Dell's Sorry History of Microphone/Soundcard Issue (Update)

kony (Troll) wrote:

Class_Action classaction357 AT yahoo DOT com wrote:

Folk wrote:

snip blah blah blah

Before open your big, fat foul mouth, why don't you read some posts in
this thread?

Are you SURE that's a good idea? Seems like the more anyone
reads, the more they realize you had no intention of fixing
the problem rather than whining about it.

MICROPHONE=POOP (12/10/1999)
http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportf...message.id=495

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WILL SOMEONE PLEASSSSEEEE TELL ME
HOW TO GET MY MIC TO RECORD?!?!

IF you actually
had a problem, I'd have had some sympathy up until that
point where you *decided* you're not going to do what they
required.
'

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kony (Troll) wrote:

They were probably hoping you'd stop acting like a loon and
just follow their directions, so they kep repeating them.

Did you ever actually DO what they insisted?

Do you suppose even the Dell onsite technician does not follow what
Dell tech insisted?

Live Value Soundcard: Mic record level too low (1/29/2002)
http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportf...ssage.id=21877

Well... technician came and installed new card (same type SB Live
Value! 512V CT4780).... He tried uninstalling, reinstalling drivers
etc.... all the same stuff I have tried before.... still no
better....
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Seems awefully fishy though, maybe even fraud-oriented that
you claim mic isn't working right NOW, rather than back when
system was brand new

SB Audigy 2 ZS GEN4 No sound through microphone (3/11/05)
http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportf...ssage.id=56256

Now a tech is sheduled to come to the house and replace the sound
card. Just what I need a 7 day old system for which I paid extra
for a high end sound card and now I'll have a refurbished one.

you claim mic isn't working right NOW, rather than back when
system was brand new and you could've simply asked for a
credit (refund) towards the card. For all we know they
might even offered that but you were too busy whining then
too, rather than anything constructive to resolve this.

Augidy SB ZS microphone problems FIX HERE!!!!
(11/3/05)
http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportf...ssage.id=61369

I'm still having the same issue. The Dell tech support (based in
India I guess) does not reply anymore on email (even though I
politely remind them). I got a reply to call the usual support
phone number and want me to start all over again, as part of the
wearing out strategy.

Look, by now everybody knows you're an idiot, so you can stop posting.
There's no one left to convince.

--
Ted Zieglar
"You can do it if you try."

"Class_Action" wrote in message
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kony (Troll) wrote:

Class_Action classaction357 AT yahoo DOT com wrote:

Folk wrote:

snip blah blah blah

Before open your big, fat foul mouth, why don't you read some posts in
this thread?

Are you SURE that's a good idea? Seems like the more anyone
reads, the more they realize you had no intention of fixing
the problem rather than whining about it.

MICROPHONE=POOP (12/10/1999)

http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportf...message.id=495

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WILL SOMEONE PLEASSSSEEEE TELL ME
HOW TO GET MY MIC TO RECORD?!?!

IF you actually
had a problem, I'd have had some sympathy up until that
point where you *decided* you're not going to do what they
required.
'

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kony (Troll) wrote:

They were probably hoping you'd stop acting like a loon and
just follow their directions, so they kep repeating them.

Did you ever actually DO what they insisted?

Do you suppose even the Dell onsite technician does not follow what
Dell tech insisted?

Live Value Soundcard: Mic record level too low (1/29/2002)

http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportf...ssage.id=21877

Well... technician came and installed new card (same type SB Live
Value! 512V CT4780).... He tried uninstalling, reinstalling drivers
etc.... all the same stuff I have tried before.... still no
better....
-------------------


Seems awefully fishy though, maybe even fraud-oriented that
you claim mic isn't working right NOW, rather than back when
system was brand new

SB Audigy 2 ZS GEN4 No sound through microphone (3/11/05)

http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportf...ssage.id=56256

Now a tech is sheduled to come to the house and replace the sound
card. Just what I need a 7 day old system for which I paid extra
for a high end sound card and now I'll have a refurbished one.

you claim mic isn't working right NOW, rather than back when
system was brand new and you could've simply asked for a
credit (refund) towards the card. For all we know they
might even offered that but you were too busy whining then
too, rather than anything constructive to resolve this.

