Posts by wcbryant

Like you, I wondered about doing this months ago, but kept reading that the HD Audio and modem shared a common bus or something, and Alienware actually told me (no joke here) that it was impossible to just remove the modem, that I'd have...

That picture you posted is exactly the part I removed, except mine isn't labeled MAx20, and did have the 'wrapper'. The circuitry is virtually identical though, to include labeling on some of the individual parts.

Quote: Originally Posted by Computer_Potato Thanks. I have much better idea if I go looking for it. I believe a user named Tokamak7700 is going to create a walk-through with pictures showing how to do it. ...

That sounds great to me, I'm just really happy this helped someone else. I was googling once a day for months to see if any new info hit, without any luck, and started to imagine that everyone else had just discarded their D900Ts, or...

Quote: Originally Posted by Computer_Potato Yes with Vista (and every Linux distro made since 2006), but I don't want to take it apart so was hoping maybe it was close to being under the Keyboard. I will just stick...

Quote: Originally Posted by Computer_Potato Does it say "MAx20" in white letters on one side ? The postage-sized card that, upon removal, restored audio to my machine? No, no mention of...

I had the same problems and resolved them by removing the Smart Link modem. It's all detailed over here: http://www.notebookforums.com/post26...ml#post2632482 No more 39 unknown devices, I have sound, all is well. You can thank...

Quote: Originally Posted by icculus203 Has anyone found a solution to this? I've spent a lot of time trying to figure it out and I can't get sound working on my 7700/Vista x86. I see a large number of "Unknown...