Is there any possibility that crashing-crunching audio noise that now obscures all audio output could be anything but a hardware problem? Yes. Check either KMix or AlsaMixerGUI and play with ALL the options. You may find that one or two need to be set/unset, raised/lowered, whatever for your sound device. KMix is catching up to AlsaMixerGUI as far as having all
On Wednesday 29 June 2005 3:22 pm, mlist@safenet-inc.com wrote: the available options of your sound device available. KMix will load in the systray area for mouse-over, scroll-wheel master volume changes plus other left/right click options.
SuSE 9.3 (install, not update), so I don't know for certain that it's not software. (Unlikely, I know, but...)
It's not the speakers ( tried headphones). I checked all cable connections for snug fit... well, really there's just the one internal cable from the CD drive to MB. Nothing is unduly hot and nothing smells bad in the vicinity of the motherboard. The noise is intermittent and rises and falls with volume-slider settings.
Looks like I need to spend a few bucks on a soundcard? Any other diagnosing I should do first? All software is straight off the DVD and kept up with YOU... but a software glitch couldn't make noise that way, could it? Good troubleshooting so far. Try KMix and/or AlsaMixerGUI.
Kevin
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