[ale] Sound weirdness

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> 
> From: BruceG <griffisb at bellsouth.net>
> Date: 2004/07/09 Fri AM 01:01:27 EDT
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] Sound weirdness
> 
> Hey all,
> 
>       I've got a strange problem going on with the sound on my desktop. My son 
> and wife took the desktop apart, moved it, then put it back together again. 
> Think it got smacked a few times (had a hard time starting it, constant alarm 
> going off). It seems to run fine, now - and I can get sound playing CDs with 
> KSCD. I also get sound from the Hauppage TV card. It has a cable connecting 
> it to the EnsonIQ1370 card.
> 
>       The weirdness comes in when I try to play games, or play music with XMMS 
> at Shoutcast. I just get static. No sound at all. I don't think it's a 
> hardware problem as the connection between the soundcard and my Boston 
> Accoustics soundsystem works fine when playing CDs and TV. I don't know where 
> to start looking for a software problem.
> 
>       Any pointers? KMix shows the sound is up, not muted. XMMS is using the 
> Artsd driver four audio output. This one has me beat.
> 
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I would try reseating the sound card in the PCI slot.  If it was handled rough, there is a good chance that it might have become undone.

Calvin...