1. uninstalled/re-installed WoW twice
2. defragged the hard drive 3 times
3. updated bios, motherboard drivers, sound card and graphics card
4. ran a virus scan everyday for the past 2 weeks
5. ran an anti spyware program and removed all listed programs that came up
6. deleted wdb and
wtf folders
7. tried open gl fix, as well as vertical sync fix
8. closed all background programs, including my virus protection and firewall
9. tried turning down the graphics
10. put screen refresh rate the same as my desktop
11. added these lines to the
wtf file
SET SoundMinHardwareChannels "0"
SET SoundMaxHardwareChannels "0"
12. ran a RAM test program to check for faulty ram
13. opened my case and put a fan blowing on the inside
14. went through the website trouble shooting for network connection/packet problems
15. ran both blizzard WoW repair utilities to verify the WoW directory files
16. tried starting a different character on a different server
17. tried -nosound fix
18. updated windows
19. ran a windows registry cleaning program
20. played in windowed mode