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Codec + Mixer: Realtek ALC660VD - ALC660-VD Analog [ALC660-VD Analog] Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) - No sound at all from Asus Z83U-7S053C laptop with A7U motherboard & Realtek ALC660-VD audiochip using Ubuntu 9.04 - using ALSA 1.0.18rc3

Asked by Paul on 2009-09-16

Dear Reader,

I get no sound from my soundcard. It concerns both speakers & earphones.

I have an Asus Z83U-7S053C laptop with an A7U motherboard which has a Realtek ALC660-VD audiochip.
The laptop has 3 jack plugs for earphone, line and mic, SPDIF and HDMI.

Using 'gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf' from the terminal, I´ve tried 'options snd-hda-intel model= ???' to get it working. For ??? I´ve tried:

auto
laptop
asus
3stack
3stack-dig
3stack-660
3stack-660-digout
asus-v1s
lenovo

I´ve also added the next lines together with the options above and tried all options for ??? once more:

options snd-pcsp index=-2

alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel

alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel

options snd-hda-intel model=???

options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=1

After a reboot I tested every time the sound to appear with System/Preferences/Sound
When I use the [HDA ATI SB ALC660-VD Analog (ALSA)] sound option

I get the following Error message:

 audiotestsrc wave=sine freq=512 !

 audioconvert ! audioresample ! gconfaudiosink:

 Could not open audio device for playback.

All other options give no error, but just show the little ´testing´ window and everything seems to be normal, but there is always no sound.

I´ve put all volume sliders to max. in volume control. Till now I´ve only used the analog audio of my laptop. B.t.w. under vista sound works normal, so the hardware should be okay.

It looks like I´ve a difficult chipset and I´m at the end of my imagination after a week of endless trying, so help is very welcome!

Thanks in advance to anyone trying to crack this issue.

I've uploaded the ALSA info using the upload tool:

Your ALSA information is located at http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=d99642e0cb0f7031c234006ee26bfc16cf400d41

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Paul
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2009-09-18
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2009-09-18
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2009-09-17
Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : #1

Hi,

First try upgrading the ALSA sound system to the newest version (version 1.0.21) , then reboot and retest sound.

ALSA upgrade procedure is here:

http://monespaceperso.org/blog-en/2009/08/31/upgrade-alsa-1-0-21-on-ubuntu-jaunty-9-04/

# Open a terminal and enter the following command:

gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

# Add the following line at the end of the alsa-base file and save the change:

options snd-hda-intel model=auto

Reboot pc and retest headphones.

If the model=auto option does not work, try replacing the options line with this:

options snd-hda-intel model=lenovo

Then reboot and retest sound.

Here are the other possible "model" options for the ALC660VD. You might need to experiment with these model options to find one that makes both speakers and headphones work.

 ALC861VD/660VD
   3stack 3-jack
   3stack-dig 3-jack with SPDIF OUT
   6stack-dig 6-jack with SPDIF OUT
   3stack-660 3-jack (for ALC660VD)
   3stack-660-digout 3-jack with SPDIF OUT (for ALC660VD)
   lenovo Lenovo 3000 C200
   dallas Dallas laptops
   hp HP TX1000
   asus-v1s ASUS V1Sn
   auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)

If the previous steps still did not help, please proceed with the hda-verb configuration procedure described here:

http://forums.opensuse.org/hardware/laptop/403340-no-sound-asus-a7k-2.html

Regards,

Mark

Paul (pdehaan) said : #2

Hi Mark,
Thanks for your suggestions. I´ve managed to upgrade ALSA:
   Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
   Compiled on Sep 17 2009 for kernel 2.6.28-11-generic (SMP).

I´ve checked the configuration with:
   sudo alsaconf
Which tells me everything is well configured and it´s ready to play.

After this and also after trying all the options for ¨options snd-hda-intel model=?¨
there still comes no sound from both the speakers & phone jack.

The only difference is that I do not get the next error message anymore:
   audiotestsrc wave=sine freq=512 !
   audioconvert ! audioresample ! gconfaudiosink:
   Could not open audio device for playback.

So everything seems to work normal, but it remains silent.

Do you have any further suggestions, please?

Paul

Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : #3

Did you try everything I suggested, including this part?

If the previous steps still did not help, please proceed with the hda-verb configuration procedure described here:

http://forums.opensuse.org/hardware/laptop/403340-no-sound-asus-a7k-2.html

Paul (pdehaan) said : #4

Mark,
You are a genius! IT WORKS!
Both speakers and phones work now. I assume SPDIF & HDMI also work, but I don´t have the hardware to check them.
Thank you very much for your help!

I just put a copy of the last steps here that I did to make it work. This for anyone who has the same problem:

Step 2. download and set up hda-verb-0.3.tar.gz
   wget ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/tiwai/...erb-0.3.tar.gz

when you got it you set it up in to right place by using
Code:

   tar -xvmf hda-verb-0.3.tar.gz
   cd hda-verb-0.3
   make
   sudo cp hda-verb /usr/local/sbin

Step 3. then you have to edit gksudo gedit /etc/rc.local or with your favourite editor and add there these 3 lines before exit 0
Code:

/usr/local/sbin/hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x01 SET_GPIO_MASK 3
/usr/local/sbin/hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x01 SET_GPIO_DIRECTION 1
/usr/local/sbin/hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x01 SET_GPIO_DATA 1

Step 4. Restart and sound should be working