When I upgraded to Vista, I had inadvertently left my audio muted.
This has been a known problem posted elsewhere the weird thing is…
Nothing was working to correct it; no Linux systems would produce sound either.
I am fairly convinced that there is something in the way the BIOS handles sound or the way the XP driver shuts off the hardware amp that is required to fix this.
The final solution was more complex than I have seen posted elsewhere so to help other frustrated M7 owners caught in this dilemma here is how I fixed it.
First the ONLY way that worked was to reinstall XP L, this was not so bad, a fresh XP Install, then add the required Toshiba Drivers: Sound, Modem (this works on the same bus.), Common Modules and BIOS Driver. Fortunately I have an extra Hard Drive or this would have been horrid.
You can now try to get sound, but I was unable to with the 3.1 BIOS.
First I had to downgrade the BIOS (which required using the CD method) and reboot.
Still, no sound, muting and unmuting have no effect.
Next I went into the Sound Control Panel and went to the Speech Tab, there is a "Test Hardware" button on that tab that will run the sound card through its paces and when it got to the Playback device, the sound magically came back on (feeding back like crazy due to mic boost, but definitely outputting sound).
Next I upgraded the BIOS back to 3.1 so suspend works in Vista and rebooted XP. I verified that sound still worked and shut down.
Next I popped in a Kubuntu Live CD and verified that sound worked there.
Finally, I replaced my Vista Hard Drive and when I booted, Sound worked, Finally…
There should be some utility somewhere that will exercise (turning on and off…) the sound card and the hardware amps, but I sure couldn't find it.
Bottom line, if you are moving from XP to Vista or Linux, make sure your sound is working (and turned ON) there first.
Keyword to help people looking for an answer…
Kubuntu, Intel High Definition Audio, snd-hda-intel, ALC262
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I am sick of rebooting my expensive, crappy Verizon Windows XV6700 phone (which I bought because I was sick of rebooting my expensive, crappy Verizon Windows XV6600…)
I give up on Verizon; other providers issuing the same phone don't have these problems…
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