No matter what OS I use, the Intel HD Sound Chipset tends to mute/cut sound below a certain threshold. Is there any way to turn this off WITHOUT being on Windows?
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hda_audio: Check HDA Audio Pin Configs.
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Test 1 of 1: Check HDA Audio Pin Configs.
Checking 'hwC0D0':
Vendor Name : Intel
Vendor ID : 0x80862807
Subsystem ID : 0x80860101
Revision ID : 0x100000
BIOS pin configurations:
Pin Setting
0x0005 0x18560010
0x0006 0x18560020
0x0007 0x18560030
PASSED: Test 1, Default BIOS pin configurations did not have software override.
Checking 'hwC2D2':
Vendor Name : Realtek
Vendor ID : 0x10ec0899
Subsystem ID : 0x1458a002
Revision ID : 0x100003
BIOS pin configurations:
Pin Setting
0x0011 0x99430130
0x0012 0x4007d540
0x0014 0x01014010
0x0015 0x01011012
0x0016 0x01016011
0x0017 0x01012014
0x0018 0x01a19050
0x0019 0x02a19060
0x001a 0x0181305f
0x001b 0x02214020
0x001c 0x411111f0
0x001d 0x4045e601
0x001e 0x01452140
0x001f 0x99c30170
Driver defined pin configurations:
Pin Setting
0x001c 0x993301f0
BIOS pin configurations required software override to make HDA audio work
correctly.
The driver or user provided overrides should be corrected in BIOS firmware.
Checking 'hwC3D0':
Vendor Name : ATI
Vendor ID : 0x1002aa01
Subsystem ID : 0xaa0100
Revision ID : 0x100300
BIOS pin configurations:
Pin Setting
0x0003 0x185600f0
0x0005 0x185600f0
0x0007 0x185600f0
0x0009 0x185600f0
0x000b 0x185600f0
0x000d 0x185600f0
PASSED: Test 1, Default BIOS pin configurations did not have software override.