The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    XPS M1330: Sound has huge static problem

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Peon, May 13, 2009.

  1. Peon

    Peon Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    406
    Messages:
    2,007
    Likes Received:
    128
    Trophy Points:
    81
    Some combination of this laptop and the included Dell earbuds causes major static issues. Here's what I've tried so far:

    M1330 speakers: I don't hear any static, but the speakers aren't particularly high quality anyway.

    M1330 + earbuds: I can hear static the moment I plug the earbuds in... In fact, it's so overpowering I can hear it even while I'm listening to music.

    M1330 + Altec Lansing headset: I couldn't hear any static at all, so I was thinking that it was just crappy earbuds, but...

    My desktop PC's microphone jack + earbuds: I couldn't hear any static here either...

    So now I have no clue what's going on anymore. Has anyone else run into a similar issue, and hopefully fixed it?
     
    Peon, May 13, 2009
    #1
  2. amj1627

    amj1627 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    13
    Messages:
    176
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I have had the same thing happen to me several times and it was the alignment of the jacks can be slightly off causing a short between on 2 of the 3 conductors on the jack. only happened in 1 device out of 4 with the same set of cheap ear buds. But if i pulled the plug out ever so slightly it was all fine. Them 3.5mm jacks male or female are never perfect even in a $1500 dell computer.
     
    amj1627, May 13, 2009
    #2
  3. acsempronio

    acsempronio Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    12
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I noticed a 60Hz buzz when I plugged my M1330 into my office's HT receiver. It was unbearable.
     
    acsempronio, May 13, 2009
    #3
  4. dr_korb

    dr_korb Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    16
    Messages:
    104
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Something I noticed on my 1530, I was converting some cassette tapes to mp3 and had a buzz in the recording. I was using a battery powered walkman thing and recording with audacity. Figured it was a grounding problem, so I switched to a 3-prong grounding power supply from an older D600 docking station (90 watts). Problem solved. No more buzz.
     
    dr_korb, May 15, 2009
    #4