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    dell 700m microphone recording quality please help

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by mcmillan, Apr 21, 2005.

  1. mcmillan

    mcmillan Notebook Enthusiast

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    Whenever I use the voice recorder there's this buzzing sound that beeps for around 5 seconds then stops then comes back. Also, whenever the hard drive starts spinning, this really loud wave-like sound is picked up as well.
    Is there anything I can do to fix this?
    Are other dell 700m having the same problem?
    Should I send my laptop back?
    Thank you
     
    mcmillan, Apr 21, 2005
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    funkmasterta Notebook Evangelist

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    i didn't even know it had a mic, where is it? LOL [ :D]
     
    funkmasterta, Apr 22, 2005
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    There is a microphone input jack on the front side of the dell 700m, not a built in mic. So I'm just using a labtec regular microphone, you just plug it in. I like recording songs and voice notes but this buzzing sound is really annoying! Can anyone please help?
     
    mcmillan, Apr 23, 2005
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    I've heard that it may be possible that the mic input is not grounded... thus explaining the buzzing noices... any ideas on how to fix that?
     
    mcmillan, May 10, 2005
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