Lost all alsa sound - Thinkpad X60, 7.04

[dimitris]

dimitris wrote:
>> I did get a BIOS "nvram checksum" error on reboot a couple of days ago,
>> and I wonder if that has something to do with it.  As I said above
>> though, XP is having no problem playing PCM sound...
> 
> Hmm, this seems to have been the cause/trigger for the problem.  I did a
> BIOS "reset to factory defaults" and sound came back.  There are no BIOS
> settings for sound, but resetting probably clears/resets the nvram and
> that fixed whatever the problem was...
> 

And, to close this bad netiquette trifecta of replying to myself, this
was all because I had forgotten this little nugget:

http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Intel_82801G_HDA#Bugs

after I went through the BIOS config following the nvram checksum
incident, I disabled the modem, breaking sound in the process.

D.