Dell XPS L501X - Speakers

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My 2 year old Dell XPS laptop has started making a crackling sound when the speakers are switched on. It doesn't appear to be there when the laptop comes out of sleep or is switched on but starts to get louder after a while. It completely disappears when I put in headphones. Any ideas on what I can do to resolve this?

MadTechie

Could be a dust particles or even loss connection, as it seams to be when power is supplied so I would go with dust, you could open and check.. depends how much of a pain its being

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Its quite annoying basically can't use the sound at all when the noise starts.

MadTechie

Are you running vista by any chance ?

MadTechie

the reason I ask is I remember a sound problem on a Dell XPS, but this was while playing a DVD video on the laptop, but it made some strange sounds instead the normal sounds (new mail etc)

The solution was to turn off the wifi, (fn+F2)

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No its on Windows 7. I've tried switching off the wi-fi and unplugging the power but nothing works. Any guides out there on how to open up the laptop. I tried yesterday but couldn't get to the speakers at all.

MadTechie

here is a video