Problem with broken sound on some ThinkPads - Revision history

Ilakast: /* Activating the devices */

2014-08-09T20:25:53Z

‎Activating the devices

Tonko: Great! 2 totally different unrelated issues mixed up. Intel sound issue was resolved in 2.6.23 so I am removing it

2009-03-19T11:34:54Z

Great! 2 totally different *unrelated* issues mixed up. Intel sound issue was resolved in 2.6.23 so I am removing it

Wonko: /* Affected Models */ had same problem on my x60s

2007-10-12T17:52:37Z

‎Affected Models: had same problem on my x60s

Gsmenden: /* Affected Models */

2007-09-13T18:31:47Z

‎Affected Models

Gsmenden: /* Problem description */

2007-09-13T18:30:43Z

‎Problem description

Gsmenden: /* Problem description */

2007-09-13T18:29:52Z

‎Problem description

Gsmenden: /* Affected Models */ - Additional problem

2007-09-13T18:26:53Z

‎Affected Models: - Additional problem

Gsmenden: /* Affected Models */

2007-09-13T18:25:56Z

‎Affected Models

Paulste: /* Using OSS */

2006-10-12T18:54:46Z

‎Using OSS

770x-fan: 770x kernel 2.6 ALSA-Sound parameters

2006-09-01T23:31:23Z

770x kernel 2.6 ALSA-Sound parameters

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 Disable "Quick Boot" in your ThinkPad BIOS, otherwise the sound devices will not be activated by the BIOS.
-To enter the BIOS, power cycle your ThinkPad and press F1 when the ThinkPad screen shows.
+To enter the BIOS, press F1 before switching the ThinkPad on and until the first beep is heard.
 You can also manually activate the sound card once booted:

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 Information about the phenomena of broken sound on some ThinkPad models.
-==Problem description==
+==Dual sound chip problem description==
 There are two sound chips in these machines, a PCI based [[CS4610|Crystal SoundFusion 4610]], and an ISA based [[CS4239|Crystal SoundFusion 4239]].
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 A good thread on the problem can be found in the [http://www.mail-archive.com/alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg01181.html alsa-devel mailing list]
-There is also a separate issue with recent ALSA builds and the Intel AD1981-1984 chip.  [[http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=2879174]]  This causes problems starting with alsa shipped with kernel 2.6.22.  Workarounds include manually updating ALSA or using your distributions version rather than the kernel version.  Also see [[AD1984]] for patches.
+===Affected Models===
 *ThinkPad {{600E}}
 *ThinkPad {{770X}}, {{770Z}}
-==Solutions==
+===Solutions===
-===Activating the devices===
+====Activating the devices====
 First you must make sure that the sound devices are activated.
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 :{{cmdroot|cat /sys/devices/pnp0/00:06/resources}}
-===Using ALSA===
+====Using ALSA====
 Compile the sound driver as a module and load it after everything else.
 You can add the following line to a boot script, ie. {{path|rc.local}} for that:
   /sbin/modprobe snd-cs4236 index=0 port=0x530 cport=0x538 irq=5 dma1=1 dma2=0 isapnp=0
-This is reported to work at least with kernel 2.6.9, 2.6.13 and 2.6.15.
+This is reported to work at least with kernel 2.6.15.
 On the 770x using kernel 2.6.16/2.6.17 you may try this:
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 There is a [[Script for configuring the CS4239 sound chip in PnP mode|nice script]] which can do all this for you, including activation of the device and detecting the correct resource settings to use.

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 *ThinkPad {{770X}}, {{770Z}}
 *Thinkpad {{T43p}}, {{T60}}, {{T61}}
 ==Solutions==

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 *ThinkPad {{600E}}
 *ThinkPad {{770X}}, {{770Z}}
-*Thinkpad {{T43p}}
+*Thinkpad {{T43p}}, {{T60}}, {{T61}}
 ==Solutions==

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 A good thread on the problem can be found in the [http://www.mail-archive.com/alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg01181.html alsa-devel mailing list]
-There is also a separate issue with recent ALSA builds and the Intel AD1981-1984 chip.  [[http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=2879174]]  This causes problems starting with alsa shipped with kernel 2.6.22.  Workarounds include manually updating ALSA or using your distributions version rather than the kernel version.  Also see {{AD1984}} for patches.
+There is also a separate issue with recent ALSA builds and the Intel AD1981-1984 chip.  [[http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=2879174]]  This causes problems starting with alsa shipped with kernel 2.6.22.  Workarounds include manually updating ALSA or using your distributions version rather than the kernel version.  Also see [[AD1984]] for patches.
 ==Affected Models==

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:29, 13 September 2007
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	A good thread on the problem can be found in the [http://www.mail-archive.com/alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg01181.html alsa-devel mailing list]		A good thread on the problem can be found in the [http://www.mail-archive.com/alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg01181.html alsa-devel mailing list]
		+
		+	There is also a separate issue with recent ALSA builds and the Intel AD1981-1984 chip. [[http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=2879174]] This causes problems starting with alsa shipped with kernel 2.6.22. Workarounds include manually updating ALSA or using your distributions version rather than the kernel version. Also see {{AD1984}} for patches.

	==Affected Models==		==Affected Models==

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 or try from commandline:
-  modprobe cs4232 io=0x530 irq=5 dma=1 dma2=0 mpuio=0x330 mpuirq=7 synthio=0x330 synthirq=7
+  modprobe cs4232 io=0x530 irq=5 dma=1 dma2=0 mpuio=0x330 mpuirq=7 synthio=0x330 synthirq=7 (parameter not necessarily)
 In case an insmod or modprobe of cs4232 fails with the following error appearing at the console, via dmesg, or in {{path|/var/log/messages}}, double-check you have ''QUICKBOOT (in the BIOS) disabled''.

← Older revision		Revision as of 23:31, 1 September 2006
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	This is reported to work at least with kernel 2.6.9, 2.6.13 and 2.6.15.		This is reported to work at least with kernel 2.6.9, 2.6.13 and 2.6.15.
		+
		+	On the 770x using kernel 2.6.16/2.6.17 you may try this:
		+	/sbin/modprobe snd-cs4232 port=0x530 cport=0x120 irq=5 dma1=1 dma2=0 isapnp=0

	There is a [[Script for configuring the CS4239 sound chip in PnP mode\|nice script]] which can do all this for you, including activation of the device and detecting the correct resource settings to use.		There is a [[Script for configuring the CS4239 sound chip in PnP mode\|nice script]] which can do all this for you, including activation of the device and detecting the correct resource settings to use.

Problem with broken sound on some ThinkPads - Revision history

Ilakast: /* Activating the devices */

Tonko: Great! 2 totally different *unrelated* issues mixed up. Intel sound issue was resolved in 2.6.23 so I am removing it

Wonko: /* Affected Models */ had same problem on my x60s

Gsmenden: /* Affected Models */

Gsmenden: /* Problem description */

Gsmenden: /* Problem description */

Gsmenden: /* Affected Models */ - Additional problem

Gsmenden: /* Affected Models */

Paulste: /* Using OSS */

770x-fan: 770x kernel 2.6 ALSA-Sound parameters

Tonko: Great! 2 totally different unrelated issues mixed up. Intel sound issue was resolved in 2.6.23 so I am removing it