Audio

Can't connect to the internet?

chucksg — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:26:38 GMT

Your Open Question

I just did a new install of XP in my Dell Precision 380 and now can't connect to the internet.
I checked the Device manager hardware, and found yellow questions marks next to "other devices".
Hear is everything that has a yellow question mark next to it.
Other devices
Ethernet Controller
PCI Device
Sm Bus Controller
Video Controller
Video Controller (VGA Compatible)
I think I must be missing drivers but I'm not sure. I tried looking on the XP install disk but could not find drivers. I reinstalled again but the same out come.

I tried to download the drivers to my laptop and save them to a memory stick but the dell site wants to install something called something frame and that won't insatll.

Is there another site I can download drivers simple and easy?

Replaced Dell XFi sound card with retail XFi Titanium - unused cable

gotwals — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:38:56 GMT

I am using a Precision T7400 workstation and performed a new install of 64-bit Windows 7. I than found that my Sound Forge Pro 10.0 program could no longer record "what I was hearing." After a fair amount of investigating in various forums, I found out that the problem was in the Dell oem version of the X-Fi XtremeMusic sound card which came with my machine. After replacing my oem card with a retail X-Fi Titanium Fatality, everything works fine.

However, the connector that plugged into the top of my old sound card is now dangling inside my machine. Presumeably something isn't working, but what? The built-in diskette and two cd/dvd drives still work, and the two front USB ports still work, although I have not checked out the front Firewire port. The system also has a "19 in 1 USB Media Card Reader", which I have never used. Finally, perhaps the internal speaker no longer works? Big deal!

Can anyone help me figure out what the function of the now unused cable is?

Mic Prob: XPS 420 downgraded to XP

Chuong253 — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:57:21 GMT

I have downgraded my XPS 420 to XP and everything seems to work perfectly fine.

The only problem I have is that the microphone doesn't want to work.

My sound works, internet works, almost everything else works besides the microphone.

Anyone have a solution to this?

I have a Logitech Headset that connects to the front of my desktop where it has a headphone and mic jack to insert it into. It's not USB.

XFi sound card won't work Windows 7 Dimension E521

snocone — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:18:54 GMT

Ok, here is the background - trying desperately to get my sound card working - no joy so far. Upgrading the soundcard is not an option because it has an integrated wire to the front USB ports - and with it disconnected, it won't boot at all.

Had windows XP originally. Did a complete clean wipe Windows 7 64 bit install. Tried to upgrade Bios - can't get it to work in any shape or form - states "unsupported system" and won't load it.

Bios question was here - no solution as of yet:

http://en.community.dell.com/forums/t/19304529.aspx

Bottom line, tried the Creative Labs newest driver - no luck. Tried the Daniels "unofficial" driver - no luck.

It stems from the system doesn't recognize the card at all to begin with. I think it will work because during all these itterations, it did show it as "recognized" and you could see the volume bar illuminate when you clicked to change the volume level - but no sound.

But I haven't gotten that far since then - uninstalled all sound drivers again, started over, same issues.

Any ideas?

SP3

Gigee — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:10:35 GMT

I have a desktop 9100 Dimension computer. I am using a Linksys router attached to the main computer. My 9100 had an attapter to use to go online. Someone fromLinksys told me to get another type of attapter because Linksys does't work well with Windows XP having the SP3. So I got a Belkin.

My question is this: Does SP3 interfere with having a Linksys adapter? I have asked around and people say they never heard of such a thing.

I would like to put SP3 on the 9100 but I don't want to foul things up.

Please advise me onto what to do.

Thanks!

Video playback is muffled

gzt7d8 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:45:23 GMT

I have a Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium sound card. Music and sound effects from Window 7 seem to play fine. I don't notice any quality issues from the playback. But, if I play a video from email, go to U-Tube or even play a DVD then the sound from the playback is muffled. You can't even hear anything, voices, background music, etc.

I've deleted and removed all the drivers and software. Went to Creative and got the latest drivers for this card, installed and I'm still getting the same results.

I can't pin point what has changed in the past week that would cause the problem. It has been operating fine since the end of October and this past week it went into the tank.

I tried restore point, but that didn't fix it either.

I'm look for any suggestions to get this back on track.

Edit - I got fixed.

