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volatile void

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Registered: 2009-09-26

Posts: 18

Low Volume with Intel HDA ALC889

Hi,

I have a Intel board with Intel HDA ALC889 and I get sound out of it without problems. To get a half-decent volume, I have to set all volume controls (i.e. Master, PCM, Front) to 100 %, but sometimes it is still too quiet. Additionally, when I increase Mic Boost for Skype, all that gets louder is the background noise.

Sorry for the German locale, but here is the output of aplay -l:

$ aplay -l
**** Liste der Hardware-Geräte (PLAYBACK) ****
Karte 0: Intel [HDA Intel], Gerät 0: ALC889 Analog [ALC889 Analog]
  Sub-Geräte: 0/1
  Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0

uname -a:

$ uname -a
Linux odyssey 2.6.30-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Sep 9 14:16:44 CEST 2009 x86_64 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5504 @ 2.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

Is there any solution to get a better volume?

Thanks in advance.

Kind regards
Thomas

volatile void

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Registered: 2009-09-26

Posts: 18

Re: Low Volume with Intel HDA ALC889

No one with a clue?

Well, I already tried to set

options snd-hda-intel model=intel-x58

according to http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation … Models.txt as I'd say my board is nearest to a X58 board. But that didn't change anything.

Can it be a hardware "problem" or something else? Until now, I'm unwilling to spend money on an additional sound card if there is a solution...

Thomas