D630 - Sound Skipping

I just upgraded to the latest version on laptopvideo2go, and the problem still persists. I've tried experimenting with the different image quality settings in the Nvidia control panel, all to no avail. I should also mention that the CPU usage is quite low when the skips occur, normally under 20%.

Since several people have stated that their sound works flawlessly under Ubuntu Linux, I'm led to believe that exchanging this D630 will not solve the issue, as the problem is likely software related. What do you guys think, would there be any point in exchanging for another D630? Is there anybody out there who has a D630 with no audio skips under XP?

Thanks

 

I've just discovered that the audio skips occur only when the laptop is on AC power. Audio functions perfectly when on battery. Thinking that Dell's Quickset power management component was the culprit, I completely uninstalled Quickset. The problem, however, still persists.

Does anybody here have a D630 that plays audio skip-free when connected to AC power? If so, what are your power management settings?

Thanks

 

I'm having what sounds like the same issue on my new D630. I'm running XP XPro.

Using Winamp or Windows Media Player for mp3 playback I get quick "blips" at random places. Not a skip or a studder but similar.

I'm watching ProcExplorer to see if there is some process that triggers this. Happens on both AC and battery power.

 

This happens to me on my D630 (Dual booting XP and Vista) and Inspiron 1420 (Vista), both with the Sigmatel audio chipset.

I've switched to an external Soundblaster USB 2.0 device, and it still does it.

It's pretty obnoxious, because my 3 year old desktop computer with an old Sound Blaster Live PCI card works just fine without any skips at all.

On the D630, the bios is set to ATA by default. On the Inspiron, it's set to AHCI...I will say the Inspiron does not skip nearly as much.

 

I know this post is kind of old, but the problem is still happening. I have a Vostro 1500 with 2gHz C2D and 3gb RAM and an nvidia geforce 8600m GT. I am running Windows XP x64, and I have the audio skipping problem. For me it occurs whether my computer is on the battery or not. I have found that I can work around the problem by disabling Nvidia Powermizer, but this dramatically reduces my battery life. By the way, I am using the 175.70 drivers from LV2G. Also by the way, the problem also occurs if I use XP 32 or the Dell official drivers.

 

thefirstM

You should win a noble prize for troubleshooting. Disabling the Nvidia Poweroptimzer did the trick for me. I am still testing it. I really cannot believe that the solution is this simple. I am an audio fanatic and just purchased a dell 630 with T9300 processor, and 4 gigs. I knew it was not a cpu contention issue. How did you suspect this. I tried just about everything else, but luckily did not get into updating the drivers, which can cause a host of other issues. Thank you very very much. Best regards

P.S. Someone should post this at the Dell website. This will solve countless support issues as there are tons of other people seeing these issues.

DaveM