How to increase sound volume on laptop

[Stephen Partington]

Would not affect the headphones. You running alsa ?
On Jan 7, 2015 12:29 PM, "Todd Millecam" <tyggna at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, it sounds like you might just have a blown-out speaker, which would
> mean replacing the physical speaker on your laptop.  Apart from that,
> running alsamixer from a terminal and checking your settings there is the
> only thing you can do on a software level.
>
> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 12:11 PM, <joe at actionline.com> wrote:
>
>> Linux Mint 17 is excellent in most ways, but the sound volume on my new
>> Dell Inspiron laptop model 3542 is terrible - barely audible.  Even with
>> headphones plugged in and all volume settings as maximum, the sound
>> volume is extremely poor.
>>
>> What can I do to improve the sound volume?
>>
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