Hello my brothers,
I joined team red today. And going from an intel 4-core/thread to an amd 8-core/16-threads has never been so sweet. However one issue plagues my ears - sound… or the lack of it.
See I decided to go with Ubuntu over Windows… wait what? Is this /r/linux all of the sudden?
Well no, see I work as a Network Engineer and need to improve my cli skills. So I went with Linux instead of Windows to teach myself a few tricks. However the motherboard I bought, the Strix-F, doesn’t seem to be producing sound. And I’m not sure why.
If anyone has any idea what to do or why I would love to know.
Either your sound is muted or it’s set to the wrong sound device. It may have defaulted to the video card sound device instead of motherboard or vice versa depending on what you are using.
I’m unfamiliar with Ubuntu, but there should a “Sound Settings” where it can be changed.
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use alsamixer and speaker-test to check ALSA audio settings first
also commands amixer and aplay to dig deeper
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Then use pavucontrol to check Pulseaudio settings and levels in gui
pactl and pacmd work in terminal, but gui has level meters
There are usually other audio Settings and preferences tools, but they vary depending on desktop environment. Packages and commands in 2 steps above work for most flavours of Linux
Add man before any Linux command to get basic information manpage
Most manpages are as easy to access online in browser as in terminal
Add -h or --help option after a command for less verbose help information
Very likely another Linux user with same motherboard or onboard audio device has already posted way they found and fixed problem you have
Search Ubuntu forum first with model number of audio device
But can also just do full websearch for ‘Linux’ + device model number
@Diffident is right that it is often GPU HDMI audio device set as default or something muted or level on 0
no cli needed.
Most likely you just need to change your audio device,
It’s a whole thang in ubuntu.
Theres a fairly simple gui, to select your audio device, if you’re on ubuntu atleast.
Agree, no cli is needed, but OP did mention improving cli skills
2 gui packages alsamixer and pavucontrol are a thing in most Linux
I’m running the Strix-F to under Ubuntu/MacOS/Fedora/Windows.
Only the Intel variant.
For my experience the front audio header is a bit poorly designed on this board.
Please check if plugged in correctly.
Also try putting your audio device directly in the motherboard trough the back of it.
If all is correct, you should be able to edit the audio device under options.
Yeah, I’m not sure what happened. I did a fresh install of ubuntu - no problems.
Go figure 
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I figure @Diffident probably called it right