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    Inspiron 1420. Audio is choppy. Interruptions.

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by vxt, Aug 13, 2007.

  1. JacksonDane

    JacksonDane Notebook Guru

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    yes worry. I've been desperately trying to fix this on my M1530, seems like no model is safe... only disabling the wireless card works :|
     
    JacksonDane, Oct 17, 2008
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  2. epguy3

    epguy3 Notebook Evangelist

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    no need to worry much. Dell has posted new Sigmatel HD Audio 6.10.0.5866 drivers for the Dell XPS M1530 laptop on October 21 in the R190517 package. The audio drivers from R190517 may also work with other Dell laptops.

    also install the latest wireless card drivers, especially the Intel ProWireless network connection drivers (if your laptop uses Intel wireless network devices) and the latest Intel Matrix Storage manager software.

    and don't forget to defragment your hard drive. A well defragged hd can also reduce the occurrence of scratchy/choppy sounds on your machine. Also shut down or prevent some programs & services from loading at startup. when we first bought our Vista based desktops/laptops, they may come pre-installed with some stuff that we don't really need and can slow the machines down. I got rid of some stuff from my mom's Dell Inspiron E1405 laptop, installed the latest audio & wireless drivers AND defragged the hard drive and I no longer get any more scratchy sounds there, even with an active wireless internet connection.
     
    epguy3, Oct 30, 2008
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  3. discovery

    discovery Notebook Guru

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    Is there any update on this situation. I am having this audio problem and it is so annoying. Poor job Dell...
     
    discovery, Jan 11, 2009
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  4. gilgerto

    gilgerto Newbie

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    This problem is very annoying. I tried many suggestions on this thread and none of them really fixed the problem. You folks might want to try solutions proposed on the dell website for Choppy/Skipping Audio Workarounds: http://en.community.dell.com/forums/p/19142484/19265470.aspx#19265470

    Selecting the high performance power settings does help.
     
    gilgerto, Feb 12, 2009
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