Symptoms
You may notice a distortion or crackling system notification sound on your XPS and Precision laptop.
Affected Platform:
XPS 9500XPS 9510XPS 9700XPS 9710Precision 5550Precision 5560Precision 5750Precision 5760
Cause
This is a hardware limitation. These computers use an improved internal speaker with higher output power, resulting in the emphasized notification sound effect.
Resolution
If you are experiencing any distorted notification sounds, then adjust the System Sounds in Volume Mixer to mitigate the symptom (Figure 1).
Figure 1: Volume Mixer
