Hello. Had lots of issues like this myself with laptop speakers. Unfortunately probably can't offer a complete fix.
I wound up breaking, reinstalling, breaking, and reinstalling Linux many times trying to get my audio fixed. Turns out my issues was because of how the dual boot was working...
I recommend a troubleshooting process that looks like:
Info gathering:
- Drivers installed
- Laptop hardware
- Software installed and versions
Research
- Why do you need that software? E.G. Pipewire vs Pulse Audio vs ALSA
- Alternative hardware drivers?
Experimentation
- try live USB of same OS to see if the same issue, also can run commands willy nilly without fear of breaking current setup
- try live USB of similar OSs to see if the same issue if for example Ubuntu speakers work, can you find those drivers and install onto your current laptop etc...
"don't execute it if you don't understand it"
That's all well and good as long as you make an effore to understand the commands suggested. If you limit yourself to preexisting knowledge you're in trouble. Just duckduckgo the individual commands. I've been using Linux now for years, and haven't come across malicious commands just ones that broke my particular setup because I did something dumb before.