[LAU] Are my sound cards really dead?

[david]

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.

Maybe try booting one of the Linux audio distro CDs (pure:dyne, Ubuntu 
Studio, Musix, etc) and see if the sound devices work there?

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David
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