Replacing on-board sound

Frank McCormick wrote:

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Because of all the problems I'm experiencing with my on-board sound
on an Intel 865GXB board, I'd like to install a separate sound card. Does
anyone have a suggestion or suggestions on the way to go. I hear good
things about Sound-Blaster products. Even cards that are a few years old
are OK as I am just trying to get recording to work on this machine.



Yes, I did that. I have the onboard:

00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)


and I bought the Sound Blaster Audigy because I didn't trust the onboard
when I bought the mobo (EP-8VTAI):


00:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy LS

alsaconf finds them both and then you adjust /etc/modprobe.d/sound:

alias snd-card-0 snd-via82xx
options snd-via82xx index=0
alias snd-card-1 snd_ca0106
options snd_ca0106 index=1

Then I adjust who gets what card by adjustong /etc/profile:

case "$DISPLAY" in
:0.*) export ALSA_CARD=0
export ALSA_CTL_CARD=0
export ALSA_PCM_CARD=0
export MUS_ALSA_DEVICE="hw:0,0"
;;
:1.*) export ALSA_CARD=1
export ALSA_CTL_CARD=1
export ALSA_PCM_CARD=1
export MUS_ALSA_DEVICE="hw:1,0"
;;
* )
# Default option.
export ALSA_CARD=1
export ALSA_CTL_CARD=1
export ALSA_PCM_CARD=1
export MUS_ALSA_DEVICE="hw:1,0"
;;
esac


Hugo


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On Fri, 02 May 2008 09:36:00 -0500
Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> wrote:

> >
> > Because of all the problems I'm experiencing with my on-board
> > sound on an Intel 865GXB board, I'd like to install a separate sound
> > card. Does anyone have a suggestion or suggestions on the way to go. I
>
> Yes, I did that. I have the onboard:
>
>
> and I bought the Sound Blaster Audigy because I didn't trust the onboard
> when I bought the mobo (EP-8VTAI):

I went a little lower....a Soundblaster ct4750 I just happened to find
in my junk box and lo and behold...sound recording now works on my machine
when I had spent weeks trying to get it to work using the on-board audio.
The card actually sound better playing music than the on-board stuff.

Thanks Hugo


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