Greg

No quadraphonic sound??????

Steve1comp — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:09:45 GMT

I just recieved my Alienware and everything was fine till I tried to set up my 4 speakers. I plugged in to what was shown in the book but only the green jack will give me sound. It works with both of the wires coming from my subwoofer but no other port in that group will give me any sound? I enabled the quadraphonic setting in the sound menu and all four speakers work when the test is preformed but still music only comes out of two speakers? Suggestions? (Movies do work with all four speakers.)

Thanks

What kind of jack is the line-out jack on the Zino HD? (Can it do digital?)

sjmiles — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:18:44 GMT

None of the documents I can find online identify the line-out jack as anything other than 'line-out'. This could be a plain stereo-mini-jack or it could be some kind of fancy versa-jack, I need to know.

I would be very surprised if there was no way to output digital audio from this box (apart from HDMI), but it's the kind of thing I need to verify before I buy.

/rant on

Btw, I contacted Dell chat support person and asked this question. After some back and forth I was told that he "thought it was digital" but that there was no way for him to know absolutely and there was nothing he could tell me about how to find out.

"I don't know" is acceptable. "I have no way to find out" is plain fail. I went from excited to frustrated in a matter of minutes. Seems like bad business.

/rant off

Computer will not turn on

Stangauge — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:34:42 GMT

I have a Dimension e510, when I press the on button, the button starts blinking amber. It has been blinking amber for 24 hours. I have heard that I may need a new power supply. Anyone have an answer, or suggestion?

Frank

HDCP copy protection

Eskimo277 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:47:27 GMT

Has anyone run into HDCP issues such that you can't get sound out of the HDMI port to an amplifier? Using VISTA, and a Studio 17 (1735). I'm at my wit's end.

Upgrading Dell Dimension 3000 for Win7

elijahblake — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:33:18 GMT

I'm hoping that some of you have already tried this...

I've already upgraded the memory to 2GB and I'm looking at upgrading the graphics card to this:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4824267&csid=ITD&body=MAIN#detailspecs

Anyone had any experience with this card in the dimension 3000? do you think this will handle win7 with aero? I basically use this pc for streaming movies to my ps3. I have a new laptop i do all my major work with...

edit.. I re-posted this in Video Section, which is where i thought i had originally posted it. sorry

Precision T1500 internal chassis speaker

dnbf — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:19:34 GMT

I ordered a Precision T1500 workstation with internal speaker option, but I received a system without speaker. The repair technician sent by Dell technical support did not find a corresponding connector on the motherboard. He did leave me the speaker. Can anybody provide me with the pin layout of the 5-pin connector on this speaker (part number D9899, only 4 pins connected)? According to the labels on the PCB the 4 wires are: +5V power in (P5V_IN), speaker detection (SPK_DET), ground (GND) and mono audio (AUD_MONO).

The pin layout of the motherboard connectors could also come in handy, especially for the front panel audio connector. This system has no documentation whatsoever, even technical support is without a clue (they had to ask me to check the part number of a defective case cooling fan because they have no information on this system).

No sound from Dell Soundbar (AX510PA1)

Tedrufsky — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:15:34 GMT

Just got a new XPS 9000 but have no sound from the Dell soundbar (AX510PA1) attached to Dell Ultrasharp U2410. I'm pretty sure I have the audio plugged into the correct input on the computer. Monitor is connected to nVidia 1024MB GeForce GT220 via HDMI cable. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Do I need a driver? I ordered no speakers with the new XPS 9000

No Recording options on my X-Fi install

zbestwun2001 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:26:03 GMT

I have an xps 630i with XFi audio.

The recording features in the audio creation mode are not highlighted or working .

It has been installed 3 times, twice by xps support and once by me.

on board audio is disabled.

Any ideas why I am having this problem?

