* [PATCH] ALSA: hda/realtek: Enable bass speakers on Alienware m17 R3
@ 2026-10-29 22:49 ` Chris Simpson
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Chris Simpson via B4 Relay @ 2026-10-29 22:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jaroslav Kysela, Takashi Iwai
Cc: linux-sound, linux-kernel, stable, Chris Simpson
From: Chris Simpson <chris@nilk.net>
The Alienware m17 R3 (ALC289, PCI SSID 1028:09d1) has a second speaker
pair, the bass speakers, on pin 0x17, which the BIOS leaves unconnected
(0x411111f0). No PCI SSID quirk matches the machine, so it gets
ALC269_FIXUP_DELL4_MIC_NO_PRESENCE from the fallback pin quirk table,
and only the speakers on pin 0x14 play.
Use ALC289_FIXUP_DUAL_SPK, as on the Alienware x16 R2 and Dell XPS 15
9510/9520: it sets pin 0x17 up as a speaker on DAC 0x02, so one volume
control covers both pairs, and chains to
ALC269_FIXUP_DELL4_MIC_NO_PRESENCE, so the headset mic setup is
unchanged.
Tested on an Alienware m17 R3 (BIOS 1.38.0), Linux 7.3 with this change
applied: the bass speakers play, and volume and mute cover both pairs,
also after suspend and resume. Headphones and a headset mic were not
tested.
I used Claude Code (Claude Opus 5.5) to find the unused pin, pick the
existing fixup and write this patch and changelog; I did the listening
tests myself.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Chris Simpson <chris@nilk.net>
---
ALSA: hda/realtek: Enable bass speakers on Alienware m17 R3
---
sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c b/sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c
index 23329d588..145db479f 100644
--- a/sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c
+++ b/sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c
@@ -7594,6 +7594,7 @@ static const struct hda_quirk alc269_fixup_tbl[] = {
SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1028, 0x097e, "Dell Precision", ALC289_FIXUP_DUAL_SPK),
SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1028, 0x098d, "Dell Precision", ALC233_FIXUP_ASUS_MIC_NO_PRESENCE),
SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1028, 0x09bf, "Dell Precision", ALC233_FIXUP_ASUS_MIC_NO_PRESENCE),
+ SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1028, 0x09d1, "Alienware m17 R3", ALC289_FIXUP_DUAL_SPK),
SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1028, 0x0a2e, "Dell", ALC236_FIXUP_DELL_AIO_HEADSET_MIC),
SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1028, 0x0a30, "Dell", ALC236_FIXUP_DELL_AIO_HEADSET_MIC),
SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1028, 0x0a38, "Dell Latitude 7520", ALC269_FIXUP_DELL4_MIC_NO_PRESENCE_QUIET),
---
base-commit: a4311e9447bbb219044db38897f95be112f46a8a
change-id: 20261029-alc289-m17r3-060df552ed6c
Best regards,
--
Chris Simpson <chris@nilk.net>
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* [PATCH] ALSA: hda/realtek: Enable bass speakers on Alienware m17 R3
@ 2026-10-29 22:49 ` Chris Simpson
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Chris Simpson @ 2026-10-29 22:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jaroslav Kysela, Takashi Iwai
Cc: linux-sound, linux-kernel, stable, Chris Simpson
The Alienware m17 R3 (ALC289, PCI SSID 1028:09d1) has a second speaker
pair, the bass speakers, on pin 0x17, which the BIOS leaves unconnected
(0x411111f0). No PCI SSID quirk matches the machine, so it gets
ALC269_FIXUP_DELL4_MIC_NO_PRESENCE from the fallback pin quirk table,
and only the speakers on pin 0x14 play.
Use ALC289_FIXUP_DUAL_SPK, as on the Alienware x16 R2 and Dell XPS 15
9510/9520: it sets pin 0x17 up as a speaker on DAC 0x02, so one volume
control covers both pairs, and chains to
ALC269_FIXUP_DELL4_MIC_NO_PRESENCE, so the headset mic setup is
unchanged.
Tested on an Alienware m17 R3 (BIOS 1.38.0), Linux 7.3 with this change
applied: the bass speakers play, and volume and mute cover both pairs,
also after suspend and resume. Headphones and a headset mic were not
tested.
I used Claude Code (Claude Opus 5.5) to find the unused pin, pick the
existing fixup and write this patch and changelog; I did the listening
tests myself.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Chris Simpson <chris@nilk.net>
---
ALSA: hda/realtek: Enable bass speakers on Alienware m17 R3
---
sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c b/sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c
index 23329d588..145db479f 100644
--- a/sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c
+++ b/sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c
@@ -7594,6 +7594,7 @@ static const struct hda_quirk alc269_fixup_tbl[] = {
SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1028, 0x097e, "Dell Precision", ALC289_FIXUP_DUAL_SPK),
SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1028, 0x098d, "Dell Precision", ALC233_FIXUP_ASUS_MIC_NO_PRESENCE),
SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1028, 0x09bf, "Dell Precision", ALC233_FIXUP_ASUS_MIC_NO_PRESENCE),
+ SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1028, 0x09d1, "Alienware m17 R3", ALC289_FIXUP_DUAL_SPK),
SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1028, 0x0a2e, "Dell", ALC236_FIXUP_DELL_AIO_HEADSET_MIC),
SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1028, 0x0a30, "Dell", ALC236_FIXUP_DELL_AIO_HEADSET_MIC),
SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1028, 0x0a38, "Dell Latitude 7520", ALC269_FIXUP_DELL4_MIC_NO_PRESENCE_QUIET),
---
base-commit: a4311e9447bbb219044db38897f95be112f46a8a
change-id: 20261029-alc289-m17r3-060df552ed6c
Best regards,
--
Chris Simpson <chris@nilk.net>
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* Re: [PATCH] ALSA: hda/realtek: Enable bass speakers on Alienware m17 R3
2026-10-29 22:49 ` Chris Simpson
(?)
@ 2026-10-31 16:05 ` Takashi Iwai
-1 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Takashi Iwai @ 2026-10-31 16:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: chris; +Cc: Jaroslav Kysela, Takashi Iwai, linux-sound, linux-kernel, stable
On Thu, 29 Oct 2026 23:49:10 +0100,
Chris Simpson via B4 Relay wrote:
>
> From: Chris Simpson <chris@nilk.net>
>
> The Alienware m17 R3 (ALC289, PCI SSID 1028:09d1) has a second speaker
> pair, the bass speakers, on pin 0x17, which the BIOS leaves unconnected
> (0x411111f0). No PCI SSID quirk matches the machine, so it gets
> ALC269_FIXUP_DELL4_MIC_NO_PRESENCE from the fallback pin quirk table,
> and only the speakers on pin 0x14 play.
>
> Use ALC289_FIXUP_DUAL_SPK, as on the Alienware x16 R2 and Dell XPS 15
> 9510/9520: it sets pin 0x17 up as a speaker on DAC 0x02, so one volume
> control covers both pairs, and chains to
> ALC269_FIXUP_DELL4_MIC_NO_PRESENCE, so the headset mic setup is
> unchanged.
>
> Tested on an Alienware m17 R3 (BIOS 1.38.0), Linux 7.3 with this change
> applied: the bass speakers play, and volume and mute cover both pairs,
> also after suspend and resume. Headphones and a headset mic were not
> tested.
>
> I used Claude Code (Claude Opus 5.5) to find the unused pin, pick the
> existing fixup and write this patch and changelog; I did the listening
> tests myself.
>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: Chris Simpson <chris@nilk.net>
Applied now. Thanks.
Takashi
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