I've already talked to Tim about this and he can't help me.
I have an external Creative soundcard for all my audio. If I just do computer things (listen to music, watch a movie) there's not one issue with the card. I have issues with it using internet browsers for the internet. I get a lot of bad static pops on any page with flash animation and some video sites (except youtube oddly enough). Its really bad when using IE 6 (won't upgrade) and Firefox 2.0 or 3.0. The problem is not as bad using Opera 9.27
Do you have an idea of what might be the issue? Is it a different rendering engine? Firefox is using Gecko, and I've forgotten what Opera is using, but its not the same platform. I do have a Linksys usb wireless adaptor for my laptop and I can't go wired being nowhere near the modem. My internal wifi card is even worse so I keep that disabled.