msi x470 gaming plus max

ninjanoir78 · 02-10-2022, 10:51 AM

Hi,

I need to have audio with my external speakers but nothing, it is enabled in bios, I try it with linux mint, and zorin but no sound. here what I see in my audio setup (printscreen):
I don't know what to try?
thanks

https://ibb.co/hCZFkdr

Arnulf · 02-10-2022, 04:18 PM

IEC958 is digital audio. Do you really have such speakers? Normally external speakers are analog devices. Choose "Analog stereo output" or "Analog stereo duplex" in your audio settings, commonly pulseaudio (X-Application: pavucontrol). If you can't choose one of them analog channels may be muted. Open a root console and check this with alsamixer -c?. Replace ? with number of sound device, starting with 0. In modern computers are two sound device common: onboard sound chip & HDMI.

ninjanoir78 · 02-10-2022, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Arnulf

IEC958 is digital audio. Do you really have such speakers? Normally external speakers are analog devices. Choose "Analog stereo output" or "Analog stereo duplex" in your audio settings, commonly pulseaudio (X-Application: pavucontrol). If you can't choose one of them analog channels may be muted. Open a root console and check this with alsamixer -c?. Replace ? with number of sound device, starting with 0. In modern computers are two sound device common: onboard sound chip & HDMI.

my speakers are usb + 3.5 jack, usb for power

Arnulf · 02-10-2022, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by ninjanoir78

my speakers are usb + 3.5 jack, usb for power

3.5 mm audio jack is normally used for analog audio.

IEC958 (digital audio) uses different connectors.

Attachments:
left 3.5 mm analog audio jack; right digital audio connectors
(figure source: Wikipedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...-Mini-Plug.jpg & https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File

igital-audio-interfaces-usb-spdif-toslink.jpg)