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    XPS 16 - HDMI Sound Dropping out when on Power

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by avataroftime, Jun 28, 2010.

  1. avataroftime

    avataroftime Newbie

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    I just received a new XPS 16 (i7-620m & ATI 5730) and when I connect my laptop to my Sony Bravia KDL40HX700 tv and play a movie on it, the sound drops after about 10-20 seconds for a quarter of a second and then resumes again.

    After many trials, I worked out that it only does it when I have mains power connected to my laptop. But when I run just off the battery, the picture has a faint line across the middle and does not seem as good, but the sound sounds fine.

    I have tried many HDMI cables and different TVs with the same result. Does anyone have any ideas on the issue?
     
    avataroftime, Jun 28, 2010
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  2. chewyeong90

    chewyeong90 Notebook Evangelist

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    Did u update to the latest driver ?
     
    chewyeong90, Jun 29, 2010
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  3. avataroftime

    avataroftime Newbie

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    No, I was using the driver that came with the laptop.

    I ran through bipul_fx's thread on installing the ATi drivers from their website instead of Dell's.

    Looks like the ATi drivers fixes the HDMI issue as I am no longer experiencing it. Really annoying that Dell are shipping their laptops with defective software.
     
    avataroftime, Jun 30, 2010
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