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It's broken again.
All I did was play one YouTube video and reboot and the fan is inop.
When I reboot the laptop now, the fan idles for 10 seconds or so and then shuts off.

I'm a total newb ok?

I've been battling the CPU fan issue with this laptop since around 9.04 ish with random success and subsequent failure.
Last night, I wiped the HD completely and installed...

I installed Mint 9 LXDE and low and behold, there was a slider for IEC958 P (my sound card). It was all the way down and turning it up fixed everything, of course.
What I don't understand is why my...

Back to 9.04 and all is normal.
I don't get it.

I have Lubuntu loaded and no sound.
It must be something to do with the Intel chipset right? Why can 9.04 recognize it no problem and every release from then on, have a problem plug and playing?
I...

I loaded my 11.04 live CD and the sound is gone. can anyone tell me where I should be looking, other then "sound preferences"?

No. It's an antique workstation. No frills at all.
I'll do a clean install tomorrow and start again. It's running 9.04 now.

Can anyone tell me how to save my sound settings in 9.04 and apply them in 11.10?


description: Low Profile Desktop Computer
product: HP Compaq dc7100 SFF(DX878AV)
vendor:...

I'm setting up my "new" workstation and am having trouble with the audio settings.
The sound card and internal speaker work under 9.04 and with Windows but when I try anything newer then 9.04, the...