# Devterm speakers not working

**URL:** https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/devterm-speakers-not-working/8000
**Category:** DevTerm
**Tags:** hardware
**Created:** [January 25, 2022, 7:24am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/devterm-speakers-not-working/8000 "2022-01-25T07:24:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Andrew\_Edstrom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/andrew_edstrom/32/6013_2.png) [@Andrew\_Edstrom](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Andrew_Edstrom)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2022, 7:24am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/devterm-speakers-not-working/8000/1 "2022-01-25T07:24:56Z")

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Hi there! Ever since I received my Devterm, I have been unable to get the speakers to work. I disassembled and reassembled the device two times hoping that would resolve it magically but alas! No luck. When I try to check the sound settings, it appears the OS doesn’t even recognize that there are speakers present.

Any ideas how I can troubleshoot this?

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### Author: ![Mezzie](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/mezzie/32/6011_2.png) [@Mezzie](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Mezzie)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2022, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/devterm-speakers-not-working/8000/2 "2022-01-25T09:32:38Z")

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clean out the contacts maybe?

I did the mistake of assembling two speakers in the same orientation, when the instructions called out for one speaker to face opposite to each other (if I remember correctly). This resulted only one of them worked. I changed it accordingly so now it works fine for both!

But your case sounds new to me, so check to contacts. If it’s dirty, a small dab of alcohol will fix it.

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### Author: ![ghalfacree](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/ghalfacree/32/5448_2.png) [@ghalfacree](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/ghalfacree)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2022, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/devterm-speakers-not-working/8000/3 "2022-01-25T09:39:16Z")

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If you’ve an A-04 model, there’s a known software bug. You’ll need to update the OS. Open a terminal and:

```auto
wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clockworkpi/apt/main/debian/KEY.gpg | sudo apt-key add - 
sudo apt-key del 57B7A98BBEBA8C10CA4458810DD08811478B1249
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo reboot

```

Your sound should be working after that.

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### Author: ![Andrew\_Edstrom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/andrew_edstrom/32/6013_2.png) [@Andrew\_Edstrom](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Andrew_Edstrom)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/devterm-speakers-not-working/8000/4 "2022-01-25T17:27:00Z")

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That fixed it! Thank you so much!