Compaq Evo N410c sound?

[stan]

On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 07:53:15AM +0200, Robert Blacqui?re wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 06:11:29PM -0400, stan wrote:
> <snip>
> > 
> > ./MAKEDEV sndo with the cwd == /dev, right?
> > 
> > Just did that, still no sound :-(
> > 
> 
> Mmh what does cat /dev/sndstat tells you and does the sound card get
> listed in the dmesg? May be it is not the correct sound driver? 
> After looking on the compaq support site, it looks like you have a ich3
> buildin soundcard. If you try to do kldload snd_ich, is sound working?
> 

More news, booted into Linux, and after I install teh apropriate module.
this machine wil "sort of" play an MP3. It "stutters" _a lot_. I'm
suspecting a BIOS issues based upon this page:

http://larve.net/people/hugo/2002/12/evo410

Unfortunately, it will be Monday before I can update the BIOS, as the
downloadable update only runs under windows (where t creates a boot update
disk, tell me why the need windows for this ?). I have no M$ based
machines, and I will have to wait to acces one at work (no not mine,
somebody elses).

Unlesss some kind soul wants to download it, and mail me the floppy image
it creates?




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