The basic idea is the same as an internal sound card, since the internal sound card is not working, there should be no problems. Yes they have plenty of power to drive any headphone, even more than internal soundcards in most cases.
In regards to your previous posting: do turn in HD audio, and do set it to AC97 and turn off dvi audio ... maybe that should fix your problem. Cheers Sam On Wednesday, November 8, 2017 10:16:37 PM MST Joe S wrote: > The usb sound adapter looks like a good idea. Should be fine for > my needs; using stereo. I am curious: how would this differ from an > internal sound card? Would I disable the integrated sound? How much > power does this have; enough to drive a set off stereo headphones? > > Joe > > On Tue, 7 Nov 2017 14:58:24 -0700 (MST) > > Greg King <wgk...@shaw.ca> wrote: > > I had sound problems with Linux on a relatively new MOBO a while back > > and solved it with an external USB sound adapter like the Vantec USB > > External 7.1 Audio Adapter > > https://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX31016 . > > > > Worked like a charm. Eventually the sound support showed up in a > > newer Kernel, but I think it was years later for me since I run LTS > > versions of Mint and don't run bleeding edge kernels. > > > > Greg > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Joe S" <joes...@shaw.ca> > > To: "clug-talk@clug.ca clug-talk@clug.ca" <clug-talk@clug.ca> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 7, 2017 12:50:46 PM > > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Need driver for Sound > > > > I tried alsamixer and pavcontrol and didn't make any better. I tried > > Intel and they didn't have any audio drivers for my cpu. > > > > Joe > > > > On Tue, 7 Nov 2017 10:05:58 -0700 > > > > Neil Mayhew <n...@neil.mayhew.name> wrote: > > > Another app to try is pavucontrol. > > > > > > On 2017-11-07 06:48 AM, Sam Khangyi wrote: > > > > Try alsamixer , it should be installed by default, and increase > > > > the hardware volumes there, it will automatically save and > > > > remember the settings. > > > > > > > > alsamixer is a tui application, and it does have access to devices > > > > and outputs the gui interface does not, find them and tinker away. > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Sam > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > clug-talk@clug.ca > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > clug-talk@clug.ca > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
