I have the same problem: I'm running SuSE 10.2 using same mainboard:
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: ALC883 Analog [ALC883 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 2: ALC883 Digital [ALC883 Digital] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 ** Attachment added: "lspci" http://librarian.launchpad.net/6477523/lspci_-vvn -- No option for +20db mic boost on NForce430 https://launchpad.net/bugs/77021 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs