Distortion when recording

Hi,
I recently bought a dv7-6135dx and I have been trying to record with Audacity. While recording everything is fine, but when I play it back it sounds very distorted. Audacity says that I have three options for recording devices. Microsoft Sound Mapper and Integrated Microphone Array both distort the audio, but Stereo Mix plays it back perfectly fine. I also tried an external mic, but that distorted it as well. Is there any way that i can fix this?

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