No sound after replace Nvidia graphics card

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I had to replace the Nvidia graphics card, but now I have no sound. Any ideas? –

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  • Date generated: 2025-04-04 17:25:16

Hardware Information:

  • Hardware Model: Dell Inc. Precision T1600
  • Memory: 8.0 GiB
  • Processor: Intel® Xeon® E31245 × 8
  • Graphics: NVC1
  • Disk Capacity: 2.0 TB

Software Information:

  • Firmware Version: A21
  • OS Name: Fedora Linux 41 (Workstation Edition)
  • OS Build: (null)
  • OS Type: 64-bit
  • GNOME Version: 47
  • Windowing System: Wayland
  • Kernel Version: Linux 6.13.9-200.fc41.x86_64

Alan@localhost:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC269VB Analog [ALC269VB Analog]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 9: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Thanks in adavnce.

2

How do you check for sound (e.g., with Settings/Sound/Output/Test)? Is the new card the same model it replaced?

3

I had a workshop install the new card. AFAIK it is not exactly the same as the old one, but is correct for the situation. There are no graphic problems – Sound settings show input is there but none of the options i try will give me sound out. I normally use jack plug to headphones or speakers as output.

4

I have an old iMac with Nvidia graphics that used to have similar issues on and off. It is in another location, but next opportunity I’ll see if headphone sound works with the 6.13.9 kernel (and the nouveau driver).

Easy things to check:

  • Dell firmware updates
  • UEFI/BIOS sound settings
  • Nvidia driver - the new card may need a newer driver

Edit: I ran the Sound Test on the iMac with headphones and got no sound because
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf requires a system-specific entry:

# per: https://superuser.com/questions/688437/no-sound-from-headphones-ubuntu-on-imac
options snd-hda-intel model=imac27_122

Some upgrade may have remove the file – it wasn’t present. You can check for a similar option for your system. Some Dell systems may need to be configured for a headset with microphone versus stereo headphones.

5

What option are you trying?

Have you checked volume levels or mute?

Try checking them with the command

alsamixer

6

Thank you. I will try these suggestions. The workshop updated the BIOS, so I will check whats what there also, and let you know.