A7V266-MX on-board sound problems

I have an ASUS A7V266-MX motherboard , and the on-board sound is not working in RHL . The driver CD for windows states that the driver name is the AD1980 SoundMAX Audio driver . Any help would be appreciated .

post the output of /sbin/lspci -v

if it is the ad1980 then have a look here

http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc...Devices#matrix

good luck.

Sorry , I was away for a few days . I will be printing the output of /sbin/lspic -v soon . Please bear with me .

Output of /sbin/lspci -v


00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3205
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 80f9
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 8
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Capabilities: [80] AGP version 3.5
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
Memory behind bridge: e8000000-e9ffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d0000000-dfffffff
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:0a.0 Communication controller: Rockwell International HCF 56k Data/Fax/Voice/Spkp (w/Handset) Modem (rev 01)
Subsystem: Rockwell International HCF 56k Data/Fax/Voice/Spkp (w/Handset) Modem
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5
Memory at ea000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
I/O ports at d000 [size=8]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2

00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 80ed
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
I/O ports at d400 [size=32]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 80ed
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
I/O ports at d800 [size=32]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 80ed
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5
I/O ports at dc00 [size=32]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 80ed
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 3
Memory at ea010000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 80f9
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 80ed
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
I/O ports at e000 [size=16]
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 80b0
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 5
I/O ports at e400 [size=256]
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 74)
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine II] Embeded Ethernet Controller on VT8235
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
I/O ports at ec00 [size=256]
Memory at ea011000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS315PRO PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS315PRO PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 39, IRQ 11
BIST result: 00
Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at e9000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
I/O ports at c000 [size=128]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [50] AGP version 2.0


The Motherboard manual says it is using the SoundMax integrated audio technology . I downloaded ALSA drivers and firmware , but how do I install it ?

this is the sound card

00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50) Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 80b0 Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 5 I/O ports at e400 [size=256] Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

and here is the alsa page that should help you

http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc...module=via82xx

good luck.

Thanks , Peacedog , for both the threads you helped in .

your welcome, glad you got it sorted.