Hallo Ralf! The slots can't be dirty or corroded. As I said, the board is new. The one before that, I had for years. :-) I now know, that the midi works. I tested it with Beatrix and it receives data. I might have done the same thing with aseqdump I suspect. :-) So yes, I might be the ice1712 chip. Sometimes it gives the normal "click', when booting, which tells me, that something is happening with the card and sometimes it doesn't. It gave a very audible click, but nothing to pop my ears, when I reset the internal clock. So I guess I must really face it. :-( Warm regards Julien =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Such Is Life: Very Intensely Adorable; Free And Jubilating Amazement Revels, Dancing On - FLOWERS! ====== Find my music at ====== http://juliencoder.de/nama/music.html ..................................... "If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you." (Winnie the Pooh)

Hi Arnold! Thanks for your concern. But as I said. The card is running again. Don't ask me why and how it works, but it does and I've put it through the hoops. :-) Kind regards Julien =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Such Is Life: Very Intensely Adorable; Free And Jubilating Amazement Revels, Dancing On - FLOWERS! ====== Find my music at ====== http://juliencoder.de/nama/music.html ..................................... "If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you." (Winnie the Pooh)