The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    M17 -- sound issues all the time

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Pman, May 28, 2009.

  1. Pman

    Pman Company Representative

    Reputations:
    327
    Messages:
    1,882
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Hey Guys

    I am having constant sound issues with my M17

    ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS i get sound out of the sub only since i re-installed vista, i have tried the disk drivers and the 2.2 drivers and it is constanly screwing up

    i am on the verge on sticking a knife in my speakers!

    argh does anyone else suffer with this ....
     
    Pman, May 28, 2009
    #1
  2. Marvie100

    Marvie100 On a Mission

    Reputations:
    394
    Messages:
    1,221
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Did they ever work? I saw your posts on Alienware's support forums.
     
    Marvie100, May 28, 2009
    #2
  3. Pman

    Pman Company Representative

    Reputations:
    327
    Messages:
    1,882
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    it does sometimes i can remove the drivers completely and reboot to safe mode then reboot install drivers and it will be ok then i reboot another time then it all falls over again
     
    Pman, May 28, 2009
    #3
  4. Marvie100

    Marvie100 On a Mission

    Reputations:
    394
    Messages:
    1,221
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Do you use headphones at all? Did you check the settings in Control Panel/Sound to make sure your speakers were set to default? Its wierd that it would drop out after a couple reboots like that.
     
    Marvie100, May 28, 2009
    #4
  5. Pman

    Pman Company Representative

    Reputations:
    327
    Messages:
    1,882
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    i do use usb headphones although i have checked the settings and selected the speakers to default however again i only get sound through the sub
     
    Pman, May 28, 2009
    #5
  6. Marvie100

    Marvie100 On a Mission

    Reputations:
    394
    Messages:
    1,221
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Well, then it can only be that windows is getting confused between the headphones and the external speakers somehow. When I switch between headphones and speakers, I sometimes have to restart the program I'm using to get it to recognize the speakers. If they work a couple times, then it doesn't sound like an internal connection problem with the speakers but some sort of software thing.
     
    Marvie100, May 28, 2009
    #6
  7. Matrix_XII

    Matrix_XII Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    16
    Messages:
    169
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    sometimes i got that problem too. dont know what is going wrong.?
     
    Matrix_XII, May 28, 2009
    #7
  8. Ovrclck350

    Ovrclck350 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    35
    Messages:
    298
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I had that problem, I completely removed ALL drivers with uninstall, then driver sweeper...and then reinstalled and everything's been fine since.
     
    Ovrclck350, May 29, 2009
    #8