XPost: alt.os.linux.mint, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: David@example.net   
      
   On 07/02/2025 22:03, Java Jive wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   I thank you for prodding me into action, but I have already run all the   
   tests I could find at Dell.   
      
   Here's one result:- https://i.ibb.co/kgqwBLbG/IMG-3158.jpg   
      
   --   
   Kind regards,   
   David   
   (Devon)   
      
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