Audio, microphone and internet issues

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Hi, I have been using fedora 42 since October of 2025, when i first downloaded it i had no issues that weren’t uncommon/ easy fixes but this issue I’ve ran into has been a lot harder to find. First it was my audio and microphone. Even when my volume is max it doesn’t work on my games, my browser but it does on Vlc media player (for movies i already have downloaded). I have tried multiple things like updated pipewire i believe its called, only for that to cause a whole new issue (only sound outputs were dummy audio). I fixed this but it went back to my sound not working on anything besides VLC. My microphones, internal and external also do not work.

With my internet this issue arose while I was fixing my audio, any video on my browsers don’t load, forums and games do but they load much slower than before. It is not an issue with my router as the wifi on my phone, console and other laptop work just fine.

I am up to date with all software updates, I was wondering if I could get any help on these particular issues as they’ve made my laptop feel unusable over the last couple of days. Any help would be much appreciated!!! Thanks guys

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I answered you in the other topic:

Is this your Hardware? Are you still on F42.

If yes give it a try on the other post, and execute the instructions I gave there.

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Hi, I have been trying to sort this out sorry for not replying on the other post, I wrote a mistake and meant to write 43 not 42. I tried the solution from the other post and it doesn’t seem to be working

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Can you please post more information about your system?
The Topic below shows you how.

P.S.
Welcome to Fedora @9bdilahi

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Like this?

System:
  Kernel: 6.18.9-200.fc43.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
  Desktop: GNOME v: 49.4 tk: GTK v: 3.24.51 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM
    Distro: Fedora Linux 43 (Workstation Edition)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP ProBook 445 G7 v: SBKPFV3
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: HP model: 8730 v: KBC Version 13.2D.00 serial: <superuser required>
    part-nu: 175R2EA#ABU Firmware: UEFI vendor: HP v: S79 Ver. 01.22.00
    date: 06/25/2025
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 28.7 Wh (95.6%) condition: 30.1/45 Wh (66.8%)
    volts: 11.93 min: 11.55 model: Hewlett-Packard Primary serial: <filter>
    charging: status: discharging cycles: 472
CPU:
  Info: 6-core model: AMD Ryzen 5 4500U with Radeon Graphics bits: 64
    type: MCP arch: Zen 2 rev: 1 cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 3 MiB L3: 8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1397 min/max: 1400/2375 boost: enabled cores: 1: 1397
    2: 1397 3: 1397 4: 1397 5: 1397 6: 1397 bogomips: 28446
  Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a
    ssse3 svm
Graphics:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Renoir [Radeon Vega Series /
    Radeon Mobile Series] vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: amdgpu v: kernel
    arch: GCN-5 pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1
    empty: DP-1,DP-2,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1636 temp: 48.0 C
  Device-2: Luxvisions Innotech HP HD Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3-4:2 chip-ID: 30c9:0009
  Display: wayland server: Xwayland v: 24.1.9 compositor: gnome-shell
    driver: gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: BOE Display 0x0868 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 158
    diag: 355mm (14")
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.3.4 glx-v: 1.4 es-v: 3.2
    direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi renoir ACO DRM
    3.64 6.18.9-200.fc43.x86_64) device-ID: 1002:1636 display-ID: :0.0
  API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check --recommends.
  Info: Tools: api: glxinfo x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Renoir/Cezanne HDMI/DP Audio
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 05:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Audio Coprocessor
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: N/A pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 05:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2
  Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Ryzen HD Audio
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s
    lanes: 16 bus-ID: 05:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3
  API: ALSA v: k6.18.9-200.fc43.x86_64 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.10 status: active with: 1: wireplumber
    status: active 2: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 3: pw-jack type: plugin
  Server-2: PulseAudio v: 17.0 status: active with: pulseaudio-alsa
    type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
  IF: enp1s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie:
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-3:3 chip-ID: 8087:0029
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
    rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 157.18 GiB (65.9%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: KIOXIA model: SSSTC CL1-8D256-HP
    size: 238.47 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 38.9 C
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 235.87 GiB used: 156.58 GiB (66.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0
    mapped: luks-c7c8297d-3e28-484b-8913-365356feefb4
  ID-2: /boot size: 1.9 GiB used: 592 MiB (30.4%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
  ID-3: /boot/efi size: 598.8 MiB used: 19.3 MiB (3.2%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
  ID-4: /home size: 235.87 GiB used: 156.58 GiB (66.4%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/dm-0 mapped: luks-c7c8297d-3e28-484b-8913-365356feefb4
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 8 GiB used: 4 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 50.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 49.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 15.02 GiB used: 4.75 GiB (31.6%)
  Processes: 417 Power: uptime: 27m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 258
    default: graphical
  Packages: pm: rpm pkgs: N/A note: see --rpm pm: flatpak pkgs: 24
    Compilers: N/A Shell: Bash v: 5.3.0 running-in: ptyxis-agent inxi: 3.3.40
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Yes this way is ok :bluethumb:

By the way, you not need to answer in the other topic. I just made it easier to apply the change for users with Asus notebooks.

Have you undone the changes ? Did you have a file there ? If not you can delete it again.

Have you tested to boot into an other kernel?
If no, while rebooting pres Esc key and enter with an older Kernel.

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I did what was said for the asus notebooks but when i checked for the file it wasn’t there, i checked again since i followed the steps there and there is now a file there called
options snd-intel-dspcfg.dsp_driver=1, should i delete and if so how?
I will try boot into another kernel.
Many thanks, I’ll return with the results

Edit
Ive loaded into a different kernel and the issue is still here

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I think the file is called

/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
# with the line/conten in it:
options snd-intel-dspcfg.dsp_driver=1

To remove it just do:

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

To check if it is gone:

sudo cat /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
# the output should be:
# cat: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf: No such file or directory
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Removed and it gives the right output, what should i try next

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