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SigmaTel Audio Disables Wave/StereoOut

Discussion in 'Dell' started by The404Error, Feb 12, 2008.

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On Dell Laptops using a SigmaTel Audio Soundcard/Driver, There is no way to find a "WaveOut" / "StereoOut" option on the Recording tab. Disabling the Driver disables all volume options and only enables PC Speaker audio.

Has anyone found a way to enable Stereo/WaveOut? (The quickfix is connecting the Microphone jack to the Speaker jack via. double-ended-1/8" cable, but on some Dell laptops, the sound has a little static.)

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Help is needed!

The404Error, Feb 17, 2008

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Hi. I also had this problem especially when running vista as OS and therefore having the sigmatel vista drivers.
While I had XP installed, it was possible for me to activate the stereomix option by double-clicking the speaker symbol on the taskbar, then going to options and then under the option 'recording' activating the stereomix by checking the box 'stereomix'
I made a picture of this process a while back for another forum whereas 'aufnahme' means recording

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/498/audioxv9.jpg

noboru, Feb 17, 2008

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