Hi, The machine is an HP VISUALIZE P700C. It has integrated sound using an AD1816 chip (from the technical reference). I try to load the right module in modconf and get an error, however, I see in many searches on the web that people have had success with the ad1848 modules. The ad1848 modules load successfully.
But no matter what I do, sndconfig or alsaconfig can't find the chip. The HP tech reference says it's interfaced through the ISA bus, so I'm surprised that isapnp doesn't see it either (usually isapnp finds EVERYTHING, especially stuff that win2k refuses to admit exsistance of). And even when I get the config utilities up, they say that can't see any of the 1848 modules that modconf said it loaded successfully. I've seen a lot of talk on the net about updating to 2.4.20 to fix sound problems...I'm currently running the stock bf24 kernel, which I think is 2.4.18. I tried disabling the bios pnp function to try and let linux take over configuration, but that didn't seem to alter behavior at all. I searched the archives but wasn't able to come up with anything that seemed related...Any words of wisdom to offer? Thanks for the help, plz cc:me -russ PS please don't crucify me but as anyone who's worked with them knows, the HP systems are sometimes a real pain to tear into and I'm going on faith with the technical reference saying that it's an ad1816. The thought has crossed my mind that there may be other pieces on the board to complete the chipset, I don't know for sure just how integrated the ad1816 is. I think I'll pull a spec from Analog Devices, now that I'm curious... Niiiiice. I just checked. I can't get the datasheet off the site. the part is obsolete (as is the ad1848)...but it worked great under windows and alsa says that it's supported! (I received the box with win2k on it) PSS if anyone is interested in the technical reference (covers all pentium III based HP workstations) I have the complete pdf (1.8 MB). These would be great boxen to recyle into linii, they're very solid and use high quality parts, midi/game ports and everything are built right in (I would consider using this as a midi workstation, easy). Probably run another 20yr at least, and have a cool LCD built in the front that reports system stuff. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
