Hello,
I have a Dell Inspirion N5110 and, recently, it's been making these crackly noises when I play any audio/video (at any volume) and this applies both to internal and external speakers, and also when I put in headphones. It seems to happen rather randomly though - there can be times when I've had the laptop on for a long period of time and it doesn't produce this issue but it will occur when I've had it on for maybe about 20 minutes. At the moment, it seems that turning off the laptop and letting it rest for a while and then putting it back on usually solves the problem but it's a bit of an irritant. I've had the laptop for about 3 years now, so is it time to replace it or is there another solution?
Many thanks,
Chrissy