Sound issues w/intel HD audio controller

[homunculus]

I know this is a hashed and rehashed topic but...I have a Compaq C751NR and it has one of the infamous Intel 82801H audio chips. My problem is the 'my headphones work but my speakers don't turn off' issue. I've looked around and a lot of the cures apply to previous revisions of this chip and the 82801G. I'm just wondering if anyone has come across a thread that has a fix for this that's worked for this chip. It's seems a lot of these threads are about fixing complete lack of sound and I haven't seen any real fixes for the speakers not turning off. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Husse]

I think there is a Compaq counterpart to this fix for Toshiba
Edit the "/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base" file adding at the end

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options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=toshiba

I think you could use

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options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=compaq

This is taken from memory, so I may be wrong, but it is used for several different models and brands

[Gilly]

I have exactly the same issue as you, except I have a Samsung R70 laptop. I tried the above fix (replacing "Toshiba" with "samsung") but to no avail. Anyone found a fix to this?

[Gilly]

I didn't manage to find a solution, but I did find a cheap external sound card in the Speedlink SL-8850. I just plugged it into the USB slot, went into Control Centre > Sound, and changed the various drop down menu options to "USB Audio". My laptop speakers have been silenced =].