Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:12:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Wesley Morgan <morganw@chemikals.org> To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel HDA driver on Asus A8N-VM CSM Message-ID: <20060913141137.P21299@volatile.chemikals.org> In-Reply-To: <20060913160856.GU75501@over-yonder.net> References: <200609132106.17683.silver@where.else.net.nz> <20060913160856.GU75501@over-yonder.net>
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On Wed, 13 Sep 2006, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 09:06:17PM +1200 I heard the voice of > Al Muckart, and lo! it spake thus: >> >> I also experienced something I found with the OSS driver, which is >> that there seems to be a lot of interference from the USB system, I >> can *hear* my mouse moving around. There is also interference from >> the onboard graphics system, when I drag windows around in X there >> is a loud buzzing noise. Even were there no squeal, this makes the >> device unusable to play music. > > This may be purely electrical in nature. The inside of a computer is > a nasty RF environment to do audio oscillation in. I have a Intel > Providence (dual PPro) a system with an onboard (Crystal) audio > chipset where I could hear video events with the sound turned up. > Wasn't enough with speakers at normal volume to be a bother, but with > headphones I could almost tell what was happening with my eyes shut I had a pair of headphones that would pick up an AM station when they were plugged in to my system. I also worked there in high school, what are the odds! -- This .signature sanitized for your protection
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