a question on motherboard replacement - audio problem
I had to replace the motherboard since it no loger works.
Old motherboard:
http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWeb/Products/ProductsDetail.aspx?MenuID=26&LanID
=9&DetailID=193&DetailName=Specification
New motherboard:
http://www.foxconnchannel.com/products_motherboard_2.cfm?pName=K7S741GXMG
-6L
The new motherboard was the only one available in local market that
could allow me to use processor (AMD Athlon 1.4GHz) that I was using in
the old one.
I preserved the amount of RAM memory (1GB), although I had to change
from the type: 168-pin SDRAM DIMM socket (2 cards of 512MB) to the
type: 184-pin DIMM socket (1 card of 1GB), respectively from the
previous motherboard to the new one.
I did not change any other piece of hardware (a 30GB Maxtor hard drive,
a Lite-On DVDRW drive, an unknown brand floppy drive, and an AGP nVidia
video card successfully works with this new motherboard, using the
nvidia drivers set when using the old motherboard).
Everything that is in the hard disk, installed using the old
motherboard, seems to work well with the new motherboard, except for
sound.
After installing the new motherboard, I didn't run alsaconf and this is
how my sound was "behaving":
Gnome events sounds were very distorted and I could not make other
applications to obtain any sound. The applications are mplayer; browser
plugins like java, mplayer and flash; totem, xmms.
Of course the system was using a previous alsa configuration, set for a
different sound card. Thus, I ran alsaconf.
After I run alsaconf, all the above mentioned applications present a
satisfactory sound, however, Gnome events sounds do not play anymore.
After I terminate the Gnome session or even restart the computer, the
alsaconf setup seem to be lost as the sound condition reverses to the
one as described prior the alsaconf with the new motherboard.
I noticed this alsa error whenever the system or Gnome restart: No
state is present for card SI7012.
According to this page:
http://www.infosys.tuwien.ac.at/Staff/tg/SiS7012/ the audio in the new
motherboard doesn't seem to be unsupported by Linux.
Based on the above, and due to the sound issue, should I reinstall
Debian Sarge again or is there another thing that I should install or
reinstall, or run again, in order to fix this sound issue?
Thanks...
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