I have a really annoying problem with this computer. When I play a music cd, play mp3's, or watch a movie saved to the hard drive, about every few seconds it will pause and will make a annoying noise through the speakers. If I set the cdroms to analog playback the music cds are fine, but anything that plays off the IDE interface does that, and it only does it to multimedia files, like movies, and music. I reinstalled windows, and even bought a new shuttle MV35VN motherboard with a Athlon XP 1900+ and reinstalled windows on that and still the same thing. I even bought a new sound blaster live and it jams also. I even reinstalled windows with none of my programs and the same thing. Is there anything I can do or is it just that all my computers have a curse on them or something?

seems like you already changed most of the major component of your computer, maybe you need to change your hd.

Update chipset drivers.

It could be your chipset drivers for your motherboard which tell windows how to interact with components on your motherboard. I did a search for your motherboard model and i couldnt find it, the closest that i found was the MK35V/N (http://www.shuttle.com/hq/product/mainboard/specs_m.asp?M_id=52). Im not saying it is the board cos you changed it. I just did that to see if you had an Nforce Mobo or a Via mobo. It is a via motherboard so download and install the 4in1 drivers for it located here, http://downloads.viaarena.com/drivers/4in1/VIA_Hyperion%204IN1_V451v.zip . That may solve the problem if you had a via board before and also didnt install these drivers. Another thing could be the way you have the cdrom conected (it is only the cdrom that does this problem?) Try placing it on Primary IDE instead of Slave. Another idea is (AFTER 4in1 install) goto control panel, System Properties, Hardware and open device manager, double click on IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers and then double click on Primary and Secondary IDE to open the properties. In the Advanced Settings tab make sure that it always says DMA if Avalible (cos this makes the pc read the drive with alot less CPU power). In Current transfer it should say either Ultra DMA mode X (x = a number , mine is 5) or multi word 2. The last thing i can think of is your sound card, if you are using the same one, or if you still have a 10x or simialir (like OLD) CDROM drive, if thats the case replace it with a DVD Drive, they are like $5 more then a CDROM drive now and they read a HELL of alot better. Hope i made sense, any probs email me at my address.