Thanks

Getting no sound from Speakers

Lofaw — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:55:23 GMT

I recently purchased a new Dell Studio XPS 435T/9000 Desktop Computer and hooked up my 5.1 channel Dell Speaker system with subwoofer I was using with my last Dell computer. The problem is that their is no sound coming from the speakers. I know the power is working because the green light is lit up on my center Speaker. My OS is currently Vista Home and when I go to the Manage Audio Device in the Control Panel it says everything is working properly. Then when I test the Speakers in the control Panel The Center, Rear Left, Rear Right, & Subwoofer make sound, but the Front Right & Front Left make NO sound. Also it is correctly set to the 5.1 Channel Speaker Setting. What also confuses me is that when I try to watch a movie or listen to a music CD I get no sound, but when I play Cards online I can hear the shuffling and dealing of the cards. Does anyone have an idea of what the problem is and what I can do to get my Speakers working?

dell 2400 dimension steady amber light in front

hemicuda — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:31:23 GMT

Recently had a flashing amber light and I jumped the green and black wires on the motherboard plug coming from the power supply and the fans worked as well as the computer. I ran everything that I could to work the computer and it worked for two days until I shut it down and now it will not turn back on.

I pulled the motherboard to check for any noticeable problems as well as for any loose cold solder joints and all is well I also pulled the processor and heat sink to reset them as well.

I pulled the reset everything on the motherboard and still nothing so I checked the voltage from the power supply and it was bad so I replaced it but now the flashing amber light is a steady light and there are no lights on the rear of the computer but both fans are working.

The green power light on the motherboard still lights and the monitor starts up but then stay in the black mode..

Missing A bunch of drivers please help

zytro — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:17:59 GMT

I'm missing a bunch of drivers, from the multimedia audio controller, to the microsoft system management bios. i don't have any of the discs anymore. Any ideas?

sound isn't working, auto updates won't work and every time I try to open windows media player it errors. Please Help.

Vostro 1014, 1015, 1088 audio driver for Xp

LaMeRick — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:08:26 GMT

Hi!

I'm looking for an audio driver for this laptop.. Any tips where can i find a working driver?

Audio Device on High Definition Audio Bus

VEN_14F1

DEV_5067

Thanks!

No sound through speakers - windows 7

pnearn — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:57:07 GMT

I have an Inspiron 530 running windows 7- My speakers have recently stopped working and have tried everything but to no avail. Cannot play test tone or anything else

Checked dell diagnostics and speakers fine there - only through win7 is there an issue
Have downloaded latest realtek drivers and device looks fine in device manager
Cannot play test tone
Cannot run audio troubeleshoot - get an error in audioplaybackdiagnostic 0x80070490
Cannot set speakers to default device as all buttons are greyed out

I literally have no idea what else to try

How do I connect audio from Xbox 360 Elite to a Dell sound bar please?

DanCole — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:22:19 GMT

Hey all,

Appologies if there is already a thread for this, but I checked and couldn't see one.

I have recently bought a Dell Ultrasharp U2410

http://www.dell.com/us/en/dfo/peripherals/monitor-dell-u2410/pd.aspx?refid=monitor-dell-u2410&s=dfo

and a Dell Soundbar speaker Ax510.

http://search.dell.co.uk/1/2/2010-dell-ax510-soundbar-speaker-for-ultrasharp-and-other-monitors-with-a-power-pass-through-connector.html

How do i connect my Xbox 360 elite so audio plays through the sound bar please?

I am using the HDMI connection but have not found a way to connect audio.

There is probably a very simple way to do it involving me buying a cable or two but I'm not sure.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks in advance

-Dan

sound driver killed onboard speaker

efast — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:18:01 GMT

after installing the defult PCaudio on my studio XPS 16. the onboard speakers no longer makes sound. but if i plug into an 3.5mm jack, then the external speakers will make sound.

I need my onboard speakers back

nb:the speakers are fine, but the driver is not using the onboard speakers

Dell Optiplex 320 won't boot. Windows Message says "The system is not fully installed. Please run setup again."

dejola — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:56:22 GMT

I have a Dell Optiplex 320 that won't boot. When I turn on the computer I see the Windows XP logo and "starting Windows," but then I get a Windows Message that says,

The system is not fully installed. Please run setup again."

I do not have the Windows CD. What can I do?

Thanks so much.

