Comments on: Lots of People Hit by the Dell Inspiron 700m Sound Input Design Flaw

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By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 13:14:54 +0000

I simply replaced the drivers with the Intel AC’97 ones, and WALLA!! I have a line input!

By: Ed

Ed — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:36:07 +0000

You can either pull the speakers out and resolder the wires, or buy new speakers from eBay for $50 or so & then just plug in the new ones and toss out the old. If you can’t do this yourself, anyone who’s ever taken a laptop apart can do it for you. it’s all standard stuff on the 700m - just don’t miss the screw that’s immediately to the left of the wifi light - hidden under a silver sticker.
Ed

By: Uwyeah

Uwyeah — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:43:33 +0000

I mean http://www.notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=157373

By: Uwyeah

Uwyeah — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:41:20 +0000

I have a 710m and my speakers stopped working tonight, the laptop is 14 months old. The speakers will work though if the LCD is only 1/3 open (ie. 30ish degrees or less). Apparently this is very common though and the speaker wire that goes through the hinge needs repairing (http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2005/07/lots-of-people-hit-by-the-dell-inspiron-700m-sound-input-design-flaw/). Great huh?

By: John

John — Thu, 31 May 2007 06:58:35 +0000

We had our 700m for about 2 1/2 years and it ran fine until a month ago when the speakers went out. Anyone have any luck fixing it or with Dell customer service?

Thanks

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 18 May 2007 06:20:46 +0000

I also own a 700m and (gasp) have the same problems. Based on the non-existent response from Dell, I have opted to purchase an external sound card as a work around.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:16:01 +0000

I’m having the same problem as Tom and Ray. Speakers stopped working last week, but sound works fine through headphones. Curious if this is due to a recent windows update, explaining why we’ve only started having this problem recently?

By: Ray

Ray — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:11:39 +0000

Wow, Tom, I have the exact same problem.

The speakers just stopped working a few days ago and I’ve been installing, re-installing audio drivers, etc, etc. I can hear the sound fine when the earphones are plugged in, but the speakers themselves do not output any sound.

The 700M was a good laptop, and I hope Dell takes care of this issue.

By: Rick

Rick — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 19:21:25 +0000

Same problem, sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t. Really was annoying b/c I had no idea what the problem was. I tried for weeks to adjust programs etc. Dell, no help. I just bought another mic, thinking that might help, but it won’t.

So my solution is to find a usb microphone, all of the headsets of used with this, seem to work alright.