Re: compaq presario 706 EA via 686a sound card

[salvador <salvador@inti.gov.ar>]

salvador wrote:

> Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > Its common for laptops to have some kind of amplifier control (to powersave
> > better). Firstly does the problem show up with ACPI not compiled into the
> > system ?
> >
> > If it still shows up then I guess you want to try flipping the EAPD bit
> > on the AC97 codec and hoping that the amp was wired conventionally
>
> I agree:
> I just read the mail of other user with this problem. As I pointed in that
> mail the codec seems to be AD1885 or newer (AD1885 is 0x60 and this machine
> seems to have 0x61, maybe a revision, didn't have time to look for data
> sheets).

Replying to myself ;-), it seems to be AD1886 chip, can't get the datasheet but
1885 is 0x60 and 1887 datasheet says 0x62, I can bet 0x61 is 1886 and the user
should try adding it to the ac97_module.c list using the same options that 1885
use.

SET

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