$1900 Bug Bounty to Fix the Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IAX10H's Speakers on Linux

Re:$1900 Bug Bounty to Fix the Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IAX10H'... by espdev on Saturday November 22, 2025 @06:06PM (#46019153)

There is a common problem with Realtek ALC3306 on Linux (Kernel Bug 213159). This affects many Lenovo laptop models. For example, my fairly old Legion S7 15IMH5 laptop also does not work.

I'm not willing to pay $1000 for a fix (it's easier for me to buy a new laptop that will work with Linux), but $100 is probably okay. :)

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Re:$1900 Bug Bounty to Fix the Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IAX10H'... by toast0 on Saturday November 22, 2025 @08:57PM (#46020058)

$100 gets you a usb sound card and $90 for something else. It's not a good solution, but it's easy.

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Re:$1900 Bug Bounty to Fix the Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IAX10H'... by espdev on Sunday November 23, 2025 @12:40PM (#46025509)

The sound only does not work from the laptop speakers; wired headphones work perfectly. Sometimes you want your laptop speakers to produce sound. So an external sound card does not solve the problem.

It's funny, but for as long as I can remember Linux (20+ years), there have always been some problems with sound.

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Re:$1900 Bug Bounty to Fix the Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IAX10H'... by toast0 on Sunday November 23, 2025 @12:47PM (#46025602)

You can buy usb speakers too. Or 3.5mm speakers since the headphone jack works. Either way, way less than $100 (especially for laptop quality).

On the plus side, if the built in speakers never work, the computer won't make noise unless you've plugged in something which is a nice feature.

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