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    Sound Card problem/Should I go external?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Fewmets, Nov 11, 2007.

  1. Fewmets

    Fewmets Notebook Consultant

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    My new Logitec z4 speakers, I find, are really nice for the price: I gogt them on $50 clearance from Circuit City, so I feel I got a good deal. My question is that, on occasion, they crackle: Does this have to do the with the generic soundcard that I got from Dell (which crckles intermittently when played through the laptop speakers and, when plugged directly in w/ headphones, gives me a buzzing sound) and would I be better served by getting and external soundcard to avoid these crackles?
     
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  2. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    the buzzing is due to the laptop, the crackling is due to vista. i have an external soundblaster and i get the sound skipping once and a while...lots others do too. i havent found a fix yet...
     
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