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Well here's another interesting aspect I forgot to mention: If I play a single song in windows media player, it plays all the way through, completely fine. If I play that same song in a playlist in windows media player, then the problem persists. So it's completely (capable) of playing media...

The warranty's long gone, unfortunately =/ It's been a few years. Is there any way to reset/reformat my computer 100% back to factory settings, including drivers and codecs and all that? Because I've done clean installations of W8 but the problem never went away.

This is my laptop: http://support.gateway.com/us/en/product/default.aspx?tab=1&modelId=2388 http://www.amazon.com/Gateway-P-7809U-NVIDIA-SERIES-NOTEBOOK/dp/B002FZXW5I/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top/187-3292478-2020715 CPU: Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53GHz Penryn 45nm Technology RAM: 4.00GB...

Thank you for the polite response :) Here's the extra info you needed. If there's anything else you need I'll try to provide it Sound Cards: Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221 NVIDIA High Definition Audio Mainboard info: Manufacturer Gateway Model IMV (U2E1) Version Gateway MG1 Chipset...

It seems all media players (windows media player, itunes, spotify, W8 music app, etc.) stop playing a song/video after 3-5 seconds and then replay it. Over and over and over. Sometimes it also switches between songs sporadically at the 3-5 second intervals. This happens to everything except...