XPost: alt.os.linux.mint, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: David@example.net   
      
   On 07/02/2025 17:39, Java Jive wrote:   
   > On 2025-02-07 17:04, Java Jive wrote:   
   >>   
   >> If absolutely no OS, Windows or Linux, can get any sound at all, that   
   >> seems like a hardware problem.   
   >   
   > One last chance, what happens when you run the Dell Diagnostics?   
   > Formerly these were runnable from a CD, whence you could copy them to a   
   > bootable USB, nowadays usually available via a boot option similar to   
   >  taking you into the BIOS  -  I'm not sure what actual key it would   
   > be, but you should be able to find out from the Dell site, especially as   
   > you have the laptop's service tag.   
   >   
   > If you get no sound via the Diagnostics, then the sound is dead.  I have   
   > an Inspiron model here, but it's a different model and Dells are   
   > horribly confusing in that radically different hardware can share the   
   > same model line name, so it wouldn't really be worth my while suggesting   
   > anything based on this one, and I'm not familiar with yours at all.   
   >   
   > What I'm getting around to suggesting is that you obtain a service   
   > manual for the laptop and try to find out where the audio hardware is   
   > located.  If it's on the mainboard then you'd have to swap the mainboard   
   > to fix it, probably not worth while, but if it's on a daughterboard,   
   > then that may be worth the effort.   
   >   
   > A lot will also depend on how easy it is to dismantle the laptop to   
   > repair, because the same brand names can vary a lot.  Of the ones I have   
   > here, the Inspiron is the worst of all, but I mainly have Precisions,   
   > and, of those, the M6300s are nearly but not quite as bad as the   
   > Inspiron, whereas with the M6700s and M6800s you just remove the bottom   
   > plage, two screws, and maybe the keyboard, a few more, and almost   
   > everything is accessible, a huge improvement on previous models.   
   >   
   > So, if you're minded to investigate further, try the Dell Diagnostics   
   > first, and if you can't hear any sound there, try to obtain a service   
   > manual to get a sense of how difficult or easy (chance would be a fine   
   > thing) it might be to repair with a used part from eBay.   
   >   
   > NB:  With Dells, the 'service' manuals are often called something that   
   > sounds more like a manual instructing use rather than dismantling or   
   > repair, for example, my Inspiron's Service Manual is simply called the   
   > "Owner's Manual".  You'll have to download everything you can and open   
   > each up to find which one is what you want.   
      
   "In the old days" I surely would have tried, but it isn't worth the   
   effort when my grandson has already replaced it with an Apple MacBook   
   Air and I've got more computers than I can shake a stick at!   
      
   It's been nice to meet you, Charles!  Come to ACW!   
      
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   David   
      
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