i have this problem 2 days ago, when i have reseted the computer, turned the computer on and heard this strange sound when it plays windows start sound, it feels like skipping and sometime like hissing but only a few second in begining, the same when i play my audio files, it happen in the first few seconds but then it plays normally, some rare times it continue to 1 min or more..
i have reinstalled the driver Conexant Ac-link Audio yesterday but the problem still presist..
i hope someone could help me and figure this problem out ;_;

i have presario compaq, winXP, SP2 hope this helps