ASUS A7V8X-MX SE Motherboard

[Guy Fraser]

On Thu, 2005-27-01 at 06:42 -0600, Anthropos wrote:
> I have installed Fedora Core 3 on the subject motherboard.  During the 
> reboot after installation, the sound system is tested.  At this time, I 
> heard the right channel, left channel, and both channels at normal volumes 
> and, therefore, I clicked 'yes' to the question asking if I had heard the 
> sound.
> 
> After logging in as 'root', I have to turn the volume to 100% and the PCM to 
> 100% in the software settings and I have to turn the volume knob on the 
> speakers to 100% to hear sound.  What happened?...
> 
> The MB has an AD1980 device (AC'97 SoundMax) that is recognized as a VIA 
> 8235.
Did you start the sound server in Applications:Preferences:Sound ?