Digital video

blarry45 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:54:46 GMT

Just purchased a new dell inspiron 546 with 23 in monitor. No dvi output on computer just vga. HDMI output on computer but not on monitor. Why would you build a computer configured this way and how can I get a DVI output on this computer.

dimension 8400 freezes after boot but runs in safe mode

daddynuz — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:43:17 GMT

I'll try to give as much information as I can:

I recently had a power problem at my house and house voltage was dropping to as low as 94 volts AC at times.

power problem has been fixed now I have this issue with my dimension 8400. If I boot normally the pc seems to have completely booted as soon as I try to open any thing, from the start menu or quick launch I hear an internal beep from the CPU and it freezes now sometimes the usb mouse freezes too and sometimes it does not. I am able to start in safe mode & sahe w/ networking I did try this and then restarting normal but same problem in any mode but safe. also a month ago long before this happened I di replace the power supply and motherboard battery ( so I doubt that is the culprit) but pc was working fine till the AC power issue. My immediate response is to replace power supply. I have tested the power supply and all output voltages are proper. I thank all in advance for your ideas.

XPS 1340: Firewire audio interface (Code 10) device cannot start

aurasonora — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:19:14 GMT

Mackie ONYX Satellite - Firewire audio interface.

I have installed the latest drivers for both XPS 13 64bit running Vista 64 home premium and Mackie interface. Updated to lastest BIOS. In short all updates are up to date.

For some reason I do not see where one enables or disables the firewire in the BIOS because it does not show. The Device Manager says both 1394 ports are "working properly" (Stock Ricoh 1394 and Apiotek Express card TI CHipset with two firewire 400 and one USB slot).

Back to the interface - It appears under Audio, Video and Game Controllers with an exclamation point in a yellow triangle "This device cannot start. (Code 10)"

It seems to me that my problem is the IDT High Definition Audio Codec is not recognizing the firewire port as an audio input. Nor the firewire on express card with the "latest TI Chipset".

There is just no communication between laptop and interface as with other plug and play devices.

How do I make this work. Anybody?

Optiplex GX620 with Analog Devices ADI 198x Integrated Audio and Windows 7

hvdesai — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:54:14 GMT

Hi...

I have a Optiplex GX620 with Bios version A11 and integrated 198X Audio. I have installed Windows 7 on the system and it works fine with exception of Audio. In recording device panel of Sound, it does not show AUX or Stereo Mix adapters as active. Is DELL planning on issueing an driver update after Oct. 22, 2009? Is there any place else that I can look for these updates drivers?

Thanks.

Need Drivers After Fresh Windows XP Installation

seafox402 — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:35:49 GMT

I did a fresh installation of Windows XP on my Precision 670 Desk Top computer. When I try to download the drivers form the Dell Support page all I ever get is the download manager. Is there anyplace I can get the required drivers on a CD?

Exchange Server information

singhisking — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:54:33 GMT

Hi all,

This is just for my knowledge and information.

There are system i have seen having pst files on local hard drives.

and exchange server on the main server.

so upto my knowledge if hard disk got crashed then the user outlook pst files wil be gone.

so in this situation does exchange server keeps any copy of the pst files which are on the local hdd of the user.

If no, then what's the use of exchange server and backup of the same.

Thanks in advance

Upgrading Dell XPS 630i

LordMongoose — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:07:35 GMT

Hi,

I plan on getting my kid a new computer for Christmas, and my plan is to swap the parts out to upgrade mine at the same time. I have a Dell XPS 630i and some sites say it supports 4GBs of RAM and others say 8GB. The Alienware I'm looking into buying has Windows 7 and 6GB Triple Channel 1067MHz DDR3 RAM.

So I'm just curious if my XPS can support Windows 7 as well as the Triple Channel memory or not seeing as its all new technology, thanks for the replies.

-Mongoose

XPS 8000 Windows Server 2008 R2 No Audio

missingmuse — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:21:43 GMT

Has anyone installled Windows 2008 R2 on their XPS 8000? The install worked fine and I was able to load all of the drivers except for the sound. I installed the Windows 7 drivers and they load without issue however it does not see the hardware. I get "No Audio Output Device is Installed". Any ideas?

Thanks

No sound

crr119 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:27:16 GMT

I have a Dell Dimension 3000 and I recently had to reformat it. After days of loading everything I am back up and running. The only problem that I know of is that I can't get any sound from my speakers. I am running Windows XP media. Can anyone help?

thanks

Burning CDs from files

Kentaylortrpt — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:21:11 GMT

I am so inept! Will someone please write me a step-by-step path to burn CDs from my files?

