Comment 14 for bug 1388582

did you select show unconnected nodes and using advanced override option?

need to set boot override option since dynamic reconfig may not work on some hda codec

there common bug reports for notebook using ad1986a in bugzilla :

1) auto mute

2) auto mic - the topology of this codec is similar to ac97 codec's mic1 / mic2

take a look at ad1986a datasheet

in the functional block diagram

port A is the headphone