XPost: alt.os.linux.mint, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: java@evij.com.invalid   
      
   On 2025-02-07 20:03, David wrote:   
   > 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.   
    > > "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!   
      
   I can understand readily enough that you may not be bothered enough to   
   dismantle an old laptop to repair it, especially if it turns out to be   
   one of the ones that's a PITA to dismantle and reassemble, but there's   
   no reason not to run the Dell Diagnostics.  That should be pretty easy   
   to do.   
      
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