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| System Name | Haz0 |
|---|---|
| Processor | i7-2700K |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3 |
| Cooling | Chicken Stock |
| Memory | 16GB G.Skill Ripshits X 1600MHz |
| Video Card(s) | Sapphire 5850 |
| Storage | Kingston 128GB SSD + WD Black 640GB + 2x 1.5TB |
| Display(s) | 24" Acer G245HQ + 19" Lenovo L194 |
| Case | Antec NSK-4482 Orangified |
| Audio Device(s) | X-Fi XtremeGamer |
| Power Supply | Corsair TX750W |
| Software | Windows 7: Electric Boogaloo |
Hi guys, I was hoping you could help me with something, as calling tech support didn't do diddly squat. Ok, my laptop, a Gateway M-6846, has been giving be problems ever since I got it. The sound goes to max and you hear all kind of squeals and crackling between startup and user login. After that, the crackling goes away, but you hear a squeal. The squeal comes through the speakers, and when you plug in headphones or external speakers you can hear the squeal through those, but it quits coming out of the lappy speakers. The squeal is a constant volume and doesn't change when you change or mute the PC volume. The squeal isn't extremely loud, but it makes watching a movie using headphones or doing anything with it in a quiet area unbearable. It's not horrible if you're using the speakers in a loud area, but then you can't hear anything, so you know. To escape it, I clipped the 3.5mm jack off some broken headphones, put it in the headphone jack, and left it in there. That way, although I can't hear anything from the computer, I escape the dreaded squeal. This is my second M-6846, we returned the first to Best Buy for the same problem, they refunded, we got this one, it has the same problem, we never returned this one for some reason. My first thought was the sound driver, but I went into device manager and even got Driver Detective and all the drivers dealing with sound are up to date. So anyway, I know this was long, but I'm leaving for vacation tomorrow and I really want to be able to listen to stuff on it. Thanks.
Oh, and I would have been able to send it back to Gateway, but my warranty expired on it so the gal just linked me some useless sound troubleshooting thing.
-SJ
Oh, and I would have been able to send it back to Gateway, but my warranty expired on it so the gal just linked me some useless sound troubleshooting thing.
-SJ
