# New to Volumio. No sound yet! Failed to open"alsa"\[alsa\]; Failed to open ALSA device "hw:2,0"; No such file or directory **URL:** \ **Category:** MyVolumio Help and Support\ **Created:** [May 2, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.volumio.com/t/new-to-volumio-no-sound-yet-failed-to-open-alsa-alsa-failed-to-open-alsa-device-hw-2-0-no-such-file-or-directory/47045 "2021-05-02T15:28:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![Flingle](https://community.volumio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Flingle](https://community.volumio.com/u/Flingle)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.volumio.com/t/new-to-volumio-no-sound-yet-failed-to-open-alsa-alsa-failed-to-open-alsa-device-hw-2-0-no-such-file-or-directory/47045/10 "2021-05-03T15:33:29Z")
Further to all these responses. It has started working. As suggested else where in the forum I selected the generic HiFiBerry DAC and not I2S. Having previously tried to get audio from the Pi via HDMI 1 to a TV (which allowed me to also watch the very fast boot routine), I then saw a green LED light up on the DAC board (which had not lit before). There was still no sound but Volumio was not reporting any HW or ALSA errors. I then tried HiFiBerry DAC and not I2S, the LED on the DAC board went out and when I played a track I got audio! Hurrahhh!!! All in all, quite random and not straight forward, I was all ready to dive in to the config.txt and start altering EEPROM requests. I’m not sure how stable it will be over time, so I will keep an eye on it. The family are impressed with the GUI (a first for technology that Dad usually brings in to the house), and like the search functions. I like the many radio options as well as the search features, which are a vast improvement on the Cambridge audio app this set up replaces. Thanks again, hope it stays stable. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.volumio.com/t/new-to-volumio-no-sound-yet-failed-to-open-alsa-alsa-failed-to-open-alsa-device-hw-2-0-no-such-file-or-directory/47045)._