From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Sep 10 17:49:31 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA8E6BD54F4 for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2016 17:49:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bourne.identity@hotmail.com) Received: from BAY004-OMC2S10.hotmail.com (bay004-omc2s10.hotmail.com [65.54.190.85]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.outlook.com", Issuer "Microsoft IT SSL SHA2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7E2DBD82 for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2016 17:49:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bourne.identity@hotmail.com) Received: from EUR01-VE1-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com ([65.54.190.123]) by BAY004-OMC2S10.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(7.5.7601.23008); Sat, 10 Sep 2016 10:48:25 -0700 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=hotmail.com; s=selector1; h=From:Date:Subject:Message-ID:Content-Type:MIME-Version; bh=4mxkHmYPUzod0FXXj0d+c1fCFFQVaC7cU/KQkvKDPjI=; b=Mje8xD7/dGs1511C2tn36RCdDu7Gh6mre7ks8nNOJooqFGGA5x+x/wKREXpwdhc+9eTK0JS/wl71QoUXSYtnZ4gTVIMITfuBzaQOOhtCAGWWT0Lkh/H+/t02VsK7sN/Kq51CjYct8jByBtpa/prI0x5mY1RT1W38SlWBiwoibmG7b/tAXdDo2PrgOlBkae0yVkyEdM/2bLv0hucRw1FYtHlB+TWAJe4nygGhJmSbjZH7VQoJ5NbIaTPYTLCeaaPN5BJdDPSk14O0up0gvQbcBEBMutR1/3PikKDTR7Ha24MyA9SkuUlauwUJC8Fuqo8tfYt24ole9n+oZ30gAkq6/w== Received: from VE1EUR01FT023.eop-EUR01.prod.protection.outlook.com (10.152.2.60) by VE1EUR01HT251.eop-EUR01.prod.protection.outlook.com (10.152.3.182) with Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_0, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA_P384) id 15.1.619.6; Sat, 10 Sep 2016 17:48:24 +0000 Received: from VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com (10.152.2.56) by VE1EUR01FT023.mail.protection.outlook.com (10.152.2.218) with Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_0, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA_P384) id 15.1.619.6 via Frontend Transport; Sat, 10 Sep 2016 17:48:24 +0000 Received: from VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com ([10.163.162.28]) by VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com ([10.163.162.28]) with mapi id 15.01.0609.016; Sat, 10 Sep 2016 17:48:24 +0000 From: Manish Jain To: freebsd-questions CC: polytropon Subject: Will installing a separate sound card work? Thread-Topic: Will installing a separate sound card work? Thread-Index: AQHSC4uGUSupz5BzTUujX2zDoQDm7A== Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 17:48:23 +0000 Message-ID: Accept-Language: en-GB, en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: authentication-results: spf=softfail (sender IP is 10.152.2.56) smtp.mailfrom=hotmail.com; freebsd.org; dkim=none (message not signed) header.d=none;freebsd.org; dmarc=fail action=none header.from=hotmail.com; received-spf: SoftFail (protection.outlook.com: domain of transitioning hotmail.com discourages use of 10.152.2.56 as permitted sender) x-ms-exchange-messagesentrepresentingtype: 1 x-eopattributedmessage: 0 x-forefront-antispam-report: CIP:10.152.2.56; IPV:NLI; CTRY:; EFV:NLI; SFV:NSPM; SFS:(10019020)(98900003); DIR:OUT; SFP:1102; SCL:1; SRVR:VE1EUR01HT251; H:VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com; FPR:; SPF:None; LANG:en; x-microsoft-exchange-diagnostics: 1; VE1EUR01HT251; 6:sGWBqedXrHY/Ijl6iXuyZZdGc9/QUy30nlS2gmITnv9QS26rh1yTrwuUvtzv+NzTtJjMgzSx2fhhst6Yx8wpYOLXHCWKQkPfXovFaleQx0VoHvvH94W3OI6eAgMVMTX41vfQV2fKPxQ/j90uJjFDpvT35j76Gvbe3lT3eVte4tF2KNsTzz6IPcThIY1Ifmx9Zb5su2rSMPsTmGBhOV03Cvsi1+Jk3TUNeZCOt6DoXwnZbjki5muIIeuf/FVTRyxo5MB/iJ4CtOx4veeiZzGbkIjf5rMGa9gxmh08lAfSrEoA5KiDi282tS9D3HPPZThV; 5:yfuKbg6kt/bsu2kQeKWGKHSM/h1qEla0E1aU9Oko5eMu6Ft0CrldnW4Kd+9G6iLWKdLIhDiYznXvASxBNz7CNM0MgLqgNdUC9l9Ipyijlw0rqUh70EBMY4xNIh1C9T1Qug5PZFL0/ztHeRc+JhUBgg==; 24:oY3fiPHq2+g3prdBlZw+6zudgwLHHFrKhmdbmCzvNg2CbmneHS3eQUWDsz0NzeZmXVLtJebEMXFGJsBrmPOcjOlIIyG17WlRItiyNqfD77s=; 7:f5tGGSzNNbGgqa9bmA3M7yhzIp7LkMKd9JnHPvGze63etLb7IOS3HSFZ6X81GIDLRWNdmnohBxucAOOM4mZJiBdra9NDUSZSfiXyHqvNaLcmBhOkvf+2ZntWGembvrajlRfvQNt5vbOMrAalEGnV14c2k/9N4f89dEO3CEZ7vMuJ/zjcigsx0e1ctjduBgsdPcV5NDpeaJgxv+H3JXdyIV+xJeXBT2gbY/k5cQghomCUrQXwAviSVPN2auQSPt46 x-ms-office365-filtering-correlation-id: a5c989ca-3f97-480b-25a0-08d3d9a2a898 x-microsoft-antispam: UriScan:; BCL:0; PCL:0; RULEID:(1601124038)(1603103081)(1601125047); SRVR:VE1EUR01HT251; x-exchange-antispam-report-cfa-test: BCL:0; PCL:0; RULEID:(432015012)(82015046); SRVR:VE1EUR01HT251; BCL:0; PCL:0; RULEID:; SRVR:VE1EUR01HT251; x-forefront-prvs: 0061C35778 spamdiagnosticoutput: 1:99 spamdiagnosticmetadata: NSPM Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <478B4D10555DC34FB062556085916CAF@eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginatorOrg: hotmail.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-originalarrivaltime: 10 Sep 2016 17:48:23.9490 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-fromentityheader: Internet X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-id: 84df9e7f-e9f6-40af-b435-aaaaaaaaaaaa X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: VE1EUR01HT251 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Sep 2016 17:48:25.0686 (UTC) FILETIME=[87FA6760:01D20B8B] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 17:49:31 -0000 Hi, In my computer hardware upgrade project (which has already seen me switch=20 3 motherboards and 2 CPU's in 1 month), I have reached a point where I need= =20 to invest a bit further. My current Gigabyte GA970 motherboard is working=20 perfectly, except that the onboard sound (Realtek) is aweful, with a whole= =20 lot of high-pitch hiss accompanying the sound whenever I try to play any=20 music. I would like to solve the problem by installing a separate internal sound=20 card - the best option appears to be Asus Xonar DG PCI Internal Sound Card= =20 with a C-Media CMI8786 chipset. Will my idea of disabling the onboard=20 sound and installing the separate card work ? My motherboard's BIOS does=20 provide the option to disable the onboard sound. So I think the question=20 simply boils down to whether the CMI8786 chipset be supported by the=20 FreeBSD kernel. Thanks for any help. Manish Jain