Newbi here needs help troubleshooting

[stevef]

can i ask Hardware related questions on this forum or is it limited to Software (Linux) Only?

You can ask about pretty much anything legal. Trying to get support for or plugging other distros is discouraged.

from what i got after running various commands posted on linux forums is that my audio devices are recognized and working well.

This sounds useful information.  Can you post the commands you ran and the results they gave please ?