From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 22 17: 1:22 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9944537B400 for ; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 17:01:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [63.93.4.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20A6243E84 for ; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 17:00:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost.wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.12.1/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7N00WuF081253; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 18:00:32 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.12.1/8.12.1/Submit) with ESMTP id g7N00Vhf081250; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 18:00:32 -0600 (MDT)?g (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 18:00:31 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Julian K Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AC97 - VIA VT8233 SOUND CHIP CHANNEL DEAD 3 RELEASES. In-Reply-To: <000f01c2478d$e2527210$01000001@krzltd> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, Julian K wrote: > I have a AC97 CODEC soundchip on my GigaByte GA-7VRX Motherboard > > root@lsd$ dmesg | grep pcm > pcm0: port 0xd800-0xd8ff irq 12 at device 17.5 on pci0 > pcm0:play:0: play interrupt timeout, channel dead > > It's been 3 realeases since i got this Motherboard (4.5/4.6/4.6.2) and > it still hasn't been fixed, could you please do something about it in the > next release please ? > Or email me and let me know if there is another way around it thanks. The best way around motherboard sound problems is to disable sound in the BIOS and install a $15 PCI Soundblaster. Plug and forget. I've fought with motherboard sound on one Asus board and failed to ever get it to make a peep. Likewise with a couple of ISA sound boards that were oddball but should have worked. On an MSI motherboard, sound worked right off, although it's low level and somewhat tinny. In the first three cases, a cheap Soundblaster clone worked fine the first time. It's still a possibility in the last case for better sound. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message