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    Dell 1520 Audio 3.5mm Jack

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Albinus, Mar 30, 2008.

  1. Albinus

    Albinus Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just recently stopped getting audio from the 3.5mm jack of my dell 1520. I checked if it was the jack or the headphones by using different headphones on the jack as well as testing them on Ipods. In both cases it seemed as if it was my a problem with my jack.

    Has anyone else had this problem or know how to fix it? I am at boarding school so sending my computer away would be tough but if dell can send me replacement parts or give me instructions i could have the IT guys fix it...

    Thank you
     
    Albinus, Mar 30, 2008
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  2. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    It depends on what type of warranty you have. If you have onsite they will likely send a tech to your home for a motherboard replacement. First though, confirm its not disabled in the device manager, and then reinstall the drivers.
     
    nizzy1115, Mar 30, 2008
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  3. shawnhao

    shawnhao Notebook Consultant

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    okey...here's what worked for me:

    the static you hear from your earbud is caused by hardware interferences from the other sound devices and modules, namely the microphone and the PC AV output. Disabling them would solve the problem.

    In plain English:

    Open control panel, Classic Control Panel, Sound.

    Under the "Playback" tab, select "Speakers/Headphones" and click "Properties" below. Then, in the new window opened, click on the "Levels" tab, and mute the "PC Speaker" by clicking on the blue speaker symbol behind it, and Voila! the annoying static should now be eliminated!

    Post if this procedure works for you.

    P.S. the Muting the PC speaker does NOT mute your laptop's on-board speaker, it only mutes the internal PC outlet jack, which is useless anyways, and interferes with your earphone jack, so there's no negative impacks to muting it....you'll never use it anyways.....
     
    shawnhao, Mar 30, 2008
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    Did you read what he said?
     
    nizzy1115, Mar 30, 2008
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  5. shawnhao

    shawnhao Notebook Consultant

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    oh...oops...thought he's experiencing the same problem with many other 1530 owers, the static in the earphone jacket....

    hehe...i assumed...
     
    shawnhao, Mar 31, 2008
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  6. Albinus

    Albinus Notebook Enthusiast

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    I uninstalled the drivers and reinstalled the latest drivers but I still receive no sound.

    UPDATE
    Im not even receiving sound from my onboard speakers! And I did not follow shawnhao's procedure...
     
    Albinus, Mar 31, 2008
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    ...Dell Smells

    I,ve had the choppy sound problem, mentioned in other threads, and i tried to eliminate it by updating the sigmatel drivers as recomended but now i dont have any sound at all... there are no reported driver problems in device manager... I dont volume control icon either in the start bar, and nero says there is no sound device found although i have reinstalled chipset and all other updates from dell
    ... hell..p!

    os = xp

    'this is a stick up' \o/
     
    Peter Gun, Aug 14, 2008
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