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    Speakers cracking? xps 1340

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by bmxbobby2004, Sep 2, 2009.

  1. bmxbobby2004

    bmxbobby2004 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi everyone.
    I bought an xps 1340 and just received it. I was streaming some music off youtube today and my left speaker was cracking when playing the song Roses by outkast. I played the exact same video on my desktop and it played without any problems.
    I called dell and they had me play a cd (don't have an outkast cd) and the speakers seemed to play fine. Once i played the CD, the dell representative just told me it is a software issue. But how could a software issue only affect 1 speaker(the left one)?

    Anyone have any thoughts.

    thanks a lot!
     
    bmxbobby2004, Sep 2, 2009
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  2. AlexSochi

    AlexSochi Notebook Evangelist

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    Easy fix! download the latest driver from dell for your Wireless WLAN!
    Somehow the wlan signal messes with speakers! Let me know if it worked, coz it does the job for me everytime I reinstall windows
     
    AlexSochi, Sep 4, 2009
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  3. shifty88

    shifty88 Notebook Consultant

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    I have the same problem, but for the 1640. And I can't seem to find the drivers you're speaking of...
     
    shifty88, Sep 4, 2009
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  4. AlexSochi

    AlexSochi Notebook Evangelist

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    what do you mean. just do to support.dell.com choose your model or just type a service tag, then choose the wlan driver and problem is fixed

     
    AlexSochi, Sep 4, 2009
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  5. shifty88

    shifty88 Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks, I'll take a look again...
     
    shifty88, Sep 4, 2009
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