From owner-freebsd-multimedia Mon Apr 9 16:39:54 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from hoemlsrv.firewall.lucent.com (hoemail1.lucent.com [192.11.226.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF94937B424 for ; Mon, 9 Apr 2001 16:39:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dmobrien@lucent.com) Received: from hoemlsrv.firewall.lucent.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hoemlsrv.firewall.lucent.com (Pro-8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA09272 for ; Mon, 9 Apr 2001 19:39:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from cbmail.cb.lucent.com (h135-7-68-153.lucent.com [135.7.68.153]) by hoemlsrv.firewall.lucent.com (Pro-8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA09246; Mon, 9 Apr 2001 19:39:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from dmobrien.lra.lucent.com (dmobrien.lra.lucent.com [135.7.131.21] (may be forged)) by cbmail.cb.lucent.com (8.8.8+Sun/EMS-1.5 sol2) id TAA21480; Mon, 9 Apr 2001 19:39:44 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 19:39:48 -0400 (EDT) From: "Dan O'Brien" X-Sender: dmobrien@dmobrien.lra.lucent.com To: Remy Nonnenmacher Cc: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG, ejc@bazzle.com Subject: Re: SB Vibra16x, no sound (fbsd 4.1 release) In-Reply-To: <200104091649.f39GnjC65661@luxren2.boostworks.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Remy Nonnenmacher wrote: > On 8 Apr, Dan O'Brien wrote: > > I'm using FreeBSD 4.1 Release (off the cdroms) and can't get my Sound > > Blaster Vibra16X sound card to make much sound. It is configured > > correctly, probes nicely, good status, no kernel messages, mixer values > > non-zero, and when I cat an AU file into /dev/audio I hear just a very > > faint, very short sound segment thru amplified speakers (yes, I have them > > plugged into the correct hole :-) > What is probably happening is that Creative Labs uses either AC97 > standard mixers or private ones (unfortunetly the card keeps the SB16 or > Vibra brand name). Check your card and look for a small chip (like > 'CT-1297') or any other propritary mixer. If this is the case, trash > your card. This thing is not supported. Well, I'm not sure what I'm looking at. The board says Sound Blaster Model CT4170 at the top and (C) Creative Technology LTD 1977, Made in Singapore, at the bottom. There is one big multi-lead chip on the left that looks like it traces to all the socket tabs that plug into the ISA bus socket. This chip reads: Vibra 16xv, Creative Tech '96, CT2511-SAT, AP9YL9727, Korea. (Is this the proprietary chip?) There is a small 8 pin chip to its right that reads: TL072C. Up top, next to the cdrom sound input socket, there is a 14 pin chip that reads: 77C255ST, MC3404. A few more small 8 pin chips scattered on the board. Then on the left, next to the output/input sockets, a big chip that reads: TSA1517P, G12005, YSH9725, (an amplifier I presume). Pitch this card? Thanks, Dan O'Brien Work: 614-860-2392 Home: 740-927-2178 Cell: 614-783-4859 ---------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message