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    observation on headphone noise

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by ChaosKye, Sep 3, 2007.

  1. ChaosKye

    ChaosKye Notebook Consultant

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    Ive been away for awhile since college started but I noticed something interesting about the headphone jack distortion.

    On windows vista I had the slight background noise w/ certain headphones plugged into the audio jack.

    I recently installed ubuntu, and on ubuntu there is NO noise so maybe distortion has less to do w/ the soundcard
     
    ChaosKye, Sep 3, 2007
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  2. lizard123

    lizard123 Notebook Geek

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    I spoke with tech support, they admit it's "motherboard problem". I got replacment unit, which has not headphone jack distortion. You should try to address this and at least get your motherboard replaced or try to get a replacement unit. Who knows what can happen later if it's really a motherboard problem.
     
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  3. ChaosKye

    ChaosKye Notebook Consultant

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    Well I just stating what I observed. Why would there be no distortion on Ubuntu w/ any headphones? I found it interesting.

    And the background noise is negligible to me anyways so I don't think i'll bother since it doesnt bother me. Thanks for the suggestion though
     
    ChaosKye, Sep 3, 2007
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