m4400 sound isses!

For me it was...either slide the drive out or disable modular bay in BIOS.

 

Sucks!can a bios change help?i currently use a11,but i heard that a06/09 are good also!should i try them?

 

Ehm well....why is it a prob to just disable it in BIOS?
I'm still on BIOS A02 'cause later versions make the GPU run too hot or get the fans stuck at 100%. The whole downclocking issue only came into life with the BIOS'es you mention. A02 or A03 are both good but don't have any consequences/solution for the audio problem.

 

I was wondering, would that audio issue still occur if using an external USB sound card? Anyone having such configuration and tested it?
I guess the external sound card will still be affected by the DPC interruptions if that is the problem.

 

from where can I download it?

 

Choose your OS and then open the BIOS section, choose to download the Windows version, then choose "Other version" and that's it. Here's the link:

http://support.dell.com/support/dow...stemID=PREC_M4400&os=WLH&osl=en&catid=&impid=

 

All the Dell BIOS'es you'll ever need

http://ftp1.us.dell.com/bios/

 

it is safe to change bios,right?

 

lol...yes it is....done it loads already

 

will a bios change really work?

heres my problem. I got a 2.5ghz and 2gb of ram. xp and vista. It came with xp, but i formatted and installed vista business.

i noticed that the audio (video, mp3, or even the opening jingle) stutters and its quite annoying, especially when watching videos. I think the stuttering has something to do with the cpu or fan thinking too much (if that makes sense). I updated the bios from A09 to A11, still has the same problem

I reformatted and reinstalled vista with out adding in the drivers this time.., same problem.

I again reformatted and installed XP, no problem. (still on bios A11).
any idea whats making this problem unique to vista?