Sound stuttering

[moe]

Can someone plez help me - I have dell laptop (not new), but it has just decided after running perfectly fine to start playing CDs and my voicefiles in a stuttering sound. I work as a medical transcriptionist and the wave files that I have sound like I-I-I or Doc-Doc-Tor-Tor. This is continuous. I have tried downloading drivers, but not sure I did the right thing. I do not know that much about computers - so probably did not do this right. Any help is much appreciated

 

[Lax]

Stuttering is software, complete stopping is hardware. It's a software problem, make sure you have the right drivers (or newest ones). If problem persists try re-installing the drivers (all can be done by right clicking on My Computer-->Properties-->Hardware-->Device Manager-->select Seound, video and game controllers-->look for the name of the audio device and right click and do update driver) Also, please post which model laptop you have and we can probably help better.