Hi Again!
Today I got the reply from Dell about my firewire soundcard problems with my m1710. This is actually my 2nd this year which i got in replacement for my other very faulty unit.
The problem is that when using my really really good firewire card(Terratec Aureon Firewire 7.1) There is kinda white noise with old modem sounds comming out of my speakers. The music and sounds come out to, but the white noise is very low and sounds like interference
With my previous XPS M1710 I had a tech comming out to change the motherboard, and after a lot of testing we tried the power adaptor that came with my 9400(a 90w).
The problem went away, but I got the error msg in windows saying that this unit needs to use a 130w power adaptor.
So since the last unit had a faulty lcd and a lot of issues I got this one, but I still have the same problem with the firewire port.
So Dell XPS Support told me that the unit is produced like this and that there was nothing they could do, I was asking if there was a possibility to get a replacement or upgrade when the new santa rosa comes out(hopefully there is a new MB that doesnt have the problem), and they said there was a chance for that.
So here I am waiting for a new line of MBs to get my XPS working with my firewire soundcard that worked flawlessly with a 9400. Strange stuff!
I dont know what to do with this issue, I was hoping to bring the laptop to use it live when I am having my gigs, to use my vst synhts and stuff, but I have to put that on the shelves for a while.
Since the unit is made this way I guess there is nothing more to do than wait...
Today I got the reply from Dell about my firewire soundcard problems with my m1710. This is actually my 2nd this year which i got in replacement for my other very faulty unit.
The problem is that when using my really really good firewire card(Terratec Aureon Firewire 7.1) There is kinda white noise with old modem sounds comming out of my speakers. The music and sounds come out to, but the white noise is very low and sounds like interference
With my previous XPS M1710 I had a tech comming out to change the motherboard, and after a lot of testing we tried the power adaptor that came with my 9400(a 90w).
The problem went away, but I got the error msg in windows saying that this unit needs to use a 130w power adaptor.
So since the last unit had a faulty lcd and a lot of issues I got this one, but I still have the same problem with the firewire port.
So Dell XPS Support told me that the unit is produced like this and that there was nothing they could do, I was asking if there was a possibility to get a replacement or upgrade when the new santa rosa comes out(hopefully there is a new MB that doesnt have the problem), and they said there was a chance for that.
So here I am waiting for a new line of MBs to get my XPS working with my firewire soundcard that worked flawlessly with a 9400. Strange stuff!
I dont know what to do with this issue, I was hoping to bring the laptop to use it live when I am having my gigs, to use my vst synhts and stuff, but I have to put that on the shelves for a while.
Since the unit is made this way I guess there is nothing more to do than wait...
allowing you to use the real good stuff. You can get a D/Dock off ebay for $100. Then throw in your favorite sound card (in my case X-Fi) and go! Best part is when you undock the system automatically knows how to change sound devices from internal to external with NO issues! I am impressed!
