Allow built in audio increase audio button to increase above 100

Is it possible to increase sound above 100 using the audio buttons in my laptop. i find it very annoying that i have to go to pulseaudio and then increase it above 100 .
I remember that ubuntu had this functionality to increase above 100

output of inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width

System:
  Kernel: 5.13.19-2-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.13-x86_64 
  root=UUID=d62b0b2e-bfac-4cc0-8645-d4b67e3c6632 rw quiet apparmor=1 
  security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3 
  Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.22.5 tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM 
  Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 2324FV6 v: ThinkPad X230 
  serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: LENOVO model: 2324FV6 serial: <filter> UEFI-[Legacy]: LENOVO 
  v: G2ETB7WW (2.77 ) date: 09/24/2019 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 38.8 Wh (100.0%) condition: 38.8/57.7 Wh (67.2%) 
  volts: 12.5 min: 11.1 model: SANYO 45N1031 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> 
  status: Full 
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse serial: <filter> 
  charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging 
Memory:
  RAM: total: 7.45 GiB used: 2.55 GiB (34.2%) 
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:
  Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-3320M bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Ivy Bridge family: 6 model-id: 3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 21 
  cache: L2: 3 MiB bogomips: 20761 
  Speed: 1322 MHz min/max: 1200/3300 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1322 2: 1413 
  3: 1380 4: 1523 
  Flags: acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx bts clflush cmov 
  constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept 
  erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht ibpb ibrs ida 
  lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat 
  pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand 
  rdtscp rep_good sep smep smx ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp 
  syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic 
  xsave xsaveopt xtopology xtpr 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
  Type: l1tf 
  mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable 
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
  Type: spec_store_bypass 
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, 
  IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 
  v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0166 class-ID: 0300 
  Device-2: Chicony Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo 
  bus-ID: 1-1.6:4 chip-ID: 04f2:b2eb class-ID: 0e02 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: 
  loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0 screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0") 
  s-diag: 414mm (16.3") 
  Monitor-1: LVDS-1 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 125 size: 277x156mm (10.9x6.1") 
  diag: 318mm (12.5") 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2) 
  v: 4.2 Mesa 21.2.2 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20 
  class-ID: 0403 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.13.19-2-MANJARO running: yes 
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no 
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes 
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.37 running: yes 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e 
  v: kernel port: 6080 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1502 class-ID: 0200 
  IF: enp0s25 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] driver: iwlwifi 
  v: kernel port: efa0 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:0085 class-ID: 0280 
  IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global 
  broadcast: <filter> 
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link 
  Device-3: Sierra Wireless Sierra Wireless Gobi 3000 Modem device (MC8355) 
  type: USB driver: qcserial,qmi_wwan bus-ID: 3-4:4 chip-ID: 1199:9013 
  class-ID: 0000 
  IF: wwp0s20u4 state: down mac: <filter> 
  WAN IP: <filter> 
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Broadcom BCM20702 Bluetooth 4.0 [ThinkPad] type: USB driver: btusb 
  v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-1.4:3 chip-ID: 0a5c:21e6 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter> 
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: up address: see --recommends 
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found. 
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found. 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 111.79 GiB used: 43.29 GiB (38.7%) 
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Morebeck model: V602 120GB 
  size: 111.79 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1A0 scheme: MBR 
  Message: No optical or floppy data found. 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 85.48 GiB size: 83.58 GiB (97.78%) used: 43.29 GiB (51.8%) 
  fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A 
  uuid: d62b0b2e-bfac-4cc0-8645-d4b67e3c6632 
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 3 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
  file: /swapfile 
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 1024 MiB fs: ext4 label: N/A 
  uuid: 61ab7529-70f0-4bb0-9386-bcb4bc84f4c0 
  ID-2: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 size: 24.82 GiB fs: btrfs 
  label: fedora_localhost-live uuid: 528b07af-d548-4d5b-8845-273e91dc5b4d 
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:0024 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 1-1.4:3 info: Broadcom BCM20702 Bluetooth 4.0 [ThinkPad] 
  type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  chip-ID: 0a5c:21e6 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter> 
  Device-2: 1-1.6:4 info: Chicony Integrated Camera type: Video 
  driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 200mA 
  chip-ID: 04f2:b2eb class-ID: 0e02 
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-4: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:0024 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-5: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 3-1:2 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: Keyboard,Mouse 
  driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  power: 98mA chip-ID: 046d:c534 class-ID: 0301 
  Device-2: 3-2:3 info: A4Tech 2.4G Device type: Keyboard,Mouse 
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  power: 100mA chip-ID: 09da:2403 class-ID: 0301 
  Device-3: 3-4:4 
  info: Sierra Wireless Sierra Wireless Gobi 3000 Modem device (MC8355) 
  type: Network driver: qcserial,qmi_wwan interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 1199:9013 class-ID: 0000 
  Hub-6: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 58.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 3424 
Info:
  Processes: 226 Uptime: 8m wakeups: 3 Init: systemd v: 249 tool: systemctl 
  Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: 1311 pacman: 1299 lib: 338 flatpak: 0 
  snap: 12 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 default: Bash v: 5.1.8 running-in: konsole 
  inxi: 3.3.06 

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Increasing output above 100% are putting you in risk of damaging your internal speakers or your ears if using headphones.

It is often possible to use a toggle in settings to allow the output to pass 100%.

Please search the forum - because this has been discussed on numerous occasions.

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but i feel like the sound is very low on linux compared to windows most of the time it just isnt enough

Well - I remember one topic years ago where a noob blew the speakers on a friends laptop and then rained hell in the forum that it was even possible to raise the volume above 100%.

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