# No audio on ASUS ROG Strix Scar 17 laptop **URL:** \ **Category:** Gaming, sound and video\ **Created:** [August 21, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/no-audio-on-asus-rog-strix-scar-17-laptop/74582 "2025-08-21T23:08:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Crysm](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Crysm](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Crysm)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/no-audio-on-asus-rog-strix-scar-17-laptop/74582/1 "2025-08-21T23:08:43Z")
Hi all, Forgive the wandering tale at the beginning, but I’m including it in case it may be relevant. I’ve had EndeavourOS dual booting with Windows 10 for some time, but largely used Windows for my daily driver. Recently I decided to get more in practice with Linux since Windows 10 support is ending. To that end, I recently did a few things: 1. My storage partition for Endeavour was nearly full, so I used a gparted liveUSB install to shrink the Windows NTFS partition at the start of the drive, shift my swap and /boot/efi/ partitions to the left, and grow my Endeavour partition at the end. This all seemed to go seamlessly, and Endeavour booted right up afterwards. 2. Since it had been some time since I used Endeavour, I upgraded my system with `sudo pacman -Rdd linux-firmware` `sudo pacman -Syu linux-firmware` As per the guidance after trying `sudo paman -Syu` and receiving an error. The upgrade seemed to go smoothly after that. 1. My RGB keyboard backlight had never worked under Endeavour, so I installed a tool called rogauracore. After some fiddling with systemd scripts, it too seemed to work fine on startup/resume. 2. I tried out a game on Endeavour and found that there was no sound. I tried other applications and found there was no sound. I remember sound working months ago (well before the upgrade), but did not run any audio programs before upgrading, so I cannot confirm it was still working just prior to upgrade. So began the debugging process. **SYSTEM INFORMATION** [inxi -Fxxc0z](https://0x0.st/KiiW.txt) [journalctl -k -b -0](https://0x0.st/KiiV.txt) [lspci](https://0x0.st/KiiY.txt) [aplay -l](https://0x0.st/Kiid.txt) [pacman -Q](https://0x0.st/Kii5.txt) **WHAT I’VE TRIED** - Installing/Uninstalling/Reinstalling Pulse, ALSA, and Pipewire packages in different combinations, rebooting after each reconfiguration. The `pacman -Q` log above reflects my current configuration. - Using `speaker-test -c2` to determine if audio is working in any given configuration. Generally, the tests appear to run, but no audio is present. In some configurations, it hangs indefinitely during the test. - Trying to simply run audio from various applications in each configuration. No success. - Using `alsamixer` to check that all channels on all cards are unmuted and at high volume. - Using my keyboard function keys to toggle audio mute and raise/lower volume. This appears to work as there is screen overlay reflecting the changes, but no audio. - Using `pavucontrol`: - Using the “Audio Volume” applet from the system tray. Similarly, I see activity on the volume meter when a program is “playing” something, but I hear no audio. I’m really out of ideas and I’ve googled around a lot and nothing has seemed to work. Any suggestions would be welcome. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Crysm](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Crysm](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Crysm)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/no-audio-on-asus-rog-strix-scar-17-laptop/74582/2 "2025-08-24T21:44:25Z")
I have had some success by running the following commands and then plugging in a USB headset: ```auto systemctl –-user daemon-reload ``` ```auto systemctl –user restart pipewire.socket ``` ```auto systemctl –user restart pipewire.service ``` I am able to use the USB headset normally, both audio output and mic. However, I still have no audio from the speakers.