OK, for all you technical wizards out there…

I’m using a 5-year-old Dell desktop, Windows XP, 512 mgs of RAM, etc. etc. Here’s the annoying thing…When I play music or any other audio source, there is a distracting “pop” sound (much like old 33-1/3 rpm LPs made). Also, it seems the mouse “hangs” up while that popping sound is happening. Is it something about not enough memory? Too many programs running? Sound card problems? Mouse problems? Any ideas?

No error messages or anything…just the annoying popping sound…help!