update killed my sound AGAIN!!!

[Bill Walton]

Hi Ric,

On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 04/02/2012 04:18 PM, Bill Walton wrote:
>>
>> I went out and got a new set of headphones and have verified that
>> hardware is still working.  The update seems only to have killed the
>> external mic / speakers.  Unfortunately for me, I need the external
>> mic / speakers for conferencing.
>
>
> Mine just plain crapped out and installing an inexpensive PCI sound card
> fixed it right up. I did have to go into the bios and remove support for the
> onboard sound system before going into the boot process. Everything worked
> peachy after.
>
> I had installed a new power supply that released it's smoke AND a blue
> flash. It knocked out my sound and a harddrive. Luckily I was able to
> replace the pc board on the harddrive for $35 and it came right back to
> life. So, just maybe your sound hardware has gone on to it's eternal reward?
> If you have a sound card in your junk box, try it out.
>
> I ~assume~ you have gone through using alsamixer (for ALSA) first, and then
> pavucontrol (for Pulse) after, to set your hardware up first? Ric

The system in question is an HP G72 laptop.  No hardware setup involved.

Thanks,
Bill