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    e1705 dead speakers?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by dockevin82, Jun 22, 2008.

  1. dockevin82

    dockevin82 Newbie

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    the speakers on my e1705 don't want to work. i'm running windows vista home premium. anyways, speakers show up fine and display in the sound pane as 'working', spdif is disabled, all volume control sliders are all the way up. i've double checked that nothing was muted. i've installed the dell sigmatel drivers, and i've tried the windows default drivers (high definition audio device).

    if i install the dell drivers via the .exe file it says i have the incorrect hardware. however, they seem to work if i install them manually through the device manager. still nothing. i reformatted to a fresh copy of vista (oem copy from my desktop build) and the speakers still don't work. i can still get sound from the headphone jack though.

    is it pretty safe to assume the speakers are dead? i haven't even had the laptop for very long :( anyways the warranty is expired apparently so i'm just wondering if anyone has any other ideas to get these darn things to work or if i should bite the bullet and send the unit in. thanks guys.
     
    dockevin82, Jun 22, 2008
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    dockevin82 Newbie

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    bump...nothing? =/
     
    dockevin82, Jun 23, 2008
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    G473R Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well from what you said already, it doesn't seem to be a soundcard issue as to why your speakers aren't working if your headphone jacks work. I would think your speakers shot craps and if you feel techy, open up your speaker grill on your lappy and manually check them to see if anything spilled in there, holes got punched in them somehow, maybe became disconnected wiring wise, etc. I say to check because I have let friends use computers of mine in the past and found a beer was spilled into my keyboard on an older comptuer...grrr. If it's not under warranty I guess you can't get it fixed for free. A cheap pair of desktop speakers to plug into your laptop for home use are around $10. Or you can just use headphones while you are on the go. Bout all I can offer.
     
    G473R, Jun 23, 2008
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    ameena4u Newbie

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    Same problem here....headphones work but speakers dont...Sound setting grayed out. I'm going to uninstall the drives and reinstall. But could this be KNOWN issue, we can contact dell and complain.


     
    ameena4u, Nov 7, 2008
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  5. minep

    minep Notebook Enthusiast

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    I update BIOS and install sounds drivers. Now is sounds on speakers ;)
     
    minep, Nov 8, 2008
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