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On 31/12/2024 09:16, Paul wrote:
> On Mon, 12/30/2024 5:35 PM, David wrote:
> 
>>
>> Thanks for chatting, Paul.
>>
>> Here's the thread which *I* started on that forum:-
>>
>> https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2567954#p2567954
>>
>> I fear I need more hand-holding as I get older! <sigh>
>>
>> I'm currently wiping the hard drive again on the Dell laptop and will look again tomorrow.
> 
> I tried a test of LM22 on the old E8400 CPU with HD6450 video card and 16GB RAM,
> and this is what you see when testing the analog sound. I was using
> simplescreenrecorder to record the screen, which is why the CPU usage
> is so high. The sound is Intel HDAudio and some small CODEC for the analog.
> 
>     [Picture]
> 
>      https://i.postimg.cc/0NnSjVnX/Optiplex-LM22-sound-test.gif
> 
> The sound works and comes out of the speakers.
> 
> I find LM 21.3 is better for old computers,
> and LM 22 just isn't quite the same for the job.
> 
> The LM21.3 uses the 5.15 kernel, while LM22 uses 6.x.y kernels.

Thanks, Paul.

I've got the same grandfather clock ticking sounds using MX Linux as I
had with Mint, so the only thing I can think of is that perhaps flashing
the BIOS will be necessary to fix the sound failure.

I've read about what to do - but not yet tried to do it!

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-uk/000123870/how-to-flash-the-bios-on-a-dell-desktop-or-notebook-with-a-usb-thumb-drive

-- 
David