Augidy SB ZS microphone problems FIX HERE!!!!
(11/3/05)

http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportf...ssage.id=61369

I'm still having the same issue. The Dell tech support (based in
India I guess) does not reply anymore on email (even though I
politely remind them). I got a reply to call the usual support
phone number and want me to start all over again, as part of the
wearing out strategy.

On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 11:36:17 -0700, Class_Action
wrote:

Folk wrote:

Many of us have tried installing the updated drivers from
Creative's site without success.

We get an error message saying that the update program
cannot find an Audigy 2ZS installed in our systems.

A working, properly configured system would not issue that error
message.

When the Dell oem Audigy is not the same as the Creative retail
Audigy?

Given that, why would you blame someone else (Creative) for
a problem that obviously on *your* end.

Before open your big, fat foul mouth, why don't you read some posts in
this thread?

Foul? Did I use foul language in my (admittedly wasted) reply to you?
That's a rhetorical question Einstein, because the answer would be
"no".

Your response is indicative of an idiot. It must really suck to be
you.

Ted Zieglar (Dell Bot) wrote:

Class_Action wrote:

"kony" (Troll) wrote:

Class_Action wrote:

Before open your big, fat foul mouth, why don't you read some posts
in this thread?

Are you SURE that's a good idea? Seems like the more anyone
reads, the more they realize you had no intention of fixing
the problem rather than whining about it.


MICROPHONE=POOP (12/10/1999)

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WILL SOMEONE PLEASSSSEEEE TELL ME
HOW TO GET MY MIC TO RECORD?!?!


Look, by now everybody knows you're an idiot, so you can stop posting.
There's no one left to convince.

Shouldn't you be telling that to "kony", Teddy?

BTW, Teddy, aren't you going to fix this Dell customer problem?

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WILL SOMEONE PLEASSSSEEEE TELL ME
HOW TO GET MY MIC TO RECORD?!?!

'

On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 17:05:32 -0700, Class_Action
wrote:


Shouldn't you be telling that to "kony", Teddy?


What an idiot.

I've worked on quite a few Dell boxes.... guess what?
The mic worked, nobody had a problem with it.

kony (Troll) wrote:

Class_Action wrote:

Before open your big, fat foul mouth, why don't you read some posts
in this thread

Are you SURE that's a good idea? Seems like the more anyone
reads, the more they realize you had no intention of fixing
the problem rather than whining about it.

MICROPHONE=POOP (12/10/1999)
http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportf...message.id=495

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WILL SOMEONE PLEASSSSEEEE TELL ME
HOW TO GET MY MIC TO RECORD?!?!
'


IF you actually
had a problem, I'd have had some sympathy up until that
point where you *decided* you're not going to do what they
required.

-------------------
kony (Troll) wrote:

They were probably hoping you'd stop acting like a loon and
just follow their directions, so they kep repeating them.

Did you ever actually DO what they insisted?

Do you suppose even the Dell onsite technician does not follow what
Dell tech insisted?

Live Value Soundcard: Mic record level too low (1/29/2002)
http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportf...ssage.id=21877

Well... technician came and installed new card (same type SB Live
Value! 512V CT4780).... He tried uninstalling, reinstalling drivers
etc.... all the same stuff I have tried before.... still no
better....
-------------------
'


Seems awefully fishy though, maybe even fraud-oriented that
you claim mic isn't working right NOW, rather than back when
system was brand new

SB Audigy 2 ZS GEN4 No sound through microphone (3/11/05)
http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportf...ssage.id=56256

Now a tech is sheduled to come to the house and replace the sound
card. Just what I need a 7 day old system for which I paid extra
for a high end sound card and now I'll have a refurbished one.
'


you claim mic isn't working right NOW, rather than back when
system was brand new and you could've simply asked for a
credit (refund) towards the card. For all we know they
might even offered that but you were too busy whining then
too, rather than anything constructive to resolve this.

