Persistent sound hangs (2.0.0 - 2.2.0pre4 tested)

Erik Inge Bolso (knan@mo.himolde.no)
Mon, 4 Jan 1999 05:26:40 +0100 (CET)


Hi all.

I'm having very persistent trouble using the standard sound drivers, I
suspect a hardware glitch, either in the soundcard or in the mainboard
chipset.

The computer randomly hangs solid when it completes playing a sound file,
probably when releasing the sound device. The only thing I can do when
this occurs is cycle the power or press the reset button. (This happens in
all OS's I've tried as well, Linux/MS-DOS/several windoze versions - so
probably a hardware problem)

This is probably a hardware problem. But if a software workaround is
possible, this list probably is the place to go for help.

Hardware:

Old Hyundai ISA-only 486 mainboard, w/VIA VT82C480 chipset...
(this machine was low-end when I bought it in '94 :-)

SoundBlaster 16 Value (firmware 4.11) at
IO - 0x220, IRQ - 7, DMA - 1, DMA16bit - 5

Alan? I recently saw you saying something on the list to a guy who seemed
to have the same problem... suggestions? Maybe VIA has been buggy for a
longer time than we thought?

I've tried changing IRQ's, to no avail. Running the system for a long time
without any sound driver and watching for use of DMA 1 and/or 5 by other
cards has gone to no avail. And there is no problem with I/O 0x220, as far
as I can ascertain.

(I talked to a guy who had the same chipset+soundblaster combination ...
he solved his problem by buying a cheap soundblaster-clone... wimp's way
out *grin*)

(A CC: to knan@mo.himolde.no of any replies would be welcome)

--
Erik I. Bolsų <knan at mo.himolde.no>
The White Tower: http://home.sol.no/~eibolsoe/

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