I have music ripped from CDs in file. When I go to Media Player and hit "Burn" I drag my tunes over

into the "Burn List" column. Then I hit the "Start Burn" icon, and my blank disc immediately

gets ejected. What am I doing worng? It has to be simple, but I can't get the hang of it.

Any help will be greatly appreciated. I am recording lessons for students onto CD through a

Superscope, and I need to be able to make copies for whole sections of my school band.

Thanks in advance,

Ken Taylor, Scottsdale, Arizona

<ADMIN NOTE : Email Id removed per privacy policy>

No sound after reloading Windows

KaiNui1958 — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:48:47 GMT

I recently reloaded Windows XP Pro and now I have no sound at all. Have run through troubleshooting prompts, to no avail. Help !!!!! I have a Dell Pentium IV with onboard sound.

My speakers do not work

delpiero1 — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:20:33 GMT

I have a Dimension 9100 I recently disconnected the computer to have a new carpet fitted when I reconnected it the speakers no longer worked. I have done all the scans to check why they do not work and they all say they are working, but I have no sound not even the start up sound. Any ideas how I can fix this

Desktop Dimension 5100 sound blaster idt high definition audio codec driver error

JR-NZ — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:19:36 GMT

This PC recently had a warranty repair which replaced the motherboard and CPU,when it came back the sound has a low volume and is distorted,

it has the optional Sound Blaster(R) Live!(TM) 24-bit Sound Card fitted,it is yellow in device manager and gives idt high definition audio codec driver error when I try to update the driver from the original disc.

Have also tried drivers from SB and windows web sites as well with the same error.

no sound after fresh Windows xp installation

Merrin231 — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:07:51 GMT

I cannot get my sound to work. i need to redownload drivers, but nothing seems to wotk.

usb ports and power button inop

pekabosue — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:48:41 GMT

nothing on my front panel is working.... I can get he computer to start up by removing the CMOS battery reinstalling it and plugging computer in. I have a Dimension 5100. The CD drives work. Anyone have any suggestions??

No Sound

mcclain126 — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:22:51 GMT

Hi,

My computer suddenly has no sound. My mom uses it sometimes and may have done something, or I might have uninstalled something while I was cleaning up unnecessary programs. I have an Inspiron 1525 that uses Windows Vista. I looked in device manager under sound, etc and the drivers that I have installed are Intel (R) High Definition Audio HDMI and Sigma Tel High Definition Audio CODEC. When I click on them, they both say they are working properly. My sound isn't muted and it's not working. Could someone help me please? Thank you.

Dell Vostro 200 Mike wouldn't work

josiebops — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:46:37 GMT

I never could get it to work. My husband had a meeting at 6 pm so we just went out and purchased a Logitech all in one cam/mike and it worked beautifully plugged in to a USB instead of the mike port.

I still would like to make a stand alone mike work.

I read in a DELL forum to do what you suggested but I was afraid to do that just before his meeting.

I'm still a computer illiterate so doing stuff like that scares me but that's what I'll try when I get the chance.

Thanks for getting back to me.

Dell XPS 400 with Dell 5650 Surround Sound Speakers w/ subwoofer

luv2bike2nv — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:36:12 GMT

I purchased my system 4 years ago... it is working great. I have XP as the OS. The speakers work like they have since i purchased the system.

I purchased another HD so I can install Windows 7 on it so I don't have to lose any of my stuff on the original HD and the price was just right.

I had no problem installing Windows 7, have most of my stuff brought over. The 4 individual speakers (2 front and 2 back) are working however there is no sound coming out of the 5th (6th) speaker that you attach to the monitor and no sound comping out of the subwoofer. the sound on the subwoofer is turned completely up, the cables are in the correct jacks, sound in windows 7 is turned completely up and nothing comes out of speaker 5 (6) and subwoofer.

I take the HD out of the system that has Win7 on it and connect the originally HD with XP on it and the sound works fine.

Since my system is 4 years old and just out of Warranty (one month) i can not call Dell up for support on this.

Has anyone else have this problem.

I really hope there is a solution to this problem

Windows 7 - Dell XPS 600 - audio driver problems

g-akula — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:34:01 GMT

Have been running a Dell XPS 600 for several years on a creaky installation of WinXPMC.

When it became available, installed Win7 Ult 64bit.

Works beautifully, except that there is no audio at all.

