No audio until coming back from sleep mode (Thinkpad T410)

not sure if this belongs here...my audio shuts off and i think its because of overheating...but if I put in sleep mode then come back not even a second later then the audio starts to work again but it shuts down again. I added alsamixer and turned off the auto-mute feature. could it be overheating? can I replace that module?

What makes you think it's overheating? If it is, you want to stop the overheating, not find a module that still works when it is.

I used to have a Thinkpad that had special utilities to handle Thinkpad-specific features, including monitoring temperature. Have you installed those?

/var/log/syslog or /var/log/messages should record warnings about overheating.

Does the computer's setup allow disabling sound when sleeping?

depending on what desktop / or window manager you have out of everyone I've used, and do use, I find a gadget, desktop wiggy, dockapp, can it what you will, but something to display my cpu speeds and temps. this why you'll know for sure, and stop you fond shooting in the dark.

even termianal command from lm_sensors

"sensors" to give temps. sometimes needs to be ran using sudo depending on distro.

Originally Posted by RandomTroll What makes you think it's overheating? If it is, you want to stop the overheating, not find a module that still works when it is. I used to have a Thinkpad that had special utilities to handle Thinkpad-specific features, including monitoring temperature. Have you installed those? /var/log/syslog or /var/log/messages should record warnings about overheating. Does the computer's setup allow disabling sound when sleeping?

I'ved looked for the thinkpad utilities to no avail. I think is from overheating because its running very hot yet the fan is working. the sounds only last 4sec and cuts off.

Originally Posted by BW-userx depending on what desktop / or window manager you have out of everyone I've used, and do use, I find a gadget, desktop wiggy, dockapp, can it what you will, but something to display my cpu speeds and temps. this why you'll know for sure, and stop you fond shooting in the dark. even termianal command from lm_sensors "sensors" to give temps. sometimes needs to be ran using sudo depending on distro.

i'ved installed lm-sensors and psensor. 104/102 on each core.

well...i reinstalled kubuntu 18.04 using the entire hdd and the problem still persists. its got to be hardware.