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    Broken HDMI Port?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by onionring1988, Dec 12, 2008.

  1. onionring1988

    onionring1988 Notebook Consultant

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    Anyone else's HDMI port break on them? I barely used it.. I've had the XPS M1530 since late March/early April but when I tried to hook up my surround sound today it did not work. I tried using different cables, different port on the receiver, and tried directly with my HDTV but my computer does nothing. I updated the audio drivers and flashed the bios, but no luck. Pretty sure HDMI port broke. What a piece of garbage.

    After my lid randomly cracking when I closed it less than a month ago and now this.. I can see how this computer will definitely break by the time my 3 yr warranty ends. Good job, Dell. Could they even replace the HDMI port on the machine or would they have to put in an entire new motherboard? (UGH I don't want some random guy in my house again :( )
     
    onionring1988, Dec 12, 2008
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  2. whizzo

    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    does picture work? because if so, the port isn't broken, you simply haven't configured the notebook to pipe sound through the HDMI port. should be somewhere in the sound settings.
     
    whizzo, Dec 12, 2008
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  3. dblegend

    dblegend Newbie

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    This happened to me before (video was fine, but the audio was still coming from the laptop speakers)
    If you right click on the speaker in the system tray and go to "playback devices" you will need to set HDMI as default. It was a bit fiddly for me before, and I had to reconnect the HDMI cable and restart the video for it to output the sound through the HDMI.

    Hope this helps
     
    dblegend, Dec 12, 2008
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  4. royk50

    royk50 times being what they are

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    and you should set it to hdmi before you open the program producing the av signal. so close your player change the default device, reopen your media player an hopefully all is good.
     
    royk50, Dec 12, 2008
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  5. onionring1988

    onionring1988 Notebook Consultant

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    Nope, picture does not work either. I should've mentioned that when I brought up my HDTV. The laptop's screen used to flash whenever i hooked up the port, whether it be for picture or sound, but now it does nothing.
     
    onionring1988, Dec 12, 2008
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  6. onionring1988

    onionring1988 Notebook Consultant

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    Bump. So should I assume its dead?
     
    onionring1988, Dec 15, 2008
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  7. onionring1988

    onionring1988 Notebook Consultant

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    Final bump. if no one realizes, i am really trying to avoid calling incompetent Dell reps.
     
    onionring1988, Dec 18, 2008
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  8. kanehi

    kanehi Notebook Deity

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    Incompetent reps...hmmm. Wouldn't hurt to try. Have you read the HDMI part of the manual? Good luck.
     
    kanehi, Dec 18, 2008
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    elitehomegifts Notebook Geek

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    go online and chat with dell xps support
     
    elitehomegifts, Dec 19, 2008
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  10. lateinningmagic

    lateinningmagic Notebook Consultant

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    Fn+ F8.
    Right click on volume icon- playback devices- set hdmi as default
    reload/reopen app u want to see and hear

    If that doesn't work than call dell
     
    lateinningmagic, Dec 19, 2008
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  11. xDayan

    xDayan Notebook Guru

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    make sure you don't have any video type things open. It never lets me change if i have a movie open...
     
    xDayan, Dec 31, 2008
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