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Static headphone noise on Studio 1557
I'm having a weird problem with my dell studio 1557 which arrived two days ago.
The sound from the internal speakers is just fine, however, whenever I connect my Etymotic 6i headphones, a constant static noise, often affected by the level of system activity, but completely unrelated to mixer settings, makes the listening experience unpleasant to say the least.
This issue affects both audio out ports, and present even before the boot-up process.
Bios Version : A02
Operating System : Ubuntu 9.10 (I suspected it's an alsa bug, until I heard that buzzing noise right after the machine was powered)
Yeah, I noticed the same problem myself. I'm using Windows 7 Pro 64-bit with the A03 BIOS update. I tried playing around with audio settings (e.g. SRS enhancements) in the IDT audio driver settings, but to no avail which makes sense if it isn't seemingly a driver issue. I don't mind as long as my speakers don't have the same noise problem when I try plugging them in...
wmj450
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Posted January 23rd, 2010 09:00
I have the same problem with my studio 15. Audio is works fine, but when you plug in headsets to the headphone jack, a constant hiss or white noise comes appears. I have tried uninstalling audio drivers, tried adjusting audio setting..nothing seems to have eliminate this annoying hiss/white noise sound. Does anyone have advice?