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    Annoying sound problem after playing games.

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Death Ro, Aug 8, 2008.

  1. Death Ro

    Death Ro Notebook Guru

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    Whenever I play the games Counter-Strike: Source, Team Fortress 2 or Unreal Tournament 3, the sound goes out on my laptop. The problem starts whenever I start playing the game. Afterwards, I still can't hear anything even though my volume is all the way up and nothing's on mute. However, this problem doesn't happen to me whenever I play The Witcher. Do you guys know what might be the problem?
     
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    Might want to post relevant specs (Sigmatel driver ver, sys specs, etc.).

    Have you tried reinstalling Steam? Could be a corrupt file somewhere... Worth a try...
     
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    Well it's the Sigmatel driver version 6.10.5614.0000. The computer has a T8300 processor, 8600M GT, 4 GB RAM.

    I would try to reinstall Steam but that takes really long with my computer's internet connection...

    *EDIT*

    I resolved the issue by downloading the newest drivers from Dell's website.
     
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