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    Corrupted audio

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by Kratzen, Jun 3, 2011.

  1. Kratzen

    Kratzen Notebook Consultant

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    Yesterday I experienced something weird. When playing LoL the sound would occasionally sound very metallic and robot-like for a few seconds every 10-15 min.
    I thought it was just a bug in the game since I was playing a character with a robot-voice(blitzcrank).
    Today I experienced this again but this time it was while playing music on youtube.
    Also the screen will lagg while this occurs (but again its just a few sec).

    It has happened while plugged in (no stealth) and while on battery.

    Got any clues as how to fix this?
     
    Kratzen, Jun 3, 2011
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  2. svl7

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    Which driver and BIOS do you use?
     
    svl7, Jun 3, 2011
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  3. Kratzen

    Kratzen Notebook Consultant

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    The newest ones. A09 and 8.850.0.0
     
    Kratzen, Jun 3, 2011
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    Crazy. You tried a power drain?
    You could try to run the diagnostic tests for the audio board, when you get the crazy behaviour there as well it's hardware related.
     
    svl7, Jun 3, 2011
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    It sounds like a latency issue.
     
    Hobgoblinpie, Jun 3, 2011
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  6. Kratzen

    Kratzen Notebook Consultant

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    Havent tried a powerdrain. Care to explain the diagnostics test for me? Havnt heard of them before
     
    Kratzen, Jun 3, 2011
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    Well, I assume you got a Ressource DVD, if you put it in your system and boot from the disc you can choose the diagnostic tests, choose custom test and then search for the audio stuff.
     
    svl7, Jun 3, 2011
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    I had a video sound and picture stuttering problem a while back that started after I installed a Momentus XT hard disk. I looked on the Nvidia board, and someone there had reported it with some, but not all video drivers. I changed to a different set and it went away. You may want to check the ATI/AMD driver boards to see if they've seen anything like this.

    Good luck,

    Joe
     
    Jdpurvis, Jun 3, 2011
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  9. Kratzen

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    It hasnt happened since, but if it happens again I will try out your solutions :) Thanks a lot for your time :)
     
    Kratzen, Jun 4, 2011
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