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   Ilya Zakharevich to All   
   Re: audio is gone   
   31 Oct 10 05:53:59   
   
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   mp.os.os2.misc:2451   
   From: Ilya Zakharevich    
      
   On 2010-10-30, Ilya Zakharevich  wrote:   
   > On 2010-10-30, Pierre Jelenc  wrote:   
   >> ivan  writes:   
   >>>    
   >>> There is also the possibility that the sound card has died, hence no    
   >>> response even if the drivers are loading.   
   >>   
   >> Ah, I did not think of that. I guess it's possible for the card to still    
   >> respond enough during boot to prevent a config.sys error, yet have a    
   >> problem later on. (The speakers work fine when plugged into a portable CD    
   >> player, by the way.)   
   >>   
   >> Is there a way to test that, to send a signal directly to the card?   
   >   
   > IIRC, if Z! does not give you errors, your software setup is correct   
   > (as far as DART is concerned).  So I also suspect your card...  (But   
   > maybe I just like to argue with everybody who claims "my hardware did   
   > not change" - without trying an alternative OS.  ;-)   
      
   Oups, forgot to mention two other viable causes of Z! being OK with   
   no sound:   
      
     2) mixer sitting at 0;   
     3) speaker/earphone wire.   
      
   Ilya   
      
   --- Internet Rex 2.31   
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