From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tobin Davis Subject: Re: no front speaker sound with ALC262 Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:31:08 -0700 Message-ID: <1208266268.1115.155.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> <1206728921.756.512.camel@razman> <69D07E29-4C67-45C7-B980-BBF6B553C070@gmail.com> <1206970216.756.648.camel@razman> <0B0C00D1-11B5-48D7-9E8C-A898D49FE904@gmail.com> 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 90C2C103801 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:31:11 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <0B0C00D1-11B5-48D7-9E8C-A898D49FE904@gmail.com> 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 them to send it to me. Last I heard it was held up due to some resistor modifications, but that was two weeks ago. Tobin On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 12:02 +0200, Rene Dohmen wrote: > Tobin, > > > Did you receive the unit? > I'm wondering if you had some progress already. > > Greets, > Rene > > > Op Mar 31, 2008, om 3:30 PM heeft Tobin Davis het volgende geschreven: > > > Yes, it would. Hmmm > > > > Well, I hope they send the unit today. > > > > Tobin > > > > On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 13:57 +0200, Rene Dohmen wrote: > >> > >> with the preinstalled win XP the sound is working OK. > >> So that would rule out hardware problems with the soundcard. > >> > >> > >> Rene > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Op Mar 28, 2008, om 7:28 PM heeft Tobin Davis het volgende > >> geschreven: > >> > >>> 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 > >> > >> > > -- Tobin Davis > > > > He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides. > > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-devel mailing list > Alsa-devel@alsa-project.org > http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel -- Tobin Davis "Life is a garment we continuously alter, but which never seems to fit." -- David McCord