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July 22nd, 2012 20:00

Dell Inspiron 1525 internal microphone

I have seen many different threads about this same issue, but have not seen anything that has worked for me. I have a Dell inspiron 1525 and recently upgraded to windows 7. Since then all is good except for the fact that the internal microphone doesn't work at all. I have tried to install the sigmatel driver, but it says it doesn't support my operating system, even when I try and install it with compatibility mode. I would love any help on the subject as I am getting very frustrated with it. Thanks.

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October 25th, 2013 14:00

now that i got one problem fixed there is another problem:( there is a constant beeping sound... when im on a skype call or recording my friend on the other end complains of this beeping sound. I tried skype test call to see what he was talking about , so i recorded my self and on play back i heard that constant beeping  he was talking about.... is there anyway solution to this?

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October 25th, 2013 15:00

so with that driver that i had downloaded (  IDT R261324 (6.10.0.6267, A18)) for my dell 1525 running on window7 ,  there was a CONSTANT BEEPING SOUND my reicpient would hear whenever i was on a skype call or recording, i however fixed this problem by downloading  the DELL 1526 Sigmatel audio driver  found in the link below AND IT FIXED MY PROBLEM. http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/DriverDetails/Product/inspiron-1525?driverId=9G1FV&osCode=WW1&fileId=2731103532&languageCode=en&categoryId=AU

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October 25th, 2013 15:00

i have the same (dell 1525) running on windows 7 .i FINAALLLLY  fixed my problem, click on the link an download  that driver... it should fix ur prob too

http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/driverdetails?driverid=THWYG

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June 3rd, 2014 09:00

I just solved this issue.

Search DELL site for drivers (tab "Help and Support") by "92HD73C1".
It finds about 30 entries for Alienware laptops, but one entry mentions Inspiron too: http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverId=NWM04

IDT 92HD73C1 Audio Driver

This package provides the IDT 92HD73C1 Audio Driver and is supported on the Inspiron and XPS Notebook models that are running the following Windows Operating Systems: Vista and Windows 7.

Version

Version 6.10.0.6217, A15

Consider A15, this is BIOS version I presume.
I had A11 so I decided to upgrade to the latest A17 before installing this driver.

Then I installed driver package R226903.exe and my microphone array works well in Win 7 x64 on Inspiron 1525 now.

Just to mention, there is later version of this driver to download: http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverId=G11FC

However the description contains no word about Inspiron, BIOS version is A18 i.e. greater that the latest one available for Inspiron, and when I tested it on A11 BIOS it did not work. I decided to not re-test after I upgraded BIOS to A17 and then installed R226903... never touch a running system, you know.

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December 10th, 2016 17:00

Kudos to JIMCO and all his guidance here on this subject.

I inherited an old Dell Inspiron 1515 from my daughter running Vista and upgraded to Win 10.

Everything perfect except for the internal microphone which I managed to recovery using JIMCO´s Sigmatel Vista audio driver R218148 suggestion.

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December 11th, 2016 04:00

Hello BobBHZ. Thanks for the feedback.

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June 8th, 2017 01:00

Hello sir,

Me too facing  the same problem since I've upgraded from xp to windows7 on my inspiron 1525.

I've followed the every suggestion the users gave but that still didn't resolve my problem!

When I am trying to install the above mentioned   IDT R261324 (6.10.0.6267, A18) , it asked to me to uninstall the sigma tel audio drivers befrore proceeding to installation! But in my control panel I can nowhere find the Sigma tel drivers, i.e., there are no such kind of drivers installed on my pc!                      

PLEASE HELP ME TO FIND A SOLUTION FOR THE PROBLEM!

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June 8th, 2017 13:00

Delete this registry key if you have it in the Windows Registry:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\SigmaTel

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October 28th, 2017 10:00

I have same problem ,  with my microphone for  laptop Dell inspiron 1525 because I recently upgraded to windows 7,and I try the  link to the IDT R261324 (6.10.0.6267, A18) , but I can not find file IDT R261324 drive , can you please send my the link or file.

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