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m17x m3 mic problem

post #1 of 8
11/25/11 at 12:21pm
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i got this laptop a few months ago and ever since the mic has been getting horrible feedback. i can sit in a silent room and press the test button and it will just rattle the speakers and when using vent or other team speak programs as in video games they cant understand me because of the noise the speakers are picking up but the room is silent. any one have an idea what this is? i cant change any settings in it because the day i got this laptop i clicked the idt sound settings and it said startup file not found so i cant change any of the settings in there. anyone else have this problem?

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post #2 of 8
11/25/11 at 12:28pm
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Originally Posted by LoKi22 View Post

i got this laptop a few months ago and ever since the mic has been getting horrible feedback. i can sit in a silent room and press the test button and it will just rattle the speakers and when using vent or other team speak programs as in video games they cant understand me because of the noise the speakers are picking up but the room is silent. any one have an idea what this is? i cant change any settings in it because the day i got this laptop i clicked the idt sound settings and it said startup file not found so i cant change any of the settings in there. anyone else have this problem?

I would try removing the audio device in devices manager and see if you can re-install with the appropriate driver first

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post #3 of 8
11/25/11 at 2:39pm
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i uninstalled idt and reinstalled and i can get into idt now and mess with some settings but it still picks up sound in a silent room :(

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post #4 of 8
11/25/11 at 2:41pm
Try playing with "recording" settings - turning off mic boost also and see if it helps

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post #5 of 8
11/25/11 at 2:48pm
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the boost was already off and i put the recording from 1-100 i put at 1 and it still does it

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post #6 of 8
11/25/11 at 2:51pm
How about selecting the lowest sample rate and bit depth available, such as 2 channel, 16 bit, 48000 Hz or something like that?

Are you using an external mic, or using the default built-in?

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post #7 of 8
11/25/11 at 6:03pm
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its the built in one that came with it and yeah its the lowest quality

 

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post #8 of 8
11/25/11 at 11:22pm
You can try a system restore, but I would contact Dell for a replacement or repair.

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