Sound Problems on New AmigaOne 500 [See ACube for fix]

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Re: Sound Problems on New AmigaOne 500

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ssolie wrote:
Aslak3 wrote:I've personally come the conclusion that this is a hardware problem, not fixable in software...
I disagree with that conclusion.

The audio driver on the Sam460ex is primarily software and I have seen the effort the developer had to go through to get any sound out of that thing. It is *not* easy by any stretch.
My reason for thinking it's a hardware flaw is not entirely based on gut feelings.

1. People who have owned a SAM460 for a long time seem to have no issues with sound. The latest driver on os4depot.net fixed all their remaining issues.
2. People who have bought a SAM460 in the last six or so months or so all seem to have the same symptoms when running the latest driver (crackles) or the driver before that one (slow sound).
3. Acube offered to fix Everblue's sound problems, after Max could not get a working driver made, with a "hardware fix".
4. Acube's inability to get working sound this long after the problems were reported makes me think that they themselves know it's a hardware problem.

My theory is that some change happened in the SM502 chip which Acube didn't know about. It's the only explanation into why some people's machines work and some do not - all SAM460 are *not* the same. This, to me, is undeniable.

Anyway, if I was a betting man I'd put money on the SAM460 in my machine never having working sound out of the SM502. It is slightly gawling that Acube/AmigaKit/etc are selling SAM460s without working sound. It is pretty much impossible to recommend anyone buy a SAM460 for this reason. The fact that the driver is hard to write doesn't really matter. They should be selling the machines with a working sound cad, or say it does not have useable sound output.

None of this would matter a great deal if a PCI or PCI-E card can be found that works. I've taken out the PCI SATA card from my SAM460 and would probably have working sound now if the SAM460's PCI slot took 5V cards as I have an unused SB 128 (5V only) in my parts drawer.
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Re: Sound Problems on New AmigaOne 500

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Aslak3 wrote:My reason for thinking it's a hardware flaw is not entirely based on gut feelings...
I think it would be wise to get direct factual information from ACube on this matter instead of engaging in any speculation.

I'm also sourcing an ESI Juli@ card so I can try it in my AmigaOne 500.
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Re: Sound Problems on New AmigaOne 500

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I am keeping an eye open for one of these as an option .

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6829186004

Aslak3 wrote: None of this would matter a great deal if a PCI or PCI-E card can be found that works. I've taken out the PCI SATA card from my SAM460 and would probably have working sound now if the SAM460's PCI slot took 5V cards as I have an unused SB 128 (5V only) in my parts drawer.
Sam460ex : Radeon Rx550 Single slot Video Card : SIL3112 SATA card
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Re: Sound Problems on New AmigaOne 500

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ssolie wrote:
Aslak3 wrote:My reason for thinking it's a hardware flaw is not entirely based on gut feelings...
I think it would be wise to get direct factual information from ACube on this matter instead of engaging in any speculation.

I'm also sourcing an ESI Juli@ card so I can try it in my AmigaOne 500.
is this the pci-e version or the pci @juli card you talking about?

im wondering if someone can test the pci-e version on a sam460 board
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The model that he mentioned in his first post refering to the card is an ESI Juli@ XTe .This is the pcie version.

klapdeur wrote:
ssolie wrote:
Aslak3 wrote:My reason for thinking it's a hardware flaw is not entirely based on gut feelings...
I think it would be wise to get direct factual information from ACube on this matter instead of engaging in any speculation.

I'm also sourcing an ESI Juli@ card so I can try it in my AmigaOne 500.
is this the pci-e version or the pci @juli card you talking about?

im wondering if someone can test the pci-e version on a sam460 board
Sam460ex : Radeon Rx550 Single slot Video Card : SIL3112 SATA card
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Re: Sound Problems on New AmigaOne 500

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oke now does it work on a amigaone 500??
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It would appear that no Amigaone 500 owner on this Board,including SSolie, has one yet.
klapdeur wrote:oke now does it work on a amigaone 500??
Sam460ex : Radeon Rx550 Single slot Video Card : SIL3112 SATA card
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lozspd4 wrote:Any Help will be most Welcome to get the Problem Sorted.
Here is the link to the news posting at ACube:
http://acube-systems.biz/index.php?page=news&id=115
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Sam460ex : Radeon Rx550 Single slot Video Card : SIL3112 SATA card
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Re: Sound Problems on New AmigaOne 500 [See ACube for fix]

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I made it, and the Sound is very good. No timing problem. No cracking. Thanks to A-Cube!

Sorry for my bad english. :oops:

Ich habe die Brücke gelötet und siehe da, alles bestens. Sound kommt ohne krachen und das Timing stimmt auch.
Benutze jetzt den aktuellen Treiber! Danke an A-Cube!
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