Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 01:26:13 -0600 (CST) From: Josh Tolbert <hemi@scoundrelz.net> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sound frustration. Message-ID: <20030103012017.K6469-100000@view.scoundrelz.net> In-Reply-To: <3E150F12.DEBB976E@mindspring.com>
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Hi Terry, On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Terry Lambert wrote: > Josh Tolbert wrote: > > Hi guys, > > I have a PC164LX, 533MHz 21164A and 1G RAM. I'm planning on using > > the machine for a workstation and sound would be nice. I've been fighting > > with this machine sound-wise for about three days now, so I decided to ask > > for help. > > I'm pretty sure that this box has an embedded ESS1888 or CS4231 > chip, doesn't it? Can't you use that instead of sticking in your > own sound card? Back when I had a 164-based board it has the > Crystal Semiconductor sound chip. > > If not, you might want to try reading: > > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.6.2R/hardware-alpha.html > > ...specifically: > > >>> SET PCI_PARITY OFF > > There are known parity problems, that could interfere with > hardware trying to use the same bus, given that they aren't > cleared like you'd expect. > > Thanks for the suggestions. The PC164LX doesn't have integrated sound and PCI_PARITY was disabled a while ago. What sound cards use this magic ES1888 chip that everyone says works? > > If I put any sound card on the 32-bit bus, I have serious problems > > with the IDE drives in the machine. The problems eventually cause the > > machine to panic when it tries to detect the drives and eventually times > > out. > > I don't know which bridge this thing has, but a lot of the old > PCI bridges used to be limited to 2 bus master DMA devices, and > attempts to install more than 2 ended up with bogus mastering > negotiations happening. > > Other than that, you can hope someone else says something... that's > all I can say about it, myself, sorry. > > -- Terry > Thanks again, Josh To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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