Hi I am quite happy with d430 which I bought a months ago
The only thing that cannot get right and I tried different vooodo hda is when I use skype I get a lot of interference when talking like a whistling sound to
be more exact it sound like a cappucino maker the sound of the steam when you want to froth milk up.
If I use voodohda from edp it is very bad because I cannot change volume from voodoo pref pane ,with Slices one it is a bit better but I have to turn down recording level in pref pane but still back ground noise,,,,,
A shame really laptop is cool but if sound is no good is not worth having mac on it.
something very similar happend to me a few years ago with an Amilo laptop 8210 with leo on it.
Perfect except sound in the end I had to sell it.......
I was playing the other day with tortuga hda patcher for Leo.
I managed to patch Snow leopard hda but no joy on -v boot you could see all error messg about not loading Applehda
Any suggestion for the mic??????