No sound input (microphone) - Dell XPS 17 9700

[FancyPantsNA]

Hi to everyone who will read this topic, I'm new to forums and relatively new to working with linux mint.

So I recently bought a Dell XPS 17 9700 laptop for work and installed Mint 20.1 in dual boot mode alongside windows on it. I've installed 20.04 oem linux firmware on 5.10 kernel. My sound output works perfectly, however, I can't use the microphone as it's not recognized by the OS.

As shown on the screenshots, no input device is detected in PulseAudio Volume Control, and I can't do anything with Soundwire microphones in the settings (the volume knob is locked).

Here is the output of *pacmd list-cards* :

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2 card(s) available.
    index: 0
	name: <alsa_card.pci-0000_01_00.1>
	driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
	owner module: 7
	properties:
		alsa.card = "0"
		alsa.card_name = "HDA NVidia"
		alsa.long_card_name = "HDA NVidia at 0x73000000 irq 17"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:01:00.1"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card0"
		device.bus = "pci"
		device.vendor.id = "10de"
		device.vendor.name = "NVIDIA Corporation"
		device.product.id = "10f9"
		device.product.name = "TU106 High Definition Audio Controller"
		device.string = "0"
		device.description = "TU106 High Definition Audio Controller"
		module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
	profiles:
		output:hdmi-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output (priority 5900, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output (priority 800, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI) Output (priority 800, available: no)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra1: Digital Stereo (HDMI 2) Output (priority 5700, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra1: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 2) Output (priority 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra1: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 2) Output (priority 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra2: Digital Stereo (HDMI 3) Output (priority 5700, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra2: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 3) Output (priority 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra2: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 3) Output (priority 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra3: Digital Stereo (HDMI 4) Output (priority 5700, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra3: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 4) Output (priority 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra3: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 4) Output (priority 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra4: Digital Stereo (HDMI 5) Output (priority 5700, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra4: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 5) Output (priority 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra4: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 5) Output (priority 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra5: Digital Stereo (HDMI 6) Output (priority 5700, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra5: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 6) Output (priority 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra5: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 6) Output (priority 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra6: Digital Stereo (HDMI 7) Output (priority 5700, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra6: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 7) Output (priority 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra6: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 7) Output (priority 600, available: no)
		off: Off (priority 0, available: unknown)
	active profile: <off>
	ports:
		hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (priority 5900, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
			properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
		hdmi-output-1: HDMI / DisplayPort 2 (priority 5800, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
			properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
		hdmi-output-2: HDMI / DisplayPort 3 (priority 5700, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
			properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
		hdmi-output-3: HDMI / DisplayPort 4 (priority 5600, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
			properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
		hdmi-output-4: HDMI / DisplayPort 5 (priority 5500, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
			properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
		hdmi-output-5: HDMI / DisplayPort 6 (priority 5400, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
			properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
		hdmi-output-6: HDMI / DisplayPort 7 (priority 5300, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
			properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
    index: 1
	name: <alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3-platform-sof_sdw>
	driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
	owner module: 8
	properties:
		alsa.card = "1"
		alsa.card_name = "sof-soundwire"
		alsa.long_card_name = "Intel Soundwire SOF"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_soc_sof_sdw"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1f.3-platform-sof_sdw"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sof_sdw/sound/card1"
		device.bus = "pci"
		device.vendor.id = "8086"
		device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
		device.product.id = "06c8"
		device.string = "1"
		device.description = "sof-soundwire"
		module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
	profiles:
		HDMI: HDMI Output (priority 1, available: no)
		Headphones: Play Headphones (priority 1, available: no)
		HiFi: Play Speakers (priority 8000, available: unknown)
		off: Off (priority 0, available: unknown)
	active profile: <HiFi>
	sinks:
		alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3-platform-sof_sdw.HiFi__hw_sofsoundwire_2__sink/#0: sof-soundwire Speaker
	sources:
		alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3-platform-sof_sdw.HiFi__hw_sofsoundwire_2__sink.monitor/#0: Monitor of sof-soundwire Speaker
	ports:
		[Out] HDMI3: HDMI3/DP3 Output (priority 700, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
			properties:
				
		[Out] HDMI2: HDMI2/DP2 Output (priority 600, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
			properties:
				
		[Out] HDMI1: HDMI1/DP1 Output (priority 500, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
			properties:
				
		[Out] Headphones: Headphones (priority 200, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
			properties:
				
		[In] Headset: Headset Microphone (priority 200, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
			properties:
				
		[Out] Speaker: Speaker (priority 100, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
			properties:
				
		[In] Mic: SoundWire microphones (priority 100, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
			properties:

Here is my kernel version:

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5.10.0-1029-oem

For whatever reason, the bluetooth microphone on my Sony WH1000X-M3 works BUT everyone including me sound like a robot (sound very distorted) so it's unuseable for remote work video calls.

Thanks in advance to anyone who will be able to help me, that is extremely appreciated as this is my work computer so I desperately need the mic audio to work.

[Termy]

I just found this when searching:

https://stukev.com/fixing-the-sound-on- ... s-17-9700/

It was a quick search online to find it — hint, hint. Hope it helps!