>Check that the plug is in the correct socket, and if possible that 
>the amplifier and speakers are operating properly.

I have tried all three plugs front and back of board and checked the 
speakers on another older working motherboard.
Thanks
M




>Sigmund
>
>Mark Randelhoff wrote:
>
>>Hi
>>Has anyone experienced low audio volumes when using netbsd 3 with 
>>the Intel 945 GCZ Classic Btx motherboard.
>>I seem to be able to play wav files but they are very low volume. Very low.
>>
>>I have tried to increase the audio.play.gain from 127 to 255 but it 
>>remains set to 127 (i.e. will not accept 255).
>>I have looked at the various mixerctl output options and set the 
>>output channels to boost = on and volume16=255.
>>Also when I reboot the system the hum on the speaker is very loud - 
>>I guess because I have the volume on max.
>>
>>It seems specific to this 945 chipset. I have tried netbsd on an 
>>old intel 865 based chipset and the volume controls work well (same wav file).
>>The audio chipset on the 945 is the azalia revision 50.1 and is 
>>picked up by the kernel on a boot.
>>The kde sound configuration panel indicates that there are no 
>>devices - which I thought was strange. On the 865 motherboard it 
>>displays the auich0 device.
>>
>>I have also tested the motherboard using windows XP and the audio 
>>plays back fine when using the wave volume control. Interestingly 
>>the master volume control is disabled !
>>
>>So either I am being dumb (quite possible) or the audio chipset 
>>drivers (azalia) are not functioning properly.
>>
>>Any help would be *much appreciated*
>>
>>Kind regards
>>Mark
>>
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