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    B120 Audio choppy and crackly

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by B120Luke, Sep 1, 2006.

  1. B120Luke

    B120Luke Newbie

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    My b120's audio has gone to the Rice Chrispy elves, I'm not sure when it happened. I havn't really kept track becase I havn't listened to music on it in so long. I put in a new 120gb hard drive (in place of the 40gb) and installed the original drivers and such. I later installed the drivers off of dell's website, and a few days later I began to take notice of the choppy audio when I was watching some top gear episodes (sh** yeah... Sh** NO!). Then I realized that Every sound was really crackly and choppy, even CDs. I have gone back to the original driver now and it still crackles like a Som*****. I don't want to think that its the hard drive causing the problem, I don't see how it could be. I could use some ideas, so I'm willing to listen.

    Luke
     
    B120Luke, Sep 1, 2006
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  2. Gautam

    Gautam election 2008 NBR Reviewer

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    Getting rid of processes (to around 35-40) usually helps this. Rebooting the computer helps as well, if you don't know what processes to stop.
     
    Gautam, Sep 1, 2006
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  3. Bhatman

    Bhatman Notebook Evangelist

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    Try reinstalling the audio drivers for the notebook originally, or reinstalling, it might be a conflict issue.
     
    Bhatman, Sep 1, 2006
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  4. B120Luke

    B120Luke Newbie

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    I tried reinstalling the original drivers, and the thing is that when I put the old hard drive back in, and run the same programs the audio is fine
     
    B120Luke, Sep 1, 2006
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