I think I blew up my own alsa configuration somehow
Basil Chupin
blchupin at iinet.net.au
Tue Feb 28 06:57:39 UTC 2012
On 28/02/12 16:02, Ric Moore wrote:
> On 02/27/2012 08:44 PM, Rashkae wrote:
>
>> At the very least, it would be worthwhile to boot a live cd and see if
>> sound on a pristine environment works or not.
>
>
> Wonderful idea! Namaskar! I was in the thick of it and didn't think to
> do that.
>
> But, it just made the same whines and blooping noises it made before.
> Ergo, scratch one onboard audio setup. At least the USB functions
> well, mouse and headset works just peachy. What I should do is send
> the MB back to ASUS, under warranty and let them check out ALL of the
> back panel plugins. Maybe some day I'll get fancier stuff and need
> them all working. (more toys!) Thanks again. Ric
I know that you would have done all this already, but just take a step
back and work thru from start to finish what you may have forgotten to
do to get into this sound "mess".
Have you set in your BIOS the correct source for your audio? Have you
selected the correct source for your audio in alsamixer? And in
alsamixer you don't have a clash between channels which should be
muted/disabled and those which should be enabled (I got some HORRIBLE
sounds when I had a couple of incompatible channels enabled)? I know
that you have stated that you have a 5-1 system which means that you
would normally have an external power source for your speakers - is
there a clash in alsamixer re this (another person was surprised when I
told him that in alsa one has to make sure that some channel is enabled
while another has to be disabled otherwise nothing works)? This new PSU,
is it really OK: perhaps it has a severe line-noise problem? (BTW, you
aren't having an ground/earth-loop problem are you?)
BC
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