Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 18:01:28 +0100 From: Gavin Atkinson <gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk> To: Ryan Freeman <ryan@slipgate.org> Cc: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Subject: Re: Low volume sound on Dell Precision 530 (snd_ich) Message-ID: <1096304488.3329.50.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20040927163418.GA55588@slipgate.org> References: <20040927065752.19038.qmail@new.transactionware.com> <200409271724.33417.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20040927.101016.116855223.imp@bsdimp.com> <20040927163418.GA55588@slipgate.org>
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On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 17:34, Ryan Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Sep 27, 2004 at 10:10:16AM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote: > > In message: <200409271724.33417.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> > > "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> writes: > > : Try fiddling with the mixer settings? > > : > > : eg.. > > : mixer pcm 100 > > : mixer ogain 100 > > : mixer vol 100 > > > > When I try these with my Sony, I get it loud, but distorted. I just > > assumed that this was due to wimpy amps in ich sound parts. > > > > try setting the pcm and ogain to about 80 or so. with my sblive, if i turn > the pcm up all the way, it gets distorted. about 80% is fine. never used ogain > myself but maybe it applies for you? oh and the master volume doesn't distort > for me so i let it slide from 0 to 100 depending on what i'm listening to ;) Hmm, are these all ICH chipsets? I'm seeing the same on my desktop machine (ICH5 chipset). I have an identical system running Windows which I can turn up to 100% without distortion, and it is louder, too, which suggests to me that it may not be the output stage being saturated. Gavin
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