Motherboard sound card hassles - Fedora - ASUS P4S533-VM motherboard

[WK]

I recently installed mandrake 10, and the sound/speaker didn't work out 
of the box, and it turns out that the volume is set to 0%.  That might 
be the problem you're having ... can't say for sure since I've never 
tried fedora before.

WK.

Paul DiRezze wrote:
> I finally got some speakers for my clone but am unable to get sounds 
> coming from the motherboard's sound card.
> 
> Steps taken so far:
> * I've tested the speakers on my other computer and they work fine.
> * I've made sure the speaker is plugged into the correct line-out jack 
> on the motherboard
> * I've opened up the box and ensured that the motherboard jumpers are 
> set correctly to direct the sound to the stereo Line out jack.
> * I've ensured that the cable from the CD ROM is connected to the 
> correct plug on the motherboard
> * I log in as root and from Gnome I click Start / System Settings / 
> Soundcard Detection
> a screen comes up entitled "Audio Devices". It's contents follows:
> 
> The following audio device was detected
> Vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems
> Model: Sound Controller
> Module: i810_audio
> 
> A button on the dialogue asks me if I want to play a test sound. I press 
> the button but no sound comes out.
> 
> I'm not sure if the auto-detection failed.  I know I have a SiS962L  
> southbridge controller. I know that I also have a multi-I/O controller 
> and a sound controller chip on the motherboard, but the manual doesn't 
> seem mention the actual chip name and model #.
> 
> Where do I go from here?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> paul
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