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    Skype on travelmate 290 - echoes

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Rob500, Jan 4, 2007.

  1. Rob500

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    I've just installed Skype on a Travelmate 290 and it works (with an external microphone) very well except that I am getting a bad echo. Everything spoken into the microphone is being played back through the built-in speakers.

    I have tried downloading the latest Realtek drivers and have set the microphone to mute in the playback settings under audio control but this seems to have no effect - the echo is still there. Does anyone have any suggestions of what else I could try?
     
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    I've now spoken to Acer support on this. They recommended reloading the sound drivers from their own site rather than the Realtek ones but thought that it was most likely a hardware problem. Does this sound likely to others here?

    If it is hardware they suggested it would be a main board problem and that might not be worth getting fixed on a 2 year old laptop?
     
    Rob500, Jan 8, 2007
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