Hi,
I've had my Dell 5650 5.1 system for about 2 yrs now and now it started giving up. I was playing a videogame yesterday and i noticed that the sound from the front left and right speakers is very low and i can barely hear it. I tried adjusting the volume of the single speakers and installing the drivers but still no difference. The other speakers work perfectly and are loud but from those i cant hear anyting almost. Does anyone have the same problem and have a solution? thank you
Sounds like my problem almost exactly... I had to rip my sub-woofer apart and found out it was really bad wiring. Get to soldering if you can and replace the wires like I will have to do one day. *sigh*
The only think I'm looking for is a wiring diagram for inside the sub-woofer. Poking around online you can range from $35ish to $75ish. Depends on if you want to get your hands dirty or not. My origianl post was
http://www.fixya.com/support/t518413-not_really_problem
Chilibo
Posted on Apr 16, 2008
This is going to have to be a solution in the works...so don't rate until we have some kind of end-result.
Connect the speakers to a different device such as an MP3 player or a Nintendo DS. See if the speakers still cease to work. If they work just fine with a different device, then consider that it may not be the speakers...but a problem with the sound system in your PC.
Perhaps the sound configuration in Windows is disrupted. Perhaps the driver settings for your soundcard in your PC are corrupted. (A complete reinstallation of Windows with a fresh installation of the sound drivers would probably prove this theory right or wrong.)
Perhaps there is a problem with the FRONT CHANNEL hole on the sound system on the rear of your PC. You could check that by plugging the REAR channel of the speakers into the FRONT channel on the PC.
And lastly...there could be a break or a short in the cable of the speakers. You could always test another set of speakers with each sound channel and see if that might be the possible issue.
If the sound card in the PC turns out to be the problem, then install a different sound card. If the soundcard in your PC is currently the onboard one, then disable it in the BIOS before installing the new card.
Let us hear the results before we do any rating. Unless of course you're able to fix it with the data given. :)
Cyryl
Posted on Dec 08, 2007
The more likely cause of the two problems you propose is that it's a
hardware issue. (Not to say that it couldn't be ill-configured drivers
or audio settings in Windows.)
I would try a different soundcard to test this theory. If you happen
to have an extra PCI soundcard laying around, install it in your
machine, install the driver software for it and see what kind of
results you can get. (Borrow one from a friend if you don't have one?)
Quite honestly, the only other way to really tell is to either upgrade
or roll back your drivers to different versions other than the one
you're using...or reinstall Windows all together.
But more often than not, when I run into this kind of issue, I find that it's usually an issue with the onboard sound hardware.
Certain variables you might look at are whether or not you've installed
new hardware or audio software recently. Every now and then, you may
experience conflicts with new hardware. This could cause issues with
ANY hardware in your system. Whether it be an audio adapter, network
adapter or graphics card. (This time it just chose your audio
system.) If that's the case, remove any newly-installed hardware and
see what kind of results you get.
Same thing with any software you've installed. Such as audio software, especially.
One other minor thing to note... Check to make sure that any unused
microphone ports are MUTED through your audio control panel. I've had
MANY problems with those. (Especially in Linux.) They tend to create
constant interference until you disable them by muting the microphone
channel.
So check your driver version numbers through your Device Manager and
compare them against the audio device manufacturer's website and the
current drivers they have listed there.
Note: Most onboard audio is done by Realtek.They
list their drivers by version number which helps in this scenario. It
may be listed as a Dell onboard or whatever...but the chip itself is
most likely Realtek. You can see the soundchip on your PC's
motherboard near the back end of the PCI slots. If you see a little
electronic-looking crab on the chip, it's Realtek's AC'97 codec. The
model number will show on the chip. You can always write that down and
Google it to confirm that. (ALSO...if it says "Soundmax" on it, it's
STILL Realtek.)
Let us know further. I'll continue watching this thread. :)
Cyryl
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Hello,
after trying the speakers on an ipod i noticed they worked fine, and after trying the different channels i noticed that when i plug the speakers in the front channel home there is a weird noise coming from the speakers, like they are blown, but with the other channel holes i dont have that problem. so could it be a hardware problem or drivers? i reinstalled the drivers yesterday though and doesnt seem to have worked.
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