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Hi, some months ago I installed opensuse 11.2 in my laptop (asus g50v) and sound worked fine. Now, however, it is gone I don't get any error message but there ...
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    Sound gone away, opensuse 11.2, asus g50v

    Hi, some months ago I installed opensuse 11.2 in my laptop (asus g50v) and sound worked fine. Now, however, it is gone I don't get any error message but there is no sound. I tried even booting from ubuntu live cd but no sound either. The hardware is working however because this laptop "makes a noise" when boots.

    i've executed alsa-info.sh. The output is here:
    www (dot) alsa-project (dot) org/db/?f=aff22534d8ea229fd4817cd8030908b8d7057855

    I've searched in the internet but found no solution so I hope someone can help sort this out. Thanks!
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    Did you check the volume control? Muted? Check the mixer settings.
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    thanks for your reply gogalthorp. i check the mixer (both with alsamixer and kmix) and the volume is not muted
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    You say it makes a noise when it boots.Is this just a short beep? If so that is kust the post code and does not go through the sound system ie the sound card. I'd say your sound chip died. Is the notebook under warranty?
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    it is not a short beep. it is some kind of explosion, i don't think it is done by the pc speaker but by the sound card. If the sound chip died, wouldn't there be an error when linux loads its module?
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    No in general there is no way to know, from the OS standpoint. that no sound is coming out.

    At exactly what point is the "explosion" sound happening?

    After the grub screen press esc and watch the OS boot sequence see if the sound matches the the card initialization functions. If so this is a definite indication of a hardware failure.
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    the "explosion" sound is not an error but a "feature" of the computer (it is primarily designed as a gaming laptop). this sound happens before the OS loads, just when I switch the PC on. it is related to bios, in fact it can be deactivated from the bios.
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    I don't have a clue then. Have you tried reinstalling the sound in Yast?
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    yep, i've tried that, i've tried also deactivating pulseaudio and that kind of things... no luck
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