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duffman123
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August 5th, 2008 12:00
Bad Mother Board?
Okay got my XPS 420 last Wednesday. Quad-9450, 4 gigs, ATi 3870, 750 HD, onboard sound, 24" monitor.
1.) Audio slow down/screech of death/low end blat/spinup-whirr/stops working. Disabled onboard sound and drivers, uninstall Creative software, install M-Audio Audiophile 192 in bottom PCI slot. Still doing it. Move up 1 PCI slot a little better but still doing it.
2.) Disable miniview in BIOS, but it still worked.
3.) Disable onboard NIC in BIOS, I use wireless. A-HA MINIVIEW TURNED OFF!!!!
4.) Front USB ports reporting as NOT being UBS 2.0.
Will be contacting Tech Support today. Way to many things not right for me to keep this system.
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Posted August 5th, 2008 21:00
With Tech support for about 2 hours in Dell Connect session. Update Chipset drivers, Set HD mode to bypass.
Problem #1...currently have both sets of recording studio monitors on so far no/screech/blat/spinup/ or audio slowdown. As this probelm was intermittent may be a fefw days before I am sure it is fixed.
#2...Disable miniview in BIOS NOW WORKS!!!....I cant see the thing without my glasses anyway, and I 'm running dual 24" LCD what do I need it for?
#3 Disabling on board NIC ONLY disables on board NIC!
#4. All USB ports now working at 2.0.
I tip my hat to tech support....so far so good. Will report back in a few days if the audio problem rears it's ugly head.
DUFF
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Posted August 5th, 2008 22:00
Nice to see a positive post251
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Posted August 5th, 2008 23:00
Excellent!251
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Posted August 7th, 2008 11:00
Okay...we are now 2 days in with the fixes. Audio problems have disappeared. Yes I did enable the onboard SigmaTel for testing worked fine, then disabled, and used my M-Audio Audiophile 192 card. No more strange sounds or spin downs from either card or during Media Player. Multitracking in Adobe Audition 3 is again working correctly. The audio output is running to a Mackie Big Knob then to a set of KRK RP8 and a Samson Servo 75 driving Ditton 110s. Everything is working great!!!
USB ports are still working correctly.
The miniview stayed off for a day. Booting up this morning it came on. It is still OFF in the BIOS, so there is still a problem reading the BIOS somewhere.
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Posted August 7th, 2008 12:00
Very good!
It appears we have simialr interests. I am running digital out to a Grace M902 to Adam A7s. :)
ElkWapiti
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Posted August 5th, 2008 17:00
Does the on board sound also make odd noises?
Have you called Tech Support?
(The M-audio cards are nice solid pieces - good choice).