praedor wrote: > > Hmpf. It's the only thing I can think of that would be a cause of the > NEW problem...which only actually appeared at some point after an > upgrade to 7.2 but it CAN'T be Mandrake 7.2, because... > > I have an AudioPCI es1371 card and a PCI 3com 3C900B card presently > sharing an irq. The soundcard has worked fine in the past, no cricket > noises, no problems. I have now found that the same problem occurs under > windoze, which made me think the card went bad. I picked up a new card, a > soundblaster PCI 128 (drats!!) which isn't well supported under > linux, it turns out. Windoze had the same problem with it as with the > AudioPCI card it replaced...chirping noises covering most system sounds. > I couldn't get it working under linux but since the same problem occurred, > AND in a different PCI slot, I guess it isn't the card. > > I have also tried two separate sets of speakers but that doesn't change > anything. > > I have an AOpen AK72 mobo with athlon 700. The onboard sound is > disabled (I would use it if it were possible under linux). This problem with > chirping static noises happening when sounds are played is rather new, > and doesn't coincide with my original upgrade to this motherboard and > cpu. It can't be a linux problem either since it also occurs in windoze. > > I am stumped. Anyone have any ideas? I've tried different PCI slots, > different audio cards, different speakers. I've also tried different kernel > builds. I have that problem if I have the covers off my box and if I place the speaker which has the amplifier etc close to (within 6 inches or so) of the card slots. Is your problem emf related?? Speaker volume highish but aumix control lowish?? Just a thought -- ICQ#: 89345394 Mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected" (The UNIX Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition, June 1972.)
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