Intel HDA driver on Asus A8N-VM CSM

Wesley Morgan morganw at chemikals.org
Wed Sep 13 11:12:42 PDT 2006


On Wed, 13 Sep 2006, Matthew D. Fuller wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 09:06:17PM +1200 I heard the voice of
> Al Muckart, and lo! it spake thus:
>>
>> I also experienced something I found with the OSS driver, which is
>> that there seems to be a lot of interference from the USB system, I
>> can *hear* my mouse moving around. There is also interference from
>> the onboard graphics system, when I drag windows around in X there
>> is a loud buzzing noise. Even were there no squeal, this makes the
>> device unusable to play music.
>
> This may be purely electrical in nature.  The inside of a computer is
> a nasty RF environment to do audio oscillation in.  I have a Intel
> Providence (dual PPro) a system with an onboard (Crystal) audio
> chipset where I could hear video events with the sound turned up.
> Wasn't enough with speakers at normal volume to be a bother, but with
> headphones I could almost tell what was happening with my eyes shut

I had a pair of headphones that would pick up an AM station when they were 
plugged in to my system. I also worked there in high school, what are the 
odds!


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