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[solved] Only Digital output (S/PDIF) selectable?
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2018 8:43 pm
by Mikael63
Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon+MATE, -64.
There is no way to change from Digital Output to Analogue Output so I can use my headphones.
How comes?
Re: Only Digital output (S/PDIF) selectable?
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 10:55 am
by tamir
I believe this feature is mechanical.
The 4th pin in the audio jack serves as a digital output.
It requires a 4 pole 3.5mm to RCA cable.
Can you please elaborate on your issue with outputting audio on your headphones?
Re: Only Digital output (S/PDIF) selectable?
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 11:04 am
by Mikael63
Well, I've been using my mobile headphones (4-pin) to get sound earlier.
Can not say exactly when this option disappear.
I have some older TimeShift to try.
Is there any settings i BIOS for this?
I have only found enable/disable HD-Audio.
Re: Only Digital output (S/PDIF) selectable?
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 6:39 pm
by Mikael63
More:
Started Live session with Linux Mint 19.
Still only S/PDIF.
So, maybe not been working since upgrade to 19?
Therefore: Started Live session with Linux Mint 18.3 (same as shipment).
Still only S/PDIF
=?
So.. maybe my sound/analogue output been missing since BIOS upgrade 5,th august?
Possible, I'm not using sound by listeng to music and so on.
Anyway.. I'm now using a BT headset so the main problem is gone but (now even more) curious about this
1. Is there a way to confirm this? BIOS by 14-May-2018 disables analogue output? (kinda..)
2. Is there a chance that BIOS by 26-Sep-2018 fix this?
There is no information about "sound" at
http://www.fit-pc.com/wiki/index.php/Fi ... BIOS_Files
Re: Only Digital output (S/PDIF) selectable?
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 11:21 am
by tamir
Please confirm which BIOS version you previously had that worked good.
Does right after installing the latest BIOS version this issue started to occur?
Re: Only Digital output (S/PDIF) selectable?
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 1:58 pm
by tamir
Please try to do the following steps:
1. Press [Del] during boot to enter BIOS setting
2. Press F3 (Optimized Defaults) In the BIOS setting
3. Keep the OS selection to Windows - Do not change.
4. Press F4 (Save & Exit).
Does the behavior change?
Re: Only Digital output (S/PDIF) selectable?
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 2:50 pm
by Mikael63
Ahh.. my, bad, mistake..
At some point when "fooling around" in BIOS, to figure out more about shutdown in this thread
http://www.fit-pc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=171&t=6326
I changed from Windows to Linux.
So this works:
1. Press [Del] during boot to enter BIOS setting
2. Press F3 (Optimized Defaults) In the BIOS setting
3. Keep the OS selection to Windows - Do not change.
4. Press F4 (Save & Exit).
Big thanks!
Re: [solved] Only Digital output (S/PDIF) selectable?
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2018 7:42 am
by tamir
You're welcome, thank you for the update.