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September 25th, 2024 08:45

P3424WEB, losing webcam mic

New Dell P3424WEB with integrated mic/webcam loses microphone daily. Easy fix - turn off the monitor and turn back on again, takes about 10 seconds. However, it clearly shouldn't drop the microphone. Video and audio works fine, it's just the mic that doesn't work.

I'm using with a Dell Latitude laptop that's company owned, but the monitor is mine. Got the monitor about 4 weeks ago, and set it up with all the latest and recommended drivers and utilities.

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  • DELL-Chris M

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    Posted September 25th, 2024 14:08

    To receive assistance from Dell support agents, they need to first verify the ownership and warranty status. Click the blue "Get Help Now" on the right to start a private live chat session. Share the private monitor Service Tag with them.

    * Mic testing in what apps? Does the issue happen in all apps?
    * Have you tried closing the webcam shutter which might "release" the webcam and mic from the apps, wait 10 seconds, then opening the webcam shutter?



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    Posted September 26th, 2024 14:29

    @DELL-Chris M​ Thanks again, Chris.  All of those settings were set as you suggest, apart from fast wake up - I've changed that, I'll let you know if it has an effect - thanks a lot.

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    Posted September 27th, 2024 11:19

    Are you saying  fast wake up has made it worse? 

    Zoom seams to like to default to Muted. (I assume the red light wasn't on, at the bottom left corner) 

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    Posted September 27th, 2024 11:52

    @Andy K​ Hey - no, I don't think that fast wake up has made any difference in particular.  There's nothing to suggest Zoom has muted anything - the image that I was showing above is just a "test audio" thing that Zoom has in it - and it's showing that when I run a test there's no input from the mic at all until I restart the monitor.

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    Posted September 27th, 2024 12:31

    While running Zoom, is DPN (Dell Peripheral Manager) or DDM (Dell Display Manager) running in the background? If yes, disable them and retest.

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    Posted September 27th, 2024 16:10

    @DELL-Chris M​ Yes, both are running.  I'll disable them tonight and test next week.

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    Posted October 2nd, 2024 07:54

    OK, both DPN and DDM were disabled overnight on my Latitude, and this morning I've tested the microphone within Zoom and it works fine.

    I guess I'll do some more testing to see which of the 2 are causing issues - are there logs that the monitor throws out that can be analysed?

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    Posted October 2nd, 2024 10:29

    Just started Dell Peripheral Manager at 11:29BST Wednesday

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    Posted October 2nd, 2024 12:04

    @markdemanbey​ There are logs but I thought they only pertained to when the app itself stopped working.


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    Posted October 2nd, 2024 12:09

    @DELL-Chris M​ Thanks Chris.  I've enabled and started peripheral manager, with the other still disabled, and I'll see if there's an impact on the service tomorrow morning