diff -ur virgin/sound/pci/au88x0/au88x0_eq.c working/sound/pci/au88x0/au88x0_eq.c
--- virgin/sound/pci/au88x0/au88x0_eq.c	2004-09-08 14:18:17.000000000 -0400
+++ working/sound/pci/au88x0/au88x0_eq.c	2004-09-08 14:33:38.000000000 -0400
@@ -52,37 +52,33 @@
 	hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x2b3c8, level);
 }
 
+static inline short sign_invert(short a)
+{
+	/* -(-32768) -> -32768 so we do -(-32768) -> 32767 to make the result positive */
+	if (a == -32768)
+		return 32767;
+	else
+		return -a;
+}
+
 static void vortex_EqHw_SetLeftCoefs(vortex_t * vortex, u16 coefs[])
 {
 	eqhw_t *eqhw = &(vortex->eq.this04);
-	int eax, i = 0, n /*esp2c */;
+	int i = 0, n /*esp2c */;
 
 	for (n = 0; n < eqhw->this04; n++) {
 		hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x2b000 + n * 0x30, coefs[i + 0]);
 		hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x2b004 + n * 0x30, coefs[i + 1]);
 
 		if (eqhw->this08 == 0) {
-			hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x2b008 + n * 0x30, coefs[i + 2]);
-			hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x2b00c + n * 0x30, coefs[i + 3]);
-			eax = coefs[i + 4];	//esp24;
+			hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x2b008 + n * 0x30, coefs[i + 2] & 0xffff);
+			hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x2b00c + n * 0x30, coefs[i + 3] & 0xffff);
+			hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x2b010 + n * 0x30, coefs[i + 4] & 0xffff);
 		} else {
-			if (coefs[2 + i] == 0x8000)
-				eax = 0x7fff;
-			else
-				eax = ~coefs[2 + i];
-			hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x2b008 + n * 0x30, eax & 0xffff);
-			if (coefs[3 + i] == 0x8000)
-				eax = 0x7fff;
-			else
-				eax = ~coefs[3 + i];
-			hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x2b00c + n * 0x30, eax & 0xffff);
-			if (coefs[4 + i] == 0x8000)
-				eax = 0x7fff;
-			else
-				eax = ~coefs[4 + i];
+			hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x2b008 + n * 0x30, sign_invert(coefs[2 + i]) & 0xffff);
+			hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x2b00c + n * 0x30, sign_invert(coefs[3 + i]) & 0xffff);
+		        hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x2b010 + n * 0x30, sign_invert(coefs[4 + i]) & 0xffff);
 		}
-		hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x2b010 + n * 0x30, eax);
-
 		i += 5;
 	}
 }
@@ -90,33 +86,21 @@
 static void vortex_EqHw_SetRightCoefs(vortex_t * vortex, u16 coefs[])
 {
 	eqhw_t *eqhw = &(vortex->eq.this04);
-	int i = 0, n /*esp2c */, eax;
+	int i = 0, n /*esp2c */;
 
 	for (n = 0; n < eqhw->this04; n++) {
 		hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x2b1e0 + n * 0x30, coefs[0 + i]);
 		hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x2b1e4 + n * 0x30, coefs[1 + i]);
 
 		if (eqhw->this08 == 0) {
-			hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x2b1e8 + n * 0x30, coefs[2 + i]);
-			hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x2b1ec + n * 0x30, coefs[3 + i]);
-			eax = coefs[4 + i];	//*esp24;
+			hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x2b1e8 + n * 0x30, coefs[2 + i] & 0xffff);
+			hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x2b1ec + n * 0x30, coefs[3 + i] & 0xffff);
+			hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x2b1f0 + n * 0x30, coefs[4 + i] & 0xffff);
 		} else {
-			if (coefs[2 + i] == 0x8000)
-				eax = 0x7fff;
-			else
-				eax = ~(coefs[2 + i]);
-			hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x2b1e8 + n * 0x30, eax & 0xffff);
-			if (coefs[3 + i] == 0x8000)
-				eax = 0x7fff;
-			else
-				eax = ~coefs[3 + i];
-			hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x2b1ec + n * 0x30, eax & 0xffff);
-			if (coefs[4 + i] == 0x8000)
-				eax = 0x7fff;
-			else
-				eax = ~coefs[4 + i];
+			hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x2b1e8 + n * 0x30, sign_invert(coefs[2 + i]) & 0xffff);
+			hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x2b1ec + n * 0x30, sign_invert(coefs[3 + i]) & 0xffff);
+			hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x2b1f0 + n * 0x30, sign_invert(coefs[4 + i]) & 0xffff);
 		}
-		hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x2b1f0 + n * 0x30, eax);
 		i += 5;
 	}
 
@@ -188,22 +172,12 @@
 static void vortex_EqHw_SetBypassGain(vortex_t * vortex, u16 a, u16 b)
 {
 	eqhw_t *eqhw = &(vortex->eq.this04);
-	int eax;
-
 	if (eqhw->this08 == 0) {
 		hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x2b3d4, a);
 		hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x2b3ec, b);
 	} else {
-		if (a == 0x8000)
-			eax = 0x7fff;
-		else
-			eax = ~a;
-		hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x2b3d4, eax & 0xffff);
-		if (b == 0x8000)
-			eax = 0x7fff;
-		else
-			eax = ~b;
-		hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x2b3ec, eax & 0xffff);
+		hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x2b3d4, sign_invert(a) & 0xffff);
+		hwwrite(vortex->mmio, 0x2b3ec, sign_invert(b) & 0xffff);
 	}
 }