Can't get sound to work on my MSI GE75 Raider 10SF laptop

famouswolf · November 7, 2025, 10:03pm

Hello, I am unable to get the sound working whatsoever on my laptop. I'm aware that it's an issue w/ the Nahimic drivers being Windows-only, I'm also aware of the workaround via unmuting the headphones in Alsamixer. That doesn't work, still not getting any sound. I've also tried installing Pavucontrol and messing around w/ that, still no luck. Any help would be appreciated.

> # System Details Report
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## Report details
- **Date generated:**                              2025-11-07 17:00:33

## Hardware Information:
- **Hardware Model:**                              Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. GE75 Raider 10SF
- **Memory:**                                      16.0 GiB
- **Processor:**                                   Intel® Core™ i7-10750H × 12
- **Graphics:**                                    Intel® UHD Graphics (CML GT2)
- **Graphics 1:**                                  NVIDIA GeForce RTX™ 2070
- **Disk Capacity:**                               1.5 TB

## Software Information:
- **Firmware Version:**                            E17E9IMS.10D
- **OS Name:**                                     Zorin OS 18 Pro
- **OS Build:**                                    (null)
- **OS Type:**                                     64-bit
- **Windowing System:**                            X11
- **Kernel Version:**                              Linux 6.14.0-35-generic

Ponce-De-Leon · November 8, 2025, 11:30am

What Options do You get in Pulse Audio on the Output and Configuraton Tab?

famouswolf · November 8, 2025, 7:07pm

The above screenshots are what I see, I've tried changing things on the Configuration tab (and going back into Alsamixer and ensuring the headphone option is unmuted and at max vol) but still no sound.

Ponce-De-Leon · November 8, 2025, 9:15pm

Okay, based on this askubuntu Thread, let's try the Following: Open the Terminal and type:

sudo nano /etc/default/grub

In the white Textblock:

look for the Line:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

Add to that Line snd_hda_intel.dmic_detect=0 so that it looks like this:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash snd_hda_intel.dmic_detect=0"

Then press ctrl+o to save the Change, Enter to confirm and ctrl+x to exit. Back in the normal Terminal Overview type sudo update-grub to make affect the Change. Don't forget that! Without that, it will not work.

StarTreker · November 9, 2025, 11:41pm

I have the GE76 version of your computer, the next years model, and I'm not having sound issues. While following Ponce's recommendations, I'd also like to ask you to disable Secure Boot in the BIOS. I'd also like to ask you to switch off Wayland at your login screen. Click on your name, a appears, click on it, and choose Zorin OS Desktop AKA X11, do not use Wayland.

BTW, I'm using an external S.M.S.L M200 USB DAC for higher quality sound. If you are not able to get your internal notebook speakers to fire, there is always the option of getting a cheap no frills external USB audio adapter.