>>Also try 44100 Hz. > >I tried but audioctl will not let me lower the Hz rate below 48000 Hz.
Probably the native freq but it's strange it'd interpolate in software. >> >Is there something else I can try before getting a PCI soundcard? >> >> Update BIOS and any other firmware. > >As far as I know, the BIOS is the only firmware existing on this computer. The on-board audio firmware could be embedded in the BIOS. >I'm on BIOS version 210. According to >http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_Socket_939/A8VMX/#download the 2 BIOS >updates more recent than this one are to "Support new CPUs." I wonder how >accurate this info is (i.e. do they fail to mention other things the BIOS >update achieves...). I'm kind of reluctant to flash the BIOS in case I brick >the beast. Forthcoming technical docs are rare in my experience. Other stuff you can try: measure voltage on your minijacks (or sample from other PC), check any digital audio jumpers, make sure your AMD videocard has no audio out like HDMI, some multimedia-heavy Linux live CD. cheers, -- p
