I just bought identical Dell Inspiron 1525 laptops with Windows Vista 32-bit, EN-US. After the initial, Dell FAI (Fully Automated Installation) the front panel microphone jack of one of the computers did not work. After verifying that the headset microphone worked on another computer, I checked the recording level settings from the Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Sound -> Manage audio devices -> Recording Tab -> (You can stop here, talk into the microphone and actually see the volume meter moving) -> Microphone/Line In -> Properties -> Levels Tab (how user friendly). (more…)
Monday, September 29, 2008
Microphone jack does not work on Dell Inspiron 1525
Posted by M.P. under annoyances, windows | Tags: audio, dell, inspiron |[2] Comments
Friday, October 19, 2007
Force network speed with Sysprep
Posted by M.P. under os deployment, windows | Tags: broadcom, dell, device drivers, optiplex, pnp, sysprep, tpmfosd |Leave a Comment
By default, any network device driver on Windows installs with Auto-negotiation settings. The traditional approach to change the network speed setting is to have a checklist and use driver’s advanced feature tab to set the network speed and duplex setting to 100 Mbit/s Full-Duplex, for example. This article discuss how the settings can be done through a complete re-installation of the device driver, using a customized .inf file. The approach is particular interesting for automated installation methods, such as IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment (TPMfOSd). (more…)