Have installed the current Realtek AC'97 drivers, the 7-64b drivers for the Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music Card, tried older drivers, tried Vista versions, even tried 32bit versions ... nothing at all work. This includes installing the retro drivers off the Dell support site.

Manufacturer Dell Inc.
Model Dell DXG051
Total amount of system memory 5.00 GB RAM
System type 64-bit operating system

Display adapter type NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music Card

Only thing i may try is to whip out the sound card, replace it with a new one, but i'm loathed to do this if the hardware/software can be sorted out.

Dell vostro 200 microphone

josiebops — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:17:51 GMT

I've tried everything I can think of but can't get my mike to work from front or back port.

Checked to see if anything is muted. It's not.

Have a net meeting tonight and need help ASAP.

Josiebops

slow machines

whitecone — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:51:08 GMT

I have about 40 Dell optiplex 170L, and they are slow, actually I inheirted them from the last IT here.
Anybody have a solution on how to make them fast, beside upgrading memory and harddrive. I've tried cleaning the dish, defrag, run numerous anti virus software....

I Recently was Told My Order would be cancled In under 48 hours

codyk1992 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:25:15 GMT

I Got off the phone yesterday with dell and explained them my problem. They said they would cancle my order and the money would be sent back to my account with in 48 hours. I was unsure of it, becayse i called today and complained again saying nothing states that the order is cancled. They ran me through the same process of cancling it again with the same output 48 Hours will be refunded, still nothing has stated that it is cancled.

Windows 7 drivers for Altec Lansing ADA305, SoundMax

montecristo76 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:13:57 GMT

After upgrading my Dimension 8400 from WinXP to Windows 7, my speakers/sound are misbehaving. Sound is now mono, only recognizing the left speaker channel. Sound does come out of both speakers, though. Anyone experience this?

I tried downloading and installing the drivers from Dell's support site but Windows 7 won't let me use them.

-Stephen

Windows 7

glsmall — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:51:23 GMT

I have a Dell Deminsion 8400 which I have upgraded over the years. 2.5GB mem, 750GB HDD etc. I have decided I would like to upgrade to Windows 7 but the onboard audio doesn't have drivers for Windows 7 available. Does anyone know of an inexpensive Windows 7 compatible audio card I can buy so I can do the upgrade?

Where can I get Creative Command Console???

joeb004 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:47:44 GMT

I had to re-install Vista and just installed the drivers for my X-FI Extreme Music. I can't find the install disc and I'm looking for the Creative Command Console software; and can't seem to find it anywhere. It had some good stuff for optimizing the surround environment. Thanks in advance.

Joe

CD/DVD drives will speed up and slow down randomly

gbruck50 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:46:02 GMT

I have a Dell Inspiron 531 Desktop a little over a year old. The CD/DVD drives will randomly spin very fast for several minutes and then slow down and then will randomly do it again. This will happen even if there is not a disc in either drive. It makes enough noise to be very distracting.

Processor, Athlon 64X2 For Desktops, 5000+, 2.6, 1MB, 2C 65W, G2

Hard Drive, 320G, S2, 7.2K, 16M Lead Free, Samsung

Assembly, Compact Disk Read Write/Digital Video Disk Drive48X, Half Height, BARE, PBDS

Assembly, DVD+/-RW..., 16X, Bare Hitachi LG Data Storage

Assembly, Cable, Serial Ata Optical, Matrix, smith, mini Tower

DVD/CD-ROM Drives

HL-DT-ST DVD+RW GSA-HT3N SCSI CD Rom device

PBDS CDRWDVD DH-48C2S SCSI CD Rom device

Thank you for any help,

Garry

headphones on vostro 1015 don't mute laptop speakers on Ubuntu 9.10

LProf — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:43:28 GMT

With headphones the sound continues to go from the speaker. Help please resolve this problem. I think it is also observed at 1014 and 1088. I apologize for my English. Thank you in advance for any help.

Old Speakers/New Computer

Chazbo1948 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:23:50 GMT

I just purchased a new Dell Inspiron 546 minitower. My speakers are from an older Dimention 4600 desktop. What input do I plug my old 2.0 stereo speakers into. The new Inspiron only has the integrated sound card. Would I be better off buying newer USB speakers? All comments welcomed.