Laptop, scratchy sound.

roadster1

tentonine wrote: »

You can actually get Windows 7 drivers for this sound card. First, uninstall your existing driver. Now try the Windows 7 driver from another laptop with a similar sound card, like the Latitude E4300. If that doesn't work, there is a great guide here:
http://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/topic/23790-latest-sigmatel-idt-modded-drivers-for-win-7-and-vista/

In addition to gaining full Windows 7 support, the drivers from that link add a much better control panel with an equalizer.

Good idea, did as suggested but no difference. Nice control panel though, dolby, srs, equaliser, loads of functionality.

Not the speakers either. Tried headphones, no difference.

roadster1

Any more thoughts anyone? It is starting to get annoying now!

e.g. if you watch something on youtube the audio sounds like it is coming from a scratched 78 record if anyone can remember that far back......

debitcardmayhem

roadster1 wrote: »

Any more thoughts anyone? It is starting to get annoying now!

e.g. if you watch something on youtube the audio sounds like it is coming from a scratched 78 record if anyone can remember that far back......

Sadly I can, it could be the sound chip has fried it happened on an old Fujitsu I had , if you know anyone with a usb sound card you could try that, after disabling on board chip in bios.

DrScotsman

You say scratchy...I'm wondering if it could also be described as popping?

This is probably an irrelevant anecdote, but I might as well share: I had a PC where if I used certain drivers, the volume control wouldn't work and things at certain sample rates (usually flash videos) would make popping noises (due to clipping?).

(Might be remembering it wrong, might be that one set of drivers had a failed volume control and the other had the popping...)

roadster1

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Sadly I can, it could be the sound chip has fried it happened on an old Fujitsu I had , if you know anyone with a usb sound card you could try that, after disabling on board chip in bios.

Hmmmm......I think its Windows 7.

Is there anyway I can get the laptop to play something without resorting to reverting to reinstalling XP?

roadster1

DrScotsman wrote: »

You say scratchy...I'm wondering if it could also be described as popping?

This is probably an irrelevant anecdote, but I might as well share: I had a PC where if I used certain drivers, the volume control wouldn't work and things at certain sample rates (usually flash videos) would make popping noises (due to clipping?).

(Might be remembering it wrong, might be that one set of drivers had a failed volume control and the other had the popping...)

Definately scratchy, not popping

DrScotsman

roadster1 wrote: »

Definately scratchy, not popping

Well I have another anecdote for that, when I spilled water on my laptop

debitcardmayhem

roadster1 wrote: »

Hmmmm......I think its Windows 7.

Is there anyway I can get the laptop to play something without resorting to reverting to reinstalling XP?

A Linux live cd might be worth a try

roadster1

I have just noticed that the scratch sounds are exactly 1 second apart!!!

roadster1

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

A Linux live cd might be worth a try

I have never Linux'd before so it might be a rather steep learning curve?