Is this only happening when you are playing Mp3s? Are you using the older cdrs that have the green tint or the newer and much improved silver tinted ones? How old is your burner? Are the cds scratched? Are the scratches from the laser or from your cd magazine or from use or what? Well its not as bad with non-mp3 but it does seem to skip mroe than it should. I am using Maxell (the bottom is blue). The burner is...probably around a year or less than a year old. No the cds are not scratched. Usually they dont even get scratched (at least not to bad) because with the ~180 songs on it i dont have to change the cd much

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