Michael,
I have the same machine as you, with the same problem. I have changed both
the video card and the sound card since I bought the machine, but it ain't
them. It's the crap Winmodem that Dell so kindly burden us with. The only
solution I ever found was to remove the modem.
Cheers,
Enda.
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