if your Asus Supreme FX2 does not have any spdif out (optical or coaxial) you need to perform pin fixup to change pin default of node 0x1b from [Jack] SPDIF OUT to [N/A]
by early patching or hda-jack-retask https://launchpad.net/~diwic/+archive/hda http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/tree/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt Node 0x1b [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40030d: Stereo Digital Amp-Out Control: name="IEC958 Playback Volume", index=0, device=0 ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=Out, idx=0, ofs=0 Control: name="IEC958 Playback Source", index=0, device=0 Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x27, nsteps=0x27, stepsize=0x05, mute=1 Amp-Out vals: [0x1a 0x1a] Pincap 0x00000010: OUT Pin Default 0x0145f1a0: [Jack] SPDIF Out at Ext Rear Conn = Optical, Color = Other DefAssociation = 0xa, Sequence = 0x0 Misc = NO_PRESENCE Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT Connection: 1 0x02 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alsa-driver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1120853 Title: [AD1988B,] 5.1 surround sound unresposive or of poor quality Status in “alsa-driver” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: Card info is as follows... card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog] Subdevices: 3/3 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 Subdevice #2: subdevice #2 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: AD198x Digital [AD198x Digital] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 I tried to look after the problem with the following ubuntu fourum post: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2103358 any more suggestions would be much appreciated. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1120853/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp