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    L502x speaker issue

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by ximinez, Apr 14, 2012.

  1. ximinez

    ximinez Notebook Consultant

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    My right speaker startet crackling a minute or two ago, and the sound disappeared. Is this a common problem?
     
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    as in distortion? Ive had distortion a few times before. I believe it depends on what settings you have you realtek drivers at in your waves audio center. But if it is crackling it may be a physical issue with a speaker or connection. Or it may have been some static electricity in it somehow although im not sure it would be.
     
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    if you took apart the machine to mod something such as the dust filter, thermal repaste or anything else like replace the mobo, there is still a chance that the speaker connector will not be properly/fully connected so that may be the issue, there are also chances the issue is on another place like the audio pcb hardware, or it also can be a software issue, like drivers , configs or a single app
     
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    I also get that too sometimes - rarely though and it appears to be some minor interferance. Never affects the audio quality or sound so it shouldn't be too much to worry about. :)
     
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    ximinez Notebook Consultant

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    No, it wasn't distortion. It sounded like someone was screwing around with a slightly loose cable. The left speaker (dunno about the subwoofer) wasn't affected.

    I guess I'll just have to listen a lot to music and see if it happens again.
     
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    I have taken off the palmrest to replace the HDD with a SSD, that's about it. (And replaced the RAM, of course).
     
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    that could be the issue, I would try to open the machine again and check for a loose or broken cable at the speaker.
     
    capitankasar, Apr 15, 2012
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