Re: [BUG] ALC285 + CS35L56 (ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 2025, GA403WR, SSID 1043:1024), no speaker output despite correct routing, gain, and DSP state

Richard Fitzgerald <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 15:00:30 +0100
Newsgroups org.alsa-project.alsa-devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 28/07/2026 1:57 pm, Aditya Sharma wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm seeing complete silence from the built-in speakers on an ASUS ROG
> Zephyrus G14 2025 (GA403WR), despite every layer of the audio signal chain
> checking out correct on inspection. Headphones work perfectly. The same
> physical hardware produces normal speaker output under Windows (dual-boot),
> which rules out a hardware fault.

If you have "Fast Startup" enabled in Windows, try disabling that. It's
known to cause problems when dual-booting with Linux.