From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Sep 11 15:07:43 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F90DBD684E for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2016 15:07:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lobo@bsd.com.br) Received: from mail-qk0-x235.google.com (mail-qk0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c09::235]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 63829A5A for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2016 15:07:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lobo@bsd.com.br) Received: by mail-qk0-x235.google.com with SMTP id z190so110741665qkc.3 for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2016 08:07:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bsd.com.br; s=capeta; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=xRytD51l0ljTe3wG2++NwOZesRuRboRDCQeVnGHAksI=; b=eSR1tDufSm+C86wae21bLX1UJZ6q1AesFqE6EJpbnUZ/BIunFiWFpGL/SDjgU/JoCb Yu1yDeX5tcJ5gYjK7eJNx86iZaC6BCIeWLNyGdAxkYBpRvR7voaesiTOCAOD0hXQWpAM N82u4BooZbTphis+iCPm7CBNQ2brovJdYmrDI= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:organization:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=xRytD51l0ljTe3wG2++NwOZesRuRboRDCQeVnGHAksI=; b=MgY8cnYgcYZPYvQov2WEUIE1z6+sBZRAFmH5fzqDfT4FL6FTundBmX7uk9XpzIbaSO 02k8ocfcEoDD4vBu5jDC0UXBM67BdB5+iFx178ieB5vVUbzbMS9TLRsn9gbmO905Q3CZ RpWSlkHLJVGZl5Mhnq9U8vn1z57Ul4Gbnph9EbtLFK1dbP7yepvx/rRrgEC4oF6tHENy 9XHKAD+kI7HpPbXbTyTgj0XGmK+YCGqtMIcMy5rrSgugdigfKe1QtLAcHxwWge4J6sWT oKOVIHEsDySLddShLk++lMTaXTr/sUeVFew53NPhQtZuq8gXw/bQjHjg/tBgGB5zetW/ blfA== X-Gm-Message-State: AE9vXwNHz0jTas880CeJmWEnmqWOdbU7ao/FnAQqKv98AkwNxA6qE+LuauQUiRCc6TooMg== X-Received: by 10.55.11.137 with SMTP id 131mr14305401qkl.65.1473606462084; Sun, 11 Sep 2016 08:07:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Papi ([177.98.208.150]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id w184sm7772476qkw.38.2016.09.11.08.07.40 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 11 Sep 2016 08:07:41 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2016 12:07:59 -0300 From: Mario Lobo To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Will installing a separate sound card work? Message-ID: <20160911120759.6b86aec9@Papi> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: BSD X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.13.2 (GTK+ 2.24.29; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2016 15:07:43 -0000 On Sat, 10 Sep 2016 17:48:23 +0000 Manish Jain wrote: > Hi, > > In my computer hardware upgrade project (which has already seen me > switch 3 motherboards and 2 CPU's in 1 month), I have reached a point > where I need to invest a bit further. My current Gigabyte GA970 > motherboard is working perfectly, except that the onboard sound > (Realtek) is aweful, with a whole lot of high-pitch hiss accompanying > the sound whenever I try to play any music. > > I would like to solve the problem by installing a separate internal > sound card - the best option appears to be Asus Xonar DG PCI Internal > Sound Card with a C-Media CMI8786 chipset. Will my idea of disabling > the onboard sound and installing the separate card work ? My > motherboard's BIOS does provide the option to disable the onboard > sound. So I think the question simply boils down to whether the > CMI8786 chipset be supported by the FreeBSD kernel. > > Thanks for any help. > Manish Jain > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Hi Manish; Don't know if my model is EXACTLY like yours. I have a GB 970A-UD3P mobo, running BSD 10-STABLE and the sound is working perfectly. -- Mario Lobo http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br FreeBSD since 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!] "UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things."