No sound suddenly in Linux Mint and Windows 10 <SOLVED> (kinda)

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No sound suddenly in Linux Mint and Windows 10 <SOLVED> (kinda)

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System:    Host: $USER-UX430UAR Kernel: 4.15.0-36-generic x86_64
           bits: 64 gcc: 7.3.0
           Desktop: Cinnamon 3.8.9 (Gtk 3.22.30-1ubuntu1)
           Distro: Linux Mint 19 Tara
Machine:   Device: laptop System: ASUSTeK product: UX430UAR v: 1.0 serial: N/A
           Mobo: ASUSTeK model: UX430UAR v: 1.0 serial: N/A
           UEFI: American Megatrends v: UX430UAR.304 date: 03/09/2018
Battery    BAT0: charge: 41.3 Wh 85.5% condition: 48.3/48.9 Wh (99%)
           model: ASUSTeK ASUS status: Charging
CPU:       Quad core Intel Core i7-8550U (-MT-MCP-) 
           arch: Kaby Lake rev.10 cache: 8192 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 15936
           clock speeds: max: 4000 MHz 1: 933 MHz 2: 1312 MHz 3: 1246 MHz
           4: 1523 MHz 5: 1499 MHz 6: 1485 MHz 7: 1719 MHz 8: 1009 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel UHD Graphics 620 bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 )
           drivers: modesetting (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1920x1080@60.01hz
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Kabylake GT2)
           version: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.5 Direct Render: Yes
Network:   Card: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 512.1GB (7.0% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: SanDisk_SD9SN8W5 size: 512.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 232G used: 34G (16%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 39.5C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 241 Uptime: 16 min Memory: 2937.6/15897.6MB
           Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 7.3.0
           Client: Shell (bash 4.4.191) inxi: 2.3.56 
I've been using Mint for about 2 months now with the usual amount of issues. Today I tried to play something through headphones (I've done this before and it worked fine) and there was no output. I unplugged the headphones and there was still no output. I restarted, and the only sound device in the settings was Dummy Output. I'm dual booting, so I started up in Win 10 for the first time in a bit to see if sound was working in there, and there was no output there either. I think this might be an actual hardware issue (it wouldn't be the first or second time ASUS cards have randomly stopped working on me), but I want to be sure there's not something I'm missing. Am i screwed?
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Re: No sound suddenly in Linux Mint and Windows 10

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Hi splitter_triplets, and welcome to the forum.

It does look bad for your sound as there was no audio listing at all from your inxi report. I'm no expert on hardware so I have no suggestions on troubleshooting that part, but in the meantime, something like this should still work both in Windows and Linux.

Good luck.
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Re: No sound suddenly in Linux Mint and Windows 10 (UPDATE)

Post by splitter_triplets »

Update for anyone who might be having the same problem. I'd accepted that this was a hardware issue and resigned myself to not having sound on this laptop, but just now my battery ended up running completely down (even though I had it plugged in, another problem I've been having). When I restarted into Mint the audio problem had fixed itself. I'm still not quite sure if this was a hardware or software issue, but if anyone else is having a similar problem you can try letting your battery completely die.

inxi -Fxz now also contains

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Audio:     Card Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1f.3
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.15.0-36-generic
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Re: No sound suddenly in Linux Mint and Windows 10 <SOLVED> (kinda)

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Wow! Don't think I've ever seen that fix before. Thanks for the update!
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