitor
Name Plug and Play Monitor
Screen Height 768
Screen Width 1024


Keyboard:
PropertyValue
Description Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard


Pointing Device:
PropertyValue
Manufacturer (Standard system devices)
Name USB Human Interface Device


Sound Card:
PropertyValue
Manufacturer Creative Technology, Ltd.
Description Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM)
Device ID PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0004&SUBSYS_20061102&REV_04\4&104 16D21&0&08F0

Manufacturer Microsoft
Description Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device
Device ID MODEMWAVE\0\{0CA43E00-2297-45FC-8F2F-AB8CAD92EFF2}


Video Card:
PropertyValue
Adapter Compatibility NVIDIA
Adapter RAM 268435456
Description NVIDIA GeForce 6800
Installed Display Drivers nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.6684
Driver Date 11/11/2004 11:10:00 PM
Video Mode Description 1024 x 768 x 4294967296 colors


DirectX Installation:
PropertyValue
Version 6.03.01.0148


Modem:
PropertyValue
Model Intel(R) 537EP V9x DF PCI Modem
Name Intel(R) 537EP V9x DF PCI Modem


Network Adapters:
PropertyValue
Description Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description RAS Async Adapter
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description WAN Miniport (L2TP)
Description WAN Miniport (PPTP)
Description WAN Miniport (PPPOE)
Description Direct Parallel
Description WAN Miniport (IP)
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description 1394 Net Adapter
Description 1394 Net Adapter

External Ports:
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External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator

Expansion Slots:
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Slot Designation PCI_1
Slot Designation PCI_2
Slot Designation PCI_3
Slot Designation PCI_E_1
Slot Designation PCI_4
Slot Designation PEG
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any other suggestions as to what it could be, i did the regsvr fix. could it possibly be anything else?

What is the exact DELL DIMENSION XPS model?

http://support.dell.com/


Also if you could detect any process in the Task Manager that appears to activate itself this would be useful.

XPS/Dimension XPS Gen 4

PROCESSOR, 80547, PENTIUM 4 PRESCOTT DT, Pentium 4 Prescott DT, 3.8GHZ, 1 MEGB, 800FSB, SKT-T, E0

CARD (CIRCUIT), PLANAR (MOTHERBOARD), TRANSFORMER SKY DIVE MINITOWER, XPS-G4, MID-LIFE KICKER

HARD DRIVE, 160GB, Serial ATA, 7.2K, 8MB, NATIVE COMMAND QUEUEING, SEAGATE

I hope this helps, did I give you the right information?

http://support.dell.com/support/topi...=us&l=en&s=gen

Sorry I cannot find any more specific ideas at this point in time.

I would still try to see if you can pinpoint a process active in the Task Manager.

Dell does have some troubleshooting tools that might help at the link above.

Hi. I am having the exact same issue, with my screen and audio stuttering and skipping. I also own a DELL XPS with pretty much the same specifications as yours.
I've tried almost everything, but without success. Once I changed my Audigy Sound Card from one PCI Slot to another and it solved the problem - for about a month. Then the problem returned.
This is what I have found so far, may be of use:
-I have no problems when executing sound using hardware acceleration. For instance, using winamp with the sound output set to the Audigy using hardware acceleration or playing 3d games causes no problem.
-I believe the problem is related when sound goes through "software buffer" against "hardware buffer". When doing the sound tests available in DirectX DXDiag console (dxdiag.exe), all sounds executed through "hardware buffer" come out OK, it is when it begins playing as "Software Buffer" that the stuttering begins.
-I also believe it has someting to do with a conflict with the graphics card, because when the stuttering begins, I can make it go away temporarily be executing a 3d application, like the Direct3d tests on the dxdiag console. WHen I run any that test, the computer returns to normal for a while.
-The stuttering becames pronounced specially when playing an Adobe Flash Player movie for a long time.
-I changed the sound card temporarily to a Genius, it didn't solve the problem.
-I did a complete Windows reinstall, with drive formatting included, it didn't solve the problem.
-I installed and uninstalled almost every known driver for the sound card and the graphics card, even an unofficial one, it didn't solve the problem.
-I also believe it is related to some kind of IRQ conflict, as things got better for a while when changing the Sound Card from a PCI slot to another.

-The only thing I can think to try is to change the ACPI configuration (the one that assigns IRQs) to 'Standard PC'. I tried it once but i had to reconfigure by hand all the hardware installed, so I rolled that option back. However, I might try it in the future.

I am extremely annoyed with this crappy problem.

Hope this helps and maybe someone has another idea, considering all I have tried.

Andres