Hi,

Sorry, different chipset, different problems.  The k7s5a is
based on a SiS chipset and your motherboard uses one from VIA.
Even though they both have similar audio capabilities,  its
implemented differently.

As for the 745, wait for some reviews and see what the performance
is like.  SiS haven't been especially good about releasing documentation
recently either, so the audio is unsupported right now.

skd

On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 08:30:40PM -0800, Andy R wrote:
> --- Gary Duzan <gary@duzan.org> wrote:
> >    There are still driver problems with the ethernet
> > and the audio
> > is unsupported. I understand the Linux SiS900
> > drivers work ok with
> > it, so I assume that the NetBSD driver is missing
> > something. With
> > some patches I can get pings through, but fancier
> > stuff (e.g. NFS)
> > doesn't work. Support for the audio is pretty much
> > out until we
> > get docs on it. I'm running both off PCI cards for
> > now.
> >    Otherwise, it seems reasonably solid. I haven't
> > done any
> > benchmarks, so I can't really comment on
> > performance. I also haven't
> > tested things like USB support, so that might be
> > worth checking out
> > first.
> 
> Help me out here...
> 
> I see that your board uses the "AC97 Audio Codec" as
> per the website. I have the K7VZA which says it uses
> the same thing, but it works (often poorly). I have
> this "skipping" problem that's been reported by others
> as well, but most of the time, it does just fine. So
> the question is, does it work at all, or does it work
> poorly?
> 
> I've been watching these discussions of
> motherboards/chipsets closely because I'm probably
> going to get a new one soon. So far it looks like the
> AMD chipsets are the way to go, but the SiS is
> supposed to be pretty good too... I see they even have
> a new one based on the 745 chipset now...
> 
> Andy 
> 
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