Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2271 mails)

[Carl Hartung <suselinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 2004-04-11 at 13:54, Fred Miller wrote:
> On Sunday 11 April 2004 9:32 am, Sid Boyce wrote:
> > Installed this new motherboard, but can't get 9.0 Pro to load the
> > correct sound modules. YaST doesn't seem to be able to handle the 2.6.x
> > kernels. The previous motherboard on which 9.0 was installed had a PCI
> > ens1371 card, whereas this one has on-board sound. I've tried
> > snd-ens1371, snd-intel8x0 and snd-via82xx, but all report Unknown
> > symbols. I've noticed that this board has 2 separate sound sections,
> > SPDIF and a normal one.
> 
> Sid, I admit to my dislike of Asus and have fought problems with their boards 
> for a long time. The easiest and best way I've found, is to disable sound on 
> the board and install a PCI sound card. Be greatfull you don't have more 
> serious problems with it.
> 
> Fred
> 
> -- 
> "Steve Ballmer is no more designed for the art of persuasion 
> than the Abrams tank is for delivering meals on wheels."

Hi all,

There's a new "all OS's" BIOS update for that MB on Asus' website.

- go to http://usa.asus.com/index.html
- click on 'Downloads'
- at "Please input Model Name" field, enter "A7N8X-E" and click "Go!"
- the second file in the list is C18E1010.zip dated 03/31/2004

My 2 cents:  I'd try updating the BIOS first.  Of course, YMMV.

Good luck & regards,

- Carl

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