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    Dell Inspiron 'choppy' sound

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by cyberdyne, Feb 4, 2008.

  1. cyberdyne

    cyberdyne Notebook Guru

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    Hi,
    I have a 3 year old Dell Inspiron 6000.

    The sounds has become 'choppy' and skips momentarily, every two or three seconds on all sound playback, video, .wav's, mp3's, etc. - even the WinXP startup tune.

    I apparently have the latest drivers for my Sigmatel C-Major - 5.10.0.4255
    I cannot use system restore as the problem is a few months old.
    I have not made any recent changes which may have caused the issue.

    Can anyone offer any suggestions as to how I might try to remedy this please?
    Thank you in advance.
     
    cyberdyne, Feb 4, 2008
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  2. ifti

    ifti Undiscovered

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    We had a laptop at work doing exactly the same. We reinstalled the OS, since it was running really slow anyway, and the problem seemed to cure itself....
     
    ifti, Feb 4, 2008
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  3. Gunner

    Gunner Notebook Evangelist

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    My parent's laptop has the same problem. I think it's caused because their hard drive is starting to fail (and indeed it is failing).
    So you might just have to reinstall your OS, or buy a new hard drive/computer.
     
    Gunner, Feb 4, 2008
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  4. cyberdyne

    cyberdyne Notebook Guru

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    Hmmm....
    Neither jobs are something I like the idea of !

    Reinstalling the O/S isn't simple since WinXP Home was pre-installed and I didn't receive a disc from Dell when I purchased the laptop.

    Replacing the Hard Drive is a possibility but I'd much rather transfer everything over from the old drive first if possible, which I know isn't straight forward on a one-disc system.

    But thanks for the suggestions.

    edit:
    ps: I've just replaced the keyboard with a new one and the battery is dying too - 'orange light of death' !!
    ( aren't Dell batteries really poor for purpose. My 6-cell only lasted 4 months before only charging to a maximum of 40 minutes usage time.)
     
    cyberdyne, Feb 4, 2008
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