Hey, this is way cool. Now, if I only could remember if I have the AC'97 chip in my XE ;)

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Thanks Guys

Empty square here, but it's good news, isn't it?

Gutted!
Looks like I have the chip missing too.
Damn i was hoping to free up a pci slot!
Good work again tho Dave.

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Hi DaveAE,


This is BEYOND belief!!!


Are you SURE it's working? It won't slow the computer down by leaps and bounds, or cause other SW/OS glitches???


Now I KNOW AOS4.x WILL BE UNSTOPPABLE!!!!!!! (But, I always DID know that! !!!!)

!!!!


You da MAN!!!!! (And look at the modesty!!!! Asking/hoping for a mere 5 Euro for our ginormous boondoggle, evaporated!!! As soon as I can, there'll be something on the way!)




A very reserved "ONLY AMIGA makes it possible!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Wow, this sounds incredible! I'll check if it's missing om my board tomorrow
when i come back from work I'm sure mine is missing, as i have one of
the latest and the last A1XEs that were developed...

If its that brown socket then mines empty too .. Bugger ..those "Early XE's " must've been seriously early .. I must've been one of the first XE owners !!


btw .. Surely the onboard sound wouldn't be as good as my Sb Live! anyway ?

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OK, so what's involved with makign up an unofficial PCB mod to add this Sigmatel chip back onto newer boards lacking it? Just the chip, or is there resistors/caps/etc. that need to go with it? I don't even remember if re rear ATX connectors are there for the audio.

I'm happy with my Maudio, but heck if someone wants to pay people to add this to their boards, I wouldn't mind being guy these people would be paying. ;)

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@The Editor

I dont think its the brown socket but a square chip just over from it (the only square one in that area).
If you havent got it like me you will see an empty space.

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They won't take kindly to this on MooBunny. Next thing people will be slating Eyetech for not including this chip on later batches. These people not being A1 owners of course.

It seems I have the chip, so I'll be trying it out once the driver gets through the OS4depot quarantine.

@the_editor

The chip is about 1 centimetre from the rear of the board and is in line with the AGP slot. The chip itself is surface mounted and about 1 cm².

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The_Editor wrote: If its that brown socket then mines empty too .. Bugger ..those "Early XE's " must've been seriously early .. I must've been one of the first XE owners !!

Hi The_Editor,

Feels like the old das. A case of "Amiga did it right, then undoes it".

Well, they had NO WAY of knowing it WAS right! This is AWFUL!


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btw .. Surely the onboard sound wouldn't be as good as my Sb Live! anyway ?

True enough, I guess, but there's something to be said for "plug and play" you know, and every coder not getting fun little "surprises". That baseline level of support for all models is nice.

Also, ONE EXTRA SLOT. That's ALWAYS good.




To everyone considering giving up on Amiga and moving on........ IT'S NOT WORTH IT!!!!!


You've waited till now, so STAY!!!! Hehe!

@Atheist

Now we just need an announcement to say dma is fine!
We can all dream.

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I'll have to see if I have the chip - I doubt it, as this is one of the later AmigaOnes, with a flashable U-Boot.

I need to donate anyway, mostly for the SB Live! fix (which has been working flawlessly, thanks), but also because of the amount of time you've spent on audio drivers. You've definitely earnt it

Chris

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empty square.....

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I'm not sure if i have this chip or not. I couldn't see it, so i don't
think i have it, but i might try the driver that will be uploaded, just
in case. If i happened to not hear anything from the driver, then i
know i don't have the chip

LOL..I'm quite convinced that this guy can make sound coming out from potato chips given enough time and beer.

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Surely the onboard sound wouldn't be as good as my Sb Live! anyway ?

I've done some tests. It's relatively good. I was playing a track from a CD (not through the CD-in socket, but through normal PCM) and couldn't hear a difference to my Audigy2 ZS. The frequency response is quite good. Note that Sb Live's and Audigy's have AC'97's too! However, the onboard sound is a little bit more noisy if you turn up the volume real loud. Anyway, that's on my 400 euro speakers, I don't have any usable headphones where I can test it on.

Don't know about its recording qualities though. Later on that in a couple of days.

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Suppose you could get a crisp sound from a potato!!

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/me puts an a97 chip on the tower box and prays.


nah no luck , shame they removed the socket + chip

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