[ale] continuing SoundBlaster install problem....
J. D.
jdonline at gmail.com
Fri Mar 3 07:51:37 EST 2006
Here are a couple ideas if you haven't tried them already. Run aumix from
the command line and make sure that your mixer volumes are turned up. Try
booting off of a knoppix or similar cd to see if you get acceptible audio
output that way. If you can hear audio but it is very quiet that sounds like
a mixer or driver problem, especially if the volume is acceptible when
plugged directly into the cdrom drive.
Best regards,
J. D.
On 3/2/06, James P. Kinney III <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com> wrote:
>
> I can't recall the name of the app. But I ran into this a long time ago.
> There is a "default" sound setting stored in /etc/<mumble foo settings>
> that is accessed with a commandline tool similar to amixer. Senility has
> firmly griped that neuron, alas. That tool set the baseline sound levels
> that everything else stated with. I ran into this using FC 1-2 on a
> thinkpad.
>
> If I think of this, I'll add more.
>
> On Thu, 2006-03-02 at 18:42 -0500, Courtney Thomas wrote:
> > Thank you for your insight, but unfortunately it made no difference in
> > my case.
> >
> > I'm guessin' the CD-to-Soundcard cable is wrong.
> >
> > Cordially,
> > Courtney
> >
> > J. D. wrote:
> > > That has been my experience Courtney. I have never encountered that
> > > particular symptom that you are experiencing but to properly set up an
> > > ISA card its corresponding IRQ setting in the bios needs to be toggled
> > > from PCI to ISA. Normally this is IRQ 5 or sometimes IRQ 5 and 9 set
> to
> > > ISA. This stuff only applies to old motherboards with ISA slots
> though.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > J. D.
> > >
> > > On 3/2/06, *Courtney Thomas* <cc.thomas at earthlink.net
> > > <mailto:cc.thomas at earthlink.net>> wrote:
> > >
> > > JD,
> > >
> > > Thank you for your reply.
> > >
> > > Will the ISA card not function properly unless IRQ 5 is set as
> legacy
> > > ISA rather than PNP in the BIOS ?
> > >
> > > Cordially,
> > >
> > > Courtney
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > J. D. Pearson wrote:
> > > > Wow an isa card. On some of those you would need to jumper the
> > > card for
> > > > a free irq such as irq5 if it is isa. If that is the case then
> > > usually
> > > > the bios needs to have irq5 set for legacy ISA, and not pci. It
> would
> > > > normally be under the PNP/PCI Configuration menu or something
> > > similar in
> > > > the bios.
> > > >
> > > > Courtney Thomas wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >>Zeb,
> > > >>
> > > >>Thanks for the kind offer.
> > > >>
> > > >>Where are you and the book ?
> > > >>
> > > >>Appreciatively,
> > > >>
> > > >>Courtney
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>zeb wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>>I have a book, published by Osborne: "SoundBlaster, the
> > > Official Book".
> > > >>>It has information on the SoundBlaster 2.0, including some pin
> > > information. I
> > > >>>have not studied it in quite a while and I want to keep
> it. If
> > > you are
> > > >>>interested enough to come here and read it (making whatever
> > > notes you want)
> > > >>>I will be happy to let you do that. I do not want to sell or
> > > lend it.
> > > >>>Let me know...
> > > >>>
> > > >>>Zeb
> > > >>>
> > > >>>On Thursday 02 March 2006 15:15, Courtney Thomas wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>>I now have the SoundBlaster 2.0 card installed and the
> drivers load
> > > >>>>correctly but the sound coming out of the speakers with
> maximum
> > > volume
> > > >>>>is barely audible.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>Ruling out speakers, CDROM and CD as being the problem,...
> when the
> > > >>>>speakers are plugged directly into the CDROM player, the
> sound
> > > is OK.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>I have connected a cable with 4 pin plugs from the CDROM's
> analog
> > > >>>>connection which apparently cannot be done incorrectly since
> > > the two
> > > >>>>interior pins are both ground.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>That leaves the CDROM-to-SoundBlaster connection which is
> > > marked line
> > > >>>>out on the card and is an expected 4 pins. I have tried this
> > > connection
> > > >>>>both ways, i.e. rotating the connector 180 deg. and still no
> sound.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>I don't have any docs on the card and Creative has nothing on
> > > it's site,
> > > >>>>it being legacy and costing them a fortune to leave the docs
> > > online :-)
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>Anyway, there are several jumper pins on the card whose
> purpose
> > > I don't
> > > >>>>know. FM and VOICE are not jumpered. Of 22X and 24X, 22X is
> > > jumpered.
> > > >>>>The 2 interior [of 4 total] pins marked Microphone are
> jumpered.
> > > >>>>And...there are several other pin sets, some jumpered, some
> > > not, but
> > > >>>>they are not functionally described with onboard markings.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>If anyone has one of these ISA SoundBlaster cards
> functioning, I'd
> > > >>>>appreciate the necessary missing revelation :-)
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>Cordially,
> > > >>>>Courtney
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