Realtek ALC887-VD, Microphone background noise

[Tomi Leppänen]

My computers sound input has a lot of background noise. If I don't use Mic Boost it can't be heard but neither can my own voice. If I add Mic Boost my voice can be heard but it is also very noisy. Other people can just barely understand me in Skype (also true if I try to test it with other programs). Microphone works well in Windows Vista.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: alsa-base 1.0.24+dfsg-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.48-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC887-VD Analog [ALC887-VD Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: tomin 2235 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfbff4000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC887-VD'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0887,10438445,00100302'
   Controls : 26
   Simple ctrls : 15
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xfe97c000 irq 19'
   Mixer name : 'Nvidia GPU 12 HDMI/DP'
   Components : 'HDA:10de0012,10de0101,00100100'
   Controls : 16
   Simple ctrls : 4
CurrentDmesg: [ 34.421982] process `skype' is using obsolete setsockopt SO_BSDCOMPAT
Date: Sat Sep 17 21:56:44 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=fi_FI:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Symptom_AlsaRecordingTest: ALSA recording test through plughw:SB successful
Symptom_Card: Sisäinen äänentoisto - HDA ATI SB
Symptom_Jack: Pink Mic, Front
Symptom_PulseAudioRecordingTest: PulseAudio recording test through plughw:SB successful
Symptom_Type: High background noise, or volume is too low
Title: [System Product Name, Realtek ALC887-VD, Pink Mic, Front] Background noise or low volume
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 04/19/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0404
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: M5A87
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0404:bd04/19/2011:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM5A87:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer

[Tomi Leppänen (tomin)]

I forgot to mention that my motherboard is Asus M5A87 and the sound card is the one onboard.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Edmund Laugasson (ed-lau)]

I have motherboard Asus P8Z77-M, where is ALC887-VD and using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit and all updates but still same problem - strong noise at input when recording voice through microphone. My outputs:
$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC887-VD Analog [ALC887-VD Analog]
 Subdevices: 1/1
 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: ALC887-VD Digital [ALC887-VD Digital]
 Subdevices: 1/1
 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 7: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
 Subdevices: 1/1
 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

$ cat /proc/asound/card0/codec* | grep Codec
Codec: Realtek ALC887-VD
Codec: Intel PantherPoint HDMI

[Edmund Laugasson (ed-lau)]

I uploaded my Alsainfo here - http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=3a8c2088cc973c43b75daad40a200b0a80247a8d

[Tomi Leppänen (tomin)]

This is still happening on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Note that I no longer have Windows to test with.

[Pauli Virtanen (pauli-virtanen)]

Same on Ubuntu 13.10. Mic works OK in Windows 8 on the same machine.

[Raymond (superquad-vortex2)]

3.027348] Too many HDMI devices
[ 3.027350] Too many HDMI devices
[ 3.027350] Too many HDMI devices
[ 3.027351] Too many HDMI devices
[ 3.027352] Too many HDMI devices
[ 3.027352] Too many HDMI devices
[ 3.027353] Too many HDMI devices
[ 3.027354] Too many HDMI devices
[ 3.027440] hda-codec: out of range cmd 0:0:ef90:707:0
[ 3.027442] hda-codec: out of range cmd 0:0:ef90:708:85
[ 3.027674] hda-codec: out of range cmd 0:0:ef90:f00:c
[ 3.027675] hda-codec: out of range cmd 0:0:ef90:709:0
[ 3.027676] hda-codec: out of range cmd 0:0:ef90:f09:0
[ 3.027746] hda-codec: out of range cmd 0:0:e0:f0d:0
[ 3.027748] HDMI status: Codec=0 Pin=2 Presence_Detect=0 ELD_Valid=0
[ 3.027763] HDMI status: Codec=0 Pin=5 Presence_Detect=0 ELD_Valid=0
[ 3.027779] HDMI status: Codec=0 Pin=7 Presence_Detect=0 ELD_Valid=0
[ 3.027795] HDMI status: Codec=0 Pin=9 Presence_Detect=0 ELD_Valid=0
[ 3.027813] HDMI status: Codec=0 Pin=61328 Presence_Detect=1 ELD_Valid=1
[ 3.027814] hda-codec: out of range cmd 0:0:ef90:f2e:8
[ 3.027815] hda_codec: cannot build controls for #0 (error -16)
[ 3.027817] hda_codec: cannot revert codec
[ 3.028136] snd_hda_intel 0000:01:00.1: PCI INT B disabled
[ 3.028143] snd_hda_intel: probe of 0000:01:00.1 failed with error -16

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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