Skype - Sound breaks up

Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600) Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
2.20 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: i850-W83627
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. 6.00 PG 11/14/2001
Drives Memory Modules c,d
564.81 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
224.52 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

AOPEN DUW1616/ARR [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

Combo_Drive1 [Hard drive] -- drive 6
CompactFash_Drive [Hard drive] -- drive 3
HDT722516DLAT80 [Hard drive] (164.69 GB) -- drive 2
Hitachi HDT725032VLAT80 [Hard drive] (320.07 GB) -- drive 1, s/n VF1200R20XT3VJ, rev V54OA42A, SMART Status: Healthy
MAXTOR 6L080J4 [Hard drive] (80.05 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 664208251792, rev A93.0500, SMART Status: Healthy
MemoryStick_Drive [Hard drive] -- drive 5
SmartMedia_Drive [Hard drive] -- drive 4 1024 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'A0' has 256 MB
Slot 'A1' has 256 MB
Slot 'A2' has 256 MB
Slot 'A3' has 256 MB
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c: (NTFS on drive 0) 41.94 GB 24.76 GB free
d: (NTFS on drive 0) 38.10 GB 9.04 GB free
e: (NTFS on drive 1) 320.07 GB 102.50 GB free
f: (NTFS on drive 2) 164.69 GB 88.22 GB free
Network Drives
None detected

Acrobat PDFWriter on LPT1:
Adobe PDF Converter on My Documents\*.pdf
AdobePS Acrobat Distiller on C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\.pdf
Amyuni Document Converter 2.50 on LPT1:
ElectraSoft NT Print to Fax on C:\TOFAX
EPSON Stylus Photo R200 Series on USB001
HP DeskJet 560C on LPT1:
IBM 4019 LaserPrinter PS39 on LPT1:
Microsoft Office Document Image Writer Driver on Microsoft Document Imaging Writer Port:
Microsoft Shared Fax Driver on SHRFAX:
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WinFax (Photo Quality) on FaxModem (Photo Quality)
Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
Intel(R) 82801BA Ultra ATA Storage Controller - 244B
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller] NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 (Microsoft Corporation) [Display adapter]
Daewoo PnP Monitor (17.7"vis, February 2002)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
Intel(R) 82801BA/BAM USB Universal Host Controller - 2442
Intel(R) 82801BA/BAM USB Universal Host Controller - 2444
VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller (2x)
VIA USB Enhanced Host Controller Intel(r) 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio Controller

2 MB DSL


I have been trying to get Skype working on my PC described above. When I try to connected to the Skype audio test site the I get about 1 second of the audio from the site and the nothing until it hangs up. I have tried all of the Integrated Audio Controller drivers I can find on the web and the Realtec driver works better, that is I get more audio from the Skype test site but Skype hangs and continues to ring while audio is being received. The C-Media driver that Microsoft tries to install has no sound at all.

I have found reference to a driver update for this Integrated Audio Controller on the web but haven't been able to find a site where I can download it.
The file is: 5[1].12.1.3713_adi_sm4.sf.exe

Where can I get a copy of this diver?
I have tried with all the versions of Skype available and nothing works.

Do you have any other ideas what I can try?

Regards.

Jim

 

Thanks for your input. I downloaded the driver and tried to install it but it would not install because it said it could not find the driver.

My PC manufacturer, Cyberpower, said I have the lates driver.

Any ohter suggestions?

 

Its probably your dsl, run some latency speed tests, speedtest.net is one off the top my head, post your ping and latency results and up/down speeds.

 

I ran speed tests from my location to the Skype test site in UK.
the results arte:

Upload: 176 Kb/s Download: 2.719 Mb/s
Ping latency: 144 ms

Is this good or bad?

What should I do now?

Regards,
Jim