Hi Peter, > Not 100% sure from the logs but you've got a lot of mixer channels muted, > maybe PCM isn't getting amped.
Using audioctl and mixerctl I changed all the output settings that can be changed, one by one. Unfortunately no effect. Anyway I feel that if the outputs were wrong, this would not affect mplayer being able to play the file without freezing. >Also try 44100 Hz. I tried but audioctl will not let me lower the Hz rate below 48000 Hz. > >Is there something else I can try before getting a PCI soundcard? > > Update BIOS and any other firmware. As far as I know, the BIOS is the only firmware existing on this computer. I'm on BIOS version 210. According to http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_Socket_939/A8VMX/#download the 2 BIOS updates more recent than this one are to "Support new CPUs." I wonder how accurate this info is (i.e. do they fail to mention other things the BIOS update achieves...). I'm kind of reluctant to flash the BIOS in case I brick the beast. Brett.
