XPost: alt.os.linux.mint, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: David@example.net   
      
   On 07/02/2025 19:18, Paul wrote:   
   > On Fri, 2/7/2025 1:42 PM, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   >> Java Jive  wrote:   
   >>> On 2025-02-07 16:03, David wrote:   
   >> [...]   
   >>   
   >>> If absolutely no OS, Windows or Linux, can get any sound at all, that   
   >>> seems like a hardware problem.   
   >>   
   >>    I don't know about the OP's computer, but IIRC my UEFI has a   
   >> diagnostic for sound, so that can be used to try to rule out any OS   
   >> issues.   
   >>   
   >>    The OP's computer is apparently a Dell, but it might have something   
   >> similar to HP's 'Support Assistant' which has a 'Fix audio issues'   
   >> troubleshooter.   
   >>   
   >>    And, don't know about Windows 10, but Windows 11 has an 'Audio'   
   >> troubleshooter (Settings -> System -> Troubleshoot -> Other   
   >> trouble-shooters). A little akward to use, but maybe it does the trick.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Part of the troubleshooting, could profit from the use of headphones.   
   >   
   > That removes the two laptop speakers (Itchy and Scratchy) from the equation.   
   >   
   >     Paul   
      
   I did post (somewhere!) that I found some iPhone wired ear-buds which   
   are surely much the same as headphones, but heard no sound from them   
   using the Dell's headphone jack.   
      
   They DID work, though, when I used them in the USB Plug-In device:-   
   (7J Channel Sound) https://www.ebay.co.uk/b/bn_6364124   
      
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