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manicguitarist
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May 6th, 2006 05:00
Possible to have internal speaker and external at the same time?
Like it says on the tin...is it possible to have both the internal speaker and the external speakers working at the same time?
When I plugged into the headphone out, the internal speaker cuts out. I would like both to work - is this a software thing, or is it a hardware switch?
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Well... it is actually possible, but manicguitarist may not like the answer: buy a Precision 380.
I have a 380 and it drives me nuts that if I leave headphones or external speakers plugged in, after the next reboot, both the internal and the external speakers are on. To cancel the external speakers, I have too unplug the audio jack and plug it back in, to have it detected. This happens every time after I reboot.
I had a whinge about it in an earlier thread, but I never heard of a solution.
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manicguitarist
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Posted July 14th, 2006 06:00
I have a 380! Yay!However, I leave the a cable plugged into the headphone socket all the time, and it doesn't do as you describe.But that fact that it does do it for you gives me hope!I'll have a tinker.THanks.- My 380 does it all the time. If yours doesn't behave the same way, that's a clue for me and it gives me hope!
It sounds very much like it could be a BIOS issue so I'll check out if there is an upgrade. I bought, well, my company bought one of the earliest 380s, when it appeared on the Dell website.
Failing everything, I can always swap 380s with you, manicguitarist! I've got a 3.8GHz CPU, 4GB RAM and a SCSI drive...
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Posted May 27th, 2006 13:00