[linux-audio-user] poll regarding ASUS A8N motherboards

[Ivica Ico Bukvic]

Hi all,

Here's my 6-month ongoing saga with these.

After buying 2 machines from Thinkmate, I've had nothing but trouble trying
to get these to be "clean" as far as the audio output is concerned.

I tried A8N-SLI and its newer version A8N32-SLI motherboard (for AMD64). The
problem is that even if I disable internal soundcard and run the machine
with external soundcard or an internal PCI card (i.e. Delta 1010LT), I get
noises when moving mouse as well as a nasty ground-like noise.

I tried:

*changing the motherboard
*disabling internal soundcard
*there is no internal speaker so that did not have any bearing
*exchanging the power supply
*removing the motherboard from the case and running it only with a video
card and HDs to see if the case had some issues
*tried muting all audio

Every time, I still have the noise propagating even through the external FW
soundcard. Every time I move the mouse or a window.

So, my questions are:

Does anyone have A8N series motherboards and if so, do you have any noises?

Are the nforce motherboard trash overall or is this one-of-a-kind lemon?

Is there a good AMD64 motherboard which can be recommended?

Any help is most appreciated!

Best wishes,

Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A.
Composition, Music Technology, CCTAD, CHCI
Virginia Tech
Dept. of Music - 0240
Blacksburg, VA 24061
(540) 231-1137
(540) 231-5034 (fax)
ico at vt.edu
http://www.music.vt.edu/people/faculty/bukvic/