Crackle Sound FIX

[irrelevantnotch]

I'm sorry, but can someone bring me up to speed here? How exactly does a driver for a wireless card affect the audio in our laptops? I've been trying for a while to fix the crackling sounds in my audio, and I never even considered for a second it was a driver issue with the wireless card.

[bigdarkmad]

Official driver from Dell:
http://support.euro.dell.com/support...&fileid=288985

Release Date: 01/06/2009
Version: 5.10.38.26 (Driver), A23


"Fixes and Enhancements
This release enables WLAN channel support for some countries that were not supported in previous versions of software. For these countries, the country listed in the Information tab of the Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility may not match the OS locale. It also fixes a crackling sound when playing music."

[Postaldude]

Official driver from Dell:
http://support.euro.dell.com/support...&fileid=288985

Release Date: 01/06/2009
Version: 5.10.38.26 (Driver), A23


"Fixes and Enhancements
This release enables WLAN channel support for some countries that were not supported in previous versions of software. For these countries, the country listed in the Information tab of the Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility may not match the OS locale. It also fixes a crackling sound when playing music."

I just get this message when I follow that link:

Error. Unable to retrieve the requested information.

Note:

* This error may occur if an invalid URL (broken link) was used to request this page.

The latest driver I can find on the support page is:

Release Date: 12/9/2008
Version: 4.170.77.3 (Driver); 4.170.77.13 (Application), A20

[bigdarkmad]

use my driver, it is based on version 5.10.38.26 too!

[Postaldude]

I think I found the update on this FTP server but I couldn't get it to install, it just said IDS_LAUNCHCONDITION_OSVERSION. Guess I'll have to use the unsigned one.

http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R205184.exe

It doesn't say it supports Studio 1537 which I have but aren't the 1397 cards the same?

[ScOULaris]

This is my first post on the forums, and I just want to thank the topic creator for making strides to fix this annoying problem. After scouring the web for a solution for a few months now, I had begun to give up hope. Who would have thought that modified wireless drivers would be the first major breakthrough?

I just installed these custom drivers, and so far I have not been experiencing any crackling like I did before. My only gripe right now is that I seem to have lost some reception strength after installing these drivers. I am using a Dell XPS 1530 with the 1395 WLAN card.

Has anyone else experienced a loss in signal strength? Also, I would really like to know what happened to that official Dell driver that seemed to vanish. It was the first sign of Dell actively trying to fix this!

Thanks again!

[Postaldude]

My signal strength is usually fine but the speed has been a bit more unstable with the custom driver I think. I'd rather have crackle free sound than perfect WLAN connection tbh. Hopefully Dell will publish the real driver soon.

[ScOULaris]

Yep, after using my XPS 1530 with the custom driver for about an hour or two now, I can safely say that the speed is slightly unstable as compared to the old Dell drivers. I am going to stick with this one though. I am SO glad to finally be able to watch online videos without that annoying popping/crackling.

And once I get home - where I have a dedicated wireless connection - I am sure that the signal will be a non-issue.

Thanks again!

[bigdarkmad]

Most files in the driver are from original 5.10.38.26 broadcom driver, I just modified it for better work with Dell Wireless cards!
My speed is fine!My internet is slow because my provider, but We have here 2 HP and My dear Dell Studio 15 (I love it) - and I honesty cannot/can't see any difference (NetGear Wireless Router model WPN824v2)

By the way I guess I can digitally sign the driver - but IMO it is not need, because the driver works fine for me - about 1 month!

Sorry for my bad English

[ScOULaris]

After using my laptop with this driver for the last couple of days, I can safely say that this is a godsend. Being able to hear crystal-clear sound through my XPS 1530's speakers makes it seem like I am using a whole new computer altogether!

Thank you once again.