Comment 39 for bug 407790

@slurm no, your issue is completely unrelated (though installing the newer drivers resolves the issue)

@Stefan Is it completely necessary to specify the model? In other words, remove your addition from alsa-base.conf, perform a complete powercycle (power down for 2 minutes, then power back up), and report whether sound is audible (possibly after changing mixer settings -- but NOT a model quirk).