Sound card problem

[Gene Heskett]

Currently running 10.04.4 LTS with a 64 bit kernel, on an ASUS M2N-SLI 
Deluxe motherboard.

When I built it, I installed an Audigy2 Value, a 24 bit audio card which up 
to about 3 months ago worked well, but has gradually died like a cold 
solder joint, could make it work for a while by turning the gains waaaayyyy 
up, but even that is only getting me an occasional crackle in the speakers 
now.

Consulting the various hits google can produce, it is apparently a common 
problem with this (and sorry to say, many of Creative's cards) card and its 
essentially something to recycle.

So, what do I need to now remove from /etc/modules.d/blacklist.conf, and 
modprobe in, yadda yadda to transfer the sound back to this motherboard 
facility below?

00:06.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP55 High Definition Audio (rev 
a2)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 81f6
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
	Memory at fe020000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
	Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask+ 64bit+ 
Queue=0/0 Enable-
	Capabilities: [6c] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Enable- Fixed+

Any help here will be greatly appreciated.  I have  already moved the 
amplifer systems input cable from the Audigy2 and plugged it into the 
motherboards lime green connector, but without the drivers it is of course 
dead silent.

Thank you & Merry Christmas all.

Cheers, Gene
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