On my office's IBM 300PL - PII/Win 98, I'm having the following problem.  When I play any audio (CD, internet radio, or MPEG) the playback isn't smooth, the sound hesistates every second or so.  It kind of sounds like it's having a chronic case of hicups.  It doesn't matter which speaker I use (internal or external) or which software (RealPlayer or Media Player).  I've had the machine for 2 years and this was never a problem, until 3 months ago.  The IT folks re-imaged this machine about a month ago, for an unrelated problem, but the re-image didn't fix the audio problem.  What might be the problem?  Thanks.

               The NOSPIN Group Promotions is now offering
              Mandrake Linux or Red Hat Linux CD sets along
         with our NOSPIN Power Linux CD...  at a great price!!!
             http://freepctech.com/goodies/promotions.shtml