[Soekris] Aureal PCI soundcard

[Jonathan Groll]

On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 07:02:28AM +0900, Harald Kubota wrote:
> 
> > No, it is definetly not backwards. I will tell you again, I have
> > several other universal-keyed cards that work fine with the soekris.
> > Moreover, this Aureal card is simply not recognised.
> >   
> 
>  From my personal test of testing random cards into the PCI slot of a 
> 4801, I can say:
> about 50% of universal-keyed cards work. The other half either make the 
> Soekris
> box not boot any more or they don't show up.
> I tested about 6 spare cards I have laying around: NICs, Soundcard, 
> USB/FW cards.
> 
> My explanation: Although the card says '3.3V and 5V is ok' it does not 
> mean it work in an only-3.3V
> environment. It means: it'll work in a 3.3V PCI slot in a PC which has 
> access to 5V/12V/lots of Amps.

My personal recommendation is to buy a cheap (i.e. < $20) usb sound card
on ebay. Works fine on my 4801 with linux as the os.

Cheers,
Jonathan.