Augidy SB ZS microphone problems FIX HERE!!!!
(11/3/2005)
http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportf...ssage.id=61369

I'm still having the same issue. The Dell tech support (based in
India I guess) does not reply anymore on email (even though I
politely remind them). I got a reply to call the usual support
phone number and want me to start all over again, as part of the
wearing out strategy.

"Ted Zieglar" wrote in message

Look, by now everybody knows you're an idiot, so you can stop posting.
There's no one left to convince.

I'm sold. Where's my replacement sound card? This Sound Blaster Live! Value sold
for $99 in March 1999.
I'm having other problems with popping, crackling, noise, and silence with it
when using a certain speech program in Win XP. Maybe I need a newer non-Creative
sound card that IS SoundBlaster compatible.

On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 07:55:08 GMT, "Cymbal Man Freq." Don't
g wrote:



"Ted Zieglar" wrote in message

Look, by now everybody knows you're an idiot, so you can stop posting.
There's no one left to convince.

I'm sold. Where's my replacement sound card?

Contact Dell while your system is still new. If it doesn't
work now but did then, basically you've broken it.


This Sound Blaster Live! Value sold
for $99 in March 1999.

.... and?

A Pentium 100 sold for a few hundred $$$ a decade ago, do
you think it's worth that today too?


I'm having other problems with popping, crackling, noise, and silence with it
when using a certain speech program in Win XP.

Random observations have to be narrowed down to specific
causation. If it pops/crackles/etc while doing other simple
things like listening to an MP3, or recording when another
card and mic and app did so fine, you may've then isolated
the cause a bit.

Maybe I need a newer non-Creative
sound card that IS SoundBlaster compatible.


What makes you feel you need a Soundblaster compatible card?
Are you running a lot of old DOS games?

Class_Action wrote:
lots and lots of cut'n'paste, but all snipped

I don't really want to extend the war here but I'd like to contribute this
little snippet of info I gained recently.
I have an old Dimension XPS. It has a mic that would appear to be wired a
little unusual. I thought that the 3.5mm stereo jack plug used the end two
conductors for the left and right channels, and the longer conductor
(nearest the jack body) as the common (or ground). Well, the Dell mic that
came with the XPS has the mic element connected between the end two
conductors and does not use the ground part of the plug. This mic does not
work (I haven't tried shouting) in any other piece of audio gear (PCs,
minidisk, etc). Does this mean that the XPS has a weird arrangement on the
sound card (mic input)? And would it follow that only the supplied mic would
work?

kony (Troll) wrote:

"Cymbal Man Freq." wrote:

"Ted Zieglar" (Dell Bot) wrote:

Look, by now everybody knows you're an idiot, so you can stop posting.
There's no one left to convince.

I'm sold. Where's my replacement sound card?

Contact Dell while your system is still new. If it doesn't
work now but did then, basically you've broken it.

Don't you think it's awefully fishy?
Maybe even "fraud-oriented"?

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kony (Troll) wrote:

Seems awefully fishy though, maybe even fraud-oriented that
you claim mic isn't working right NOW, rather than back when
system was brand new

SB Audigy 2 ZS GEN4 No sound through microphone (3/11/05)
http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportf...ssage.id=56256

Now a tech is sheduled to come to the house and replace the sound
card. Just what I need a 7 day old system for which I paid extra
for a high end sound card and now I'll have a refurbished one.
'

kony (Troll) wrote:

you claim mic isn't working right NOW, rather than back when
system was brand new and you could've simply asked for a
credit (refund) towards the card. For all we know they
might even offered that but you were too busy whining then
too, rather than anything constructive to resolve this.

Augidy SB ZS microphone problems FIX HERE!!!!
(11/3/2005)
http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportf...ssage.id=61369

I'm still having the same issue. The Dell tech support (based in
India I guess) does not reply anymore on email (even though I
politely remind them). I got a reply to call the usual support
phone number and want me to start all over again, as part of the
wearing out strategy.

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