Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 07:35:24 -0500 From: "David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net> To: "Andrew Gordon" <arg@arg1.demon.co.uk> Cc: "Michael J. Turner" <mike@inethouston.net>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: SoundBlaster PCI 128 Message-ID: <03ed01c0d23b$323659a0$931576d8@inethouston.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105011325140.54688-100000@server.arg.sj.co.uk>
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Ah yes, I remember now, I dont' have an AMR slot, but the jumper isn't defaulted to on for the card. Thanks very much. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Gordon" <arg@arg1.demon.co.uk> To: "David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net> Cc: "Michael J. Turner" <mike@inethouston.net>; <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 7:29 AM Subject: Re: SoundBlaster PCI 128 > On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, David W. Chapman Jr. wrote: > > > I have the same problem. I have 2 identical systems with onboard ct5880 chips(sb128). Both are 4.3-stable, one works correctly, the other does not. On the system that does not work I get this upon bootup > > > > pcm0: <AudioPCI ES1371> port 0xd400-0xd43f irq 10 at device 14.0 on pci0 > > pcm0: ac97 codec invalid or not present (id == 0) > > device_probe_and_attach: pcm0 attach returned 6 > > Check the jumpers on your motherboard. > > Many motherboards with on-board sound also have an 'AMR' slot into which > a card can theoretically be inserted carrying a better/different > codec. Such motherboards typically have a row of jumpers that can connect > the sound chip (or sound function in the southbridge) to either the > on-board codec or the AMR slot. > > The error you quoted above is exactly what you get if the jumpers are set > for the AMR slot rather than the on-board codec but the AMR slot is empty. > > Since you have two machines and one of them works, you can just compare > the jumpers between them; you don't even have to search for the > motherboard manual :-) > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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