On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 09:56:19 +0100 Clemens Ladisch <clemens@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Adrian Blockley wrote: > > produces no output or error message but the following is printed > > using dmesg: > > > > cmd: 0xff failed at 0x330 (status = 0xff, data = 0xff) > > This means the MIDI port wasn't initialized correctly. > > It seems C-Media changed their latest chip revisions in some > incompatible way. Oh - bummer... > > > My guess is that the midi i/o port address is wrong. Now i don't > > understand a great deal about PCI but my guess is that the midi i/o > > port address on the sound card probably isn't 0x330 (please note I've > > also tried 300, 310 and 320). > > The driver configures the card to use the port address that was > specified by the user. Well, it tries to. > > > I've tried using the Windows device manager to find out what address > > port I should be using but i can only find the address of the sound > > card and not the mpu401. > > The card shadows the MIDI port registers in its main PCI address space, > but the instructions in C-Media's so-called datasheet don't work. > > I'd recommend to get another card. Any other card. Thanks Clemens. I feared as much but hoped this wouldn't be the case. Seems I have lucked out twice - my motherboard is an Asus A7N8X-X with the built in midi interface but no external midi connection... I guess I will have to start saving the pennies for a suitable replacement sound card with working external midi interface. I don't suppose anybody can recommend a cheap card? Cheers Adrian -- "There are only 10 kinds of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't." Adrian Blockley 32 Darwinia Loop Canningvale WA, 6155 Ph: 08 9256 1953 Mobile: 0405 609 990
