On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 04:02:58PM -0600, Chris Bennett wrote: > Jacob Meuser wrote: > >On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 11:28:22AM -0600, Chris Bennett wrote: > >>Jacob Meuser wrote:
> >>>are you saying outputs.line-in_sense doesn't change when you plug > >>>something into the line-in jack? > >>> > >>Sorry for the delay. > >> > >>Yes, I have tried plugging both my mic and speaker in all three > >>By plugging in my mic into speaker, it also shows as plugged. > >>So my mic is ok and not the problem. > >> > >>At this point, I suspect that this motherboard is also defective. > >>This one was not my first choice, that one was defective. > >>What a crappy two weeks for parts! > > > >it's possible the makers of the motherboard didn't wire up the jack > >presence detection circuitry for all the pins/jacks. in that case, > >though, they're supposed to have the BIOS set the presence detect > >override bit for those pins in the codec descriptor. > > > >this issue is common with the front headphone jack on replacement > >motherboards. the front headphone jack isn't on the motherboard > >itself, so the board maker has no way of knowing if the jack has > >presence detection circuitry. > > > Well, you are right about front jack sense not working. > I didn't have the front jacks (only speaker and mic) connected until now. > However, I have now discovered that only the front panel mic jack works. > There is a spkr, line-in and mic jack built-in to the motherboard. > Only spkr works as far as I can tell. > > I tested with aucat recording and mplayer playing back wav > Front panel mic and spkr, ok > built-in, only spkr works strange. is there perhaps a switch/jumper on the board or bios option to choose front or rear audio? -- [email protected] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
