Hi. I have a strange situation, cause as I seen people have problems in getting this card to work but I can't even get it to be seen by aplay. lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 PCI Express Root Port (rev 03) 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03) 00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03) 00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03) 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03) 00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 03) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G86 [GeForce 9300M G] (rev a1) 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications L1 Gigabit Ethernet (rev b0) 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02) 06:00.0 PCI bridge: Creative Labs [SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio] CA0110-IBG PCI to PCIe Bridge 07:00.0 Audio device: Creative Labs [SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio] CA0110-IBG 0a:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05) 0a:01.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22) 0a:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12) 0a:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12) 0a:01.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev ff) lspci -n 06:00.0 0604: 1102:7006 07:00.0 0403: 1102:0009 aplay -l card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC660-VD Analog [ALC660-VD Analog] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: ALC660-VD Digital [ALC660-VD Digital] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 6: Si3054 Modem [Si3054 Modem] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 cat proc/asound/cards 0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel HDA Intel at 0xfebf8000 irq 33 Aplay sees only the integrated card, which can't get disabled in BIOS. lsmod | grep snd snd_pcm_oss 32591 0 snd_mixer_oss 12606 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_hda_codec_ca0110 5280 0 snd_ctxfi 72749 0 snd_hda_codec_si3054 3190 1 snd_hda_codec_realtek 235602 1 snd_hda_intel 20019 1 snd_hda_codec 54244 4 snd_hda_codec_ca0110,snd_hda_codec_si3054,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel snd_hwdep 5380 1 snd_hda_codec snd_pcm 60503 5 snd_pcm_oss,snd_ctxfi,snd_hda_codec_si3054,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec snd_timer 15582 1 snd_pcm snd 46446 13 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_codec_ca0110,snd_ctxfi,snd_hda_codec_si3054,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 4598 1 snd snd_page_alloc 6249 3 snd_ctxfi,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm I'm not advanced in linux but I've tried everything I found on the net and what people suggested me on a DUG forum. Can You help? System: Debian SID 2.6.32-5-amd64 Laptop: Asus F3SG ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user