From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tobin Davis Subject: Re: no front speaker sound with ALC262 Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:28:41 -0700 Message-ID: <1206728921.756.512.camel@razman> References: <165af2360802221645p9fa6bb0y3a5573caa7bcdbd7@mail.gmail.com> <47BF84BF.702@versatile.com> <47BF8500.1050802@versatile.com> <7D68F908-875D-4EDE-B25D-CCBDD4E4A339@gmail.com> <47DEA53B.4030207@versatile.com> <1205778900.27317.160.camel@razman.gruemaster.com> <47DEC0BD.5090403@versatile.com> <1205781169.27317.165.camel@razman.gruemaster.com> <47DECB8E.7060007@versatile.com> <1205792180.27317.188.camel@razman.gruemaster.com> <47DFBF93.6060308@versatile.com> <1206212954.6591.17.camel@razman> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from iron2.pdx.net (iron2.pdx.net [69.64.224.71]) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCA4C24773 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:28:45 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org To: Rene Dohmen Cc: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org I'm still waiting for my demo unit from Tangent. Latest update is they think it may be a hardware issue (missing a resistor). I should know more Monday. If this is the case, then the driver should work with very minor modifications (subsystem ID addition). Tobin On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 11:40 +0100, Rene Dohmen wrote: > > > Op Mar 22, 2008, om 8:09 PM heeft Tobin Davis het volgende geschreven: > > > > > Rene, don't bother bugging Tangent. I have a demo unit on the way. > > My first priority is getting the driver working. > > > > Tangent really won't help much - their a distributor, not the OEM. > > This is an MSI Crystal 945 in a Tangent shell. > > > > > > > I know that the system is actually a Crystal 945. I got the > touchscreen working via a dev driver from salt (so not tangent) > On the mainboard there is a conenctor: JFP1that goes to the ms4088 > board. The mainboard connects to: > - power led > - hdd led > - speakers > - main power switch > > > I can provide you with some photoos if you like. > > > As stated earlier: the sound is working by with very low volume > levels > > > > > > > > If you want to try something, see if the bios can be reflashed with > > the Crystal 945 firmware. > > > > > > > I sound working with the original crystal? I don't think tangent has > flshed their BIOS to another version. > In the crystal 945 specs I found that the're using a Realtek ALC262 > with azalia codec, maybe this helps. > > > Rene > > > > > > > As to the speaker board, where on the main board is it mounted? Is > > the header labeled? How many pins? It sounds like the speakers may > > be on the front panel header, which would make them function like > > headphones. Or this board is custom build for this application and > > I don't know what I'm talking about. > > > > Tobin > > > > > > On Sat, 2008-03-22 at 18:59 +0100, Rene Dohmen wrote: > > > > > Hi Guys, > > > > > > I'm glad t o read that there are other people with the same problem > > > on the same system. > > > I just opened my Tangent 8000S and it has indeed a MSI mainboard: > > > MS7290. The speakers are connected to a small custom board: MS-4088 > > > There's no extra chip on this customboard and the board is directly > > > connected to the mainboard. So probably the signal leaving the > > > mainboard in amplified already. (or there's a amplifier builtin the > > > speakers) > > > > > > Next week i'll have some time to put tangent under some more pressure > > > for info, so maybe that will speed up things a little bit. > > > > > > Grz Rene > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Alsa-devel mailing list > > > Alsa-devel@alsa-project.org > > > http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel > > > > -- Tobin Davis > > > > > > love, n.: > > When you don't want someone too close--because you're very sensitive > > to pleasure. > > -- Tobin Davis I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half. -- Jay Gould