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As the title says, whenever audio plays for more than a few minutes, my computer makes a loud continuous beeping noise that only stops when the program playing the audio stops.

I've done a bit of searching and found some supposed fixes, and none of them did much of anything. I tried adding options snd_sof sof_debug=1 to the /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf file, and running the line:

wget -qO- https://gist.github.com/heikomat/3fe272431b44b580c933bfb901a92257/raw | bash

as those were the only things I found, but neither of them did much of anything.

I have also tried uninstalling and reinstalling libasound2 and files having to do with it, which didn't do anything except deleting my settings app.

My OS is Ubuntu 24.04 running from a persistent USB.

Audio device: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series High Definition Audio Controller (rev 35).

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There is a problem with certain sound cards, the cause of which has not been identified yet and may never be identified, as you can read in this GitHub issue: [[BUG]BYT][CHT] Linux 5.11 Cherrytrail/rt5640 emits persistent beeping sound after a short while

However there is a workaround:

  1. Add the line options snd_sof sof_debug=1 at the end of /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf file.
  2. Completely shutdown and start the system.

Adding the options above may cause freezing of the sound. The workaround is:

  1. Replace the line options snd_sof sof_debug=1 with options snd-intel-dspcfg dsp_driver=2.
  2. Completely shutdown and start the system.
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