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    Dell 1520 Sigmatel sound card

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by MindBlank, Oct 31, 2007.

  1. MindBlank

    MindBlank Notebook Enthusiast NBR Reviewer

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    Is this all the 1520 Sigmatel sound card has in the control panel or what?

    I was hopeing for at least an eq or something... :mad:
     

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  2. Hiker

    Hiker Notebook Deity

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    That's more than I have. I only have allow reconfiguration pop-ups! If you click on the speaker in the system tray you'll get a few more options but nothing serious.

    You need to add one of these or something similar.

    WMP 11 has other options. Click view, enhancements.
     
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  3. billcsho

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    It seems you have the jack configuration page missing (which allows 5.1 setup). There are more options under Control Panel/Sound, but this is pretty much what you get.
     
    billcsho, Oct 31, 2007
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  4. liquidiq

    liquidiq Notebook Geek

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    The 1520 is just 2 jacks, so no 5.1 output.
     
    liquidiq, Oct 31, 2007
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  5. Ghola

    Ghola Notebook Evangelist

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    After I do some fancy Macgyver headphone wire splice'in my 1520 willl have Quad SRS THX Surround Holomorphosonicphonic(tm) Mono sound! ;)




    Also known in some parts as regular stereophonic sound (with out a humm sound I hope)!
     
    Ghola, Oct 31, 2007
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  6. misssteek

    misssteek Newbie

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    i have a dell 1150 and i only have the "enable power management option" ... i do not even have the allow for configurations.. is this normal?
     
    misssteek, Apr 11, 2008
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