did you disable the onboard ac97 controller in bios setup? post the output of alsa-info.sh
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_Socket_939/A8NSLI/#specifications Audio Realtek ALC850 8 -Channel CODEC Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF out ports Audio Sensing and Enumeration Technology https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+question/205850 PCI Soundcards installed in the system !!-------------------------------------- 00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: NVIDIA Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a2) !!Advanced information - PCI Vendor/Device/Subsystem ID's !!------------------------------------------------------- 00:0d.0 0401: 10de:0059 (rev a2) Subsystem: 1043:812a !!AC97 Codec information !!--------------------- 0-0/0: Realtek ALC850 rev 0 PCI Subsys Vendor: 0x1043 PCI Subsys Device: 0x812a -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1067619 Title: onboard sound not available - only hdmi through soundcard available To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1067619/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
