Asus X540S laptop microphone not working

Question

I have a new Asus X540S and the mic is not working.

It's enable in sound/input, is not mute. I try this:

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 14 '16 at 15:17

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In terminal:

sudo apt-get install alsa-tools-gui
hdajackretask

Then: Show unconnected pins, override pin 0x12 to internal mic. Install boot override.

It worked in Ubuntu 14.04

edited Sep 14 '16 at 15:17

answered Sep 14 '16 at 13:23

bard

why exactly 0x12? – Apr 14 '17 at 09:46
this worked. It only needs (after the setting) to ensure that the mic level is high enough in sound settings (pavucontrol, etc) – Apr 14 '17 at 10:18
https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/358741/32012 – Apr 14 '17 at 10:24
I had to tweak the exact settings but this got me on the right path, +1 – Organic Marble Apr 26 '20 at 15:23
I'm having the same internal mic problem on my ASUS and started doing this but there is no pin 0x12 listed. There is another pin listed as being the mic...so do I do that to that one even if it's not pin 0x12? – Barra Jun 10 '20 at 15:34
Can confirm this works, Ubuntu 20.04 Asus UX425EA – 0xInfection Jan 04 '21 at 08:38

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 19 '17 at 08:11

0

Edit this configuration file:

sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

And add this line:

options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=laptop-dmic

edited Jun 19 '17 at 08:11

pa4080

answered Jun 19 '17 at 08:04

Haendler

Do I need to restart anything after? – TrySpace Feb 08 '18 at 08:11
Didn't help, is the index supposed to be the soundcard #? – TrySpace Feb 22 '18 at 13:53

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