[oh8eleven]

I don’t like Gnome, either :)
Fedora's overall graphics seemed "rougher around the edges too.
Got the sound to work on the PC ... the speakers were defaulted to MUTE mode.
I should have checked that first - like checking to make sure the PC is plugged in when it won't power up. Oy ...

[3Fingas]

Ockham’s razor — Don’t overlook the simpler explanation for the more complex.

I used to work the helpdesk, so I should have asked you about the user interface first before assuming a module problem...

Oh, well, I happy you fixed your problem.