http://ubuntuforums.org – I installed Ubuntu 12.04 and the onboard sound works. I installed the proprietary AMD drivers for the Radeon card and "aplay -l" seems to list the card: Code: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC898 Analog [ALC898 Analog] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 1: ALC898 Digital [ALC898 Digital] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: Generic (Hardware)