Re: ASUS A7V8X-MX SE Motherboard

[Gain Paolo Mureddu <gmureddu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Anthropos wrote:

> I have installed Fedora Core 3 on the subject motherboard.  During the 
> reboot after installation, the sound system is tested.  At this time, I 
> heard the right channel, left channel, and both channels at normal volumes 
> and, therefore, I clicked 'yes' to the question asking if I had heard the 
> sound.
>
> After logging in as 'root', I have to turn the volume to 100% and the PCM to 
> 100% in the software settings and I have to turn the volume knob on the 
> speakers to 100% to hear sound.  What happened?...
>
> The MB has an AD1980 device (AC'97 SoundMax) that is recognized as a VIA 
> 8235.
>
>  
Try using the suggestions for that card of how do you need to configure 
modules.conf/modprobe.conf and try restarting the alsasound service so 
the changes take effect, use alsamixer to set the volumes and that 
should be it.