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| Thread ID: 39506 | 2003-11-08 21:16:00 | Sound card problem | Taly (4598) | Press F1 |
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| 190180 | 2003-11-08 21:16:00 | My Pent- S has Sound blast card with Vibra16 and separate amp card. The sound blast used to work with ext amps. The amp card seemed not to work, but I realised that it needed external connections to main card that has been removed. But before realizing that tried to be smart and check the Sound blast card with oscilloscope. Probably touched with a probe two points at a chip..... Stopped working at all!!! Now, did I killed the card? Can cards be tested with instruments at all, like in old, transistor age things? Any ideas? Regard to all Computer Geek brothers, ( COGEs). Cogee. |
Taly (4598) | ||
| 190181 | 2003-11-08 22:26:00 | If you accidentally shorted some pins with the scope probe, it's entirely possible it's dead. A scope probe used properly would not have killed it however. As to fault-finding the card, you would need a service manual/full schematic and an understanding of all the D to A processes, plus a good storage scope. Access to firmware and driver source code also would help. Quite an uneconomic proposal though. |
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