[LAU] Are my sound cards really dead?

[Joel Roth]

On Fri, May 07, 2010 at 07:05:55PM -0700, Bob van der Poel wrote:
> I've got 2 dead sound devices and am wondering if there is any way to
> determine if the death is complete or a software issue?
> 
> 1. My Audiophile 2496 has been working for years in my computer. A few
> months ago it just stopped. At the time I figured it was a software
> upgrade issue with pulseaudio, etc. so I pulled the card and ran with
> the on-board sound on my Asus motherboard. Didn't sound wonderful, but
> not to bad ... and I really did intend to upgrade the software "real
> soon" so I just lived with it. Until today...
> 
> 2. the on board sound on the Asus MB decided that "white noise" was
> much more appreciated by me than the Ornette Coleman which I was
> playing. Okay, it might be right ... but several reboots later it was
> still insisting on static.
> 
> So, I reinstalled the 2496 but it refuses to output anything. Even
> tried with the envy24control program and was unable to get any bars to
> show any activity.

hmmm. what about trying this command to see if the correct
module is loaded?

	lsmod | grep 1712   # should show snd-ice1712

If that fails, you can try unplugging and replugging the card.

If the driver is loaded, try checking this:

	cat /proc/asound/cards

If that works, you could still be having a mixer issue.

Hope that helps

Joel


> Ended up by installing a cheap soundblaster card from the bottom of my
> junk box. It's playing right now, and it's not great, but not really
> awful.
> 
> So, any way to see if either the on board or the 2496 has any life left in them?
> 
> Failing that, what's the current recommended consumer grade card? I'll
> probably never use the inputs on the card for recording.
> 
> 
> 
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