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Static/Crackling sound during burn and playback
i have a xps 400 with dual cd/dvd rw drives. Anytime I try to burn a cd or dvd, a distinct and overwhelming crackling/static sound emanates from the speakers. The burns are successful but when I attempt playback with the cd/dvd (which I just burned) the noise is still present. No visual defects have occurred. The noise is also present with dvd movies. Playback of audio/video files on hard drive have no problems. Anyone know the potential cause of such a problem?
Time is of the essence...Dell is threatening to send a technician to my house:smileysad:
Time is of the essence...Dell is threatening to send a technician to my house:smileysad:
sam1486
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April 1st, 2006 08:00
Many newer systems do away with the audio cable altogether. Recent versions of Windows support audio-CD playback using digital audio extraction, which lets the PC read digital data directly from the drive and perform the necessary digital-to-analog conversion. The biggest drawback of digital audio-CD playback: If there's a headphone jack on the front of the optical drive, it won't work when you play a CD." ~ CNET
This is where your interference is coming from. In my experience whenever I make use of this audio cable it causes static to come from my speakers in the manner you've decribed. The solutions are simple, first take a look at this photo to see what I'm talking about:
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/9640/example5ki.jpg
The cable on the far left is the audio bypass, but all it really ends up doing is causing static, especially when the drive is running an audio CD. Remoing it from the drive will likely fix your problem.
Otherwise option 2
Open Volume Control and mute anything you're not using, usually the interference is coming from one area not all.
Message Edited by sam1486 on 04-01-2006 04:36 AM
X-Rogue
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April 1st, 2006 12:00
Check in your BIOS that both drives are turned on and one is not disabled. Then check that you have DMA enabled for both drives.
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lahell
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April 7th, 2006 00:00
stringdaddy
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April 21st, 2006 13:00
obey_gravity
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April 24th, 2006 10:00
Stringdaddy:
You are correct in not being seen. I believe you are using a laptop, so, You should probably start a new thread, and include as much system specs of your laptop as possible for folks to help troubleshoot, here:
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board?board.id=xps_port_genhdw
bottledlove
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August 20th, 2006 13:00