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

[Paul DiRezze]

Thanks, that was it.

paul

At 12:05 PM 20/03/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>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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