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    No Audio Dell Studio Xps 1645

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by actionpri12, Apr 23, 2010.

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    actionpri12 Newbie

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    Hey guys,
    I own a studio xps 1645 i720qm 4gb ram with ati 1gb 4670 card. My speakers are pissing me off. I can only hear sound through my head phones. my speakers arent working. Worst case i tired diagnostics tools at the bios startup and during the tests i hear the sounds?!?!??! when I log in my speakers just go dead. I checked IDT panel and it shows that my headphones are plugged in when they really arent. I called Dell rep to help the replaced my speakers and after a week im having the same problem again. I kind of doubt my HDMI port cause the last time this happened was right wafter i watched movies in my TV through my laptop. please guys help me out this is pissing me off soo much..im starting to regret getting this machine. IM experiencing constant freeze-ups too. some times when i go from adapter power to batter power (Power saver mode specially) and some times it randomly freezes (CONSTANTLY). Please help me somehow. I tried even a fresh install. This is really really pissing me offfffff
     
    actionpri12, Apr 23, 2010
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    bulforce Notebook Enthusiast

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    Exchange it. Most likely bad component.

    For the speakers... Maybe one of the audio jack holes... where you plugging your headphones is stuck and its telling the system that there is something plugged in. Try jiggling those a little bit.
     
    bulforce, Apr 23, 2010
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    actionpri12 Newbie

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    yes. As I said. When i run diagnostics the speaker works..when it boots into windows 7 it stops
     
    actionpri12, Apr 23, 2010
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    bulforce Notebook Enthusiast

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    Maybe during diagnostics the system will ignore are you having headphones pluged in or not.. as it will try to test the speakers directly. Just plugin-out something fast in those holes... it may fix it.
     
    bulforce, Apr 23, 2010
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    actionpri12 Newbie

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    tried that too and didnt help :(
     
    actionpri12, Apr 23, 2010
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    ZippoMan Notebook Evangelist

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    Reinstall the drivers.
     
    ZippoMan, Apr 23, 2010
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    haris163 Notebook Consultant

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    I 2nd that, it happened to me once, I uninstalled the drivers, I let the windows use its own, and later I installed the IDT drivers again and everything is fine since.
     
    haris163, Apr 23, 2010
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    actionpri12 Newbie

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    Tried that too but to no avail..will try again
     
    actionpri12, Apr 26, 2010
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    actionpri12 Newbie

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    Am I the only person having this problem?!?!?! sux to be me :(
     
    actionpri12, Apr 26, 2010
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    Most likely your audio module is defective. I had the same issue and after countless hours with tech support found the following post. I sent it to the support and they agreed to replace the motherboard and audio module.

    Studio XPS 1640 Speakers not working... - Laptop Audio Forum - Laptop - Dell Community

    Frankly you do not need to replace the motherboard. When the technician came to my house I told him to only swap the audio board (where you plug in your line in) and that did the trick.

    Good luck.
     
    some1u_no, May 3, 2010
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