E6400/ E6500 best drivers, apps and tidbits

yeah, so ? as long as the headset jack is outputting better sound, thats all that matters. full post here (not mine) http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=3931673&postcount=163

 

This makes the touchpad and trackpoint MUCH, MUCH better.

Either turn "touchcheck" off entirely, or turn it to it's lowest setting. It's like a different touchpad when you do this.

Greg

 

I've just tried it. It makes an amazing difference to the external sound. Presumably Dell cobbled the audio driver to avoid feeding those internal tweeters any bass in case they started to rattle.

John

 

I did the uninstall of the IDT drivers and it improved the speaker performance significantly to me. However, I think a main EQ to adjust bass and treble would even further improve the sound. I kind of wished Dell offered the Audigy HD software for the Latitudes.

 

Is that with Vista or XP? I've read that the Vista HD audio driver works fine but what about XP?

BTW, the IDT 92HDxxx HD audio driver applies to all these models:

John

 

Vista Ultimate. I am using the Vista HD drivers now. I wished someone would develop an open source audio driver for laptops that is highly custmozeable and offers plugins and such. Similar to KX Project for Sound Blaster cards in desktop units. That'd be great.

 

Me too. Vista HD audio drivers are the way to go, thankfully IDT has made its uninstallation very painless.

 

It would be a nice first step if Dell used the vendor reference drivers like they did with the D and C series instead of their own feature limited (and somewhat broken) custom drivers - a practice which has always been fraught with failure. There are a number of features available in the chipset hidden because the drivers don't reveal any of them.

 

Yep, if I had the knowledge of drivers and how to write code, I would compile an open source driver for most laptops which could be put in place of the current sound drivers and offer way more funcitionlity and sound enhancement. I think the program, and driver, would take off and be popular if implemented correctly. Here I am once again with a great idea and without the knowledge to put it in place.

 

There are tons of sites that can teach you how to program just about anything. All that is required is patience, and time. Lots and lots of time. Oh, and determination. You can get free development tools as well, such as the Microsoft Visual Studio Express editions of C++, C#, and Visual Basic .NET.