[newbie] sound problems LM7.0

[Tony Ingebretsen]

I experience system hangs when trying to play mp3's. My hardware: Western Digital 18 Gb hd(7200 rpm) intel celeron 400 mhz abit be6 motherboard soundblaster live 1024 (value?) 256 mb pc100 RAM (not shure about who made it)   anybody else having similar problems?   Tony