Dell Inspiron 1501 Sound Issue Fix

So if you have a Dell Inspiron 1501 its safe to say you fucking hate Dell and this computer.  SO here’s the underlying issue with this machine….  The sound card is not shielded correctly from the high frequency of the wireless-N (5GHz).  As an example, have you ever been in a car or near computer speakers when someones cell phone goes off.  It makes a weird noise, something similar to a damn 9600 baud modem trying to make its way to the internet.  SO, lets give you guys a taste of how to fix this computer ruining issue that Dell has never fucking acknowledged (hate those bastards).

(I’m not going to spoon feed you, if you can’t get to places like “my computer” you should just leave my site and never return.  )

• First, right click on my computer go to system properties.
• Next, click the hardware tab and go to device manager.
• Find network adapters and click on the “Dell Wireless 1501 Draft…etc” and go to properties.
• Now that the card properties are up click on the advanced tab.
• Go to the “Disable Bands” property and disable the 802.11a band.
• DONE.

From here on out, your issues with a “crackling” or “popping” noise with your Dell Inspiron 1501 will cease.  Sometimes it will tend to revert itself because..well, Windows sucks.   Hope this saves you people from wanting to rip your eyes out.  Probably one of the most annoying issues I’ve ever dealt with.

-Wes

Finally Up!

I finally have my server up thanks to linode.com.  Their VPS are great and provide me with just what I need.  My first tutorial I plan to setup  will definitely be  configuring basic Fedora 11 web server dedicated to the LAMP Stack.   I took extensive notes upon the installation and will be a great reference for this tutorial.  Soon enough small PHP and jQuery scripts with a pinch of MySQL to flare it up.  This is going to be my playground and should be a pretty interesting ride.

-Wes