Hi SFleming93, sorry to hear that you are having issues with your sound skipping on your notebook. Have you attempted to updated the sound driver? If NOT, here is the download for the sound driver from HP. http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?os=4063&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&sw_lang=&product=5171087#N193
If this does NOT resolve the issue, please let me know and I will be happy to research the issue in greater detail.
Thank you.