I’m looking to install linux onto my Asus C302 Chromebook and was looking at the “Supported Devices” chart on the chrultrabook github page to see what’s what. Underneath the “linux notes” section, I noticed a curious descriptor that went like this:
“max98357a doesn’t have a volume limiter so speakers could get fried.”
My question is what does it actually mean when it says “could get fried”. Like if I play music on my chrultrabook would it randomly fry out the speakers? Or is this more of a risk if I have the device set at max volume? And is there something I should do/install to mitigate this risk?
Hey, hope you don’t mind a follow-up question to the whole ‘speakers could get fried’ thing. I have a C302 and I’m looking to put Linux on it, and if I’m using an external speaker plugged into the headphone jack, would this then eliminate the danger of possibly melting the speakers?
I have 4 asus 302C. running slackware64 on all . Sound was trickey. I found by using the
weirdtree 302C files online and copied the modprobe.d file making the 302C use avs for sound. you can copy the firmware files to intel directory, and umc2 files to /usr/share/alsa. after rebooting, run aplay -l as regular user. It should show your sound devices. you will need to edit the pulseaudio /etc/pulse/default.pa. I have no problem with speakers or headphones. Only trouble is alsa changes the hw numbers after each rebook, so always reediting the default.pa file. Slackware64-linux runs great on this chromebook with the audio acceptation. Intel also now has driver and scripts for the on their web site.