[ltp] Thinkpad 380Z sound works in Mandrake 9.0

[Todd Jackson]

Brian,

Have you considered posting your information to websites regarding this
stuff?  Every one I've seen has different instructions and none worked
for me until I saw yours.  (I even saw one dated 9 January which was
supposed to cover the chip).

The same goes for all the knowledge being passed around on this list. 
Why not put it on linux-laptop.net or something?  The pages on this site
relate to Red Hat 5.2 and SuSE 6 for the 380Z.

Thanks for the advice about upgrades, however.

Todd

On Sun, 2003-01-19 at 14:28, brianweber4@attbi.com wrote:
> Todd, 
>  
> That's great. Sound is a bear with the Thinkpad 380Z CS4237 sound chip! 
>  
> You may want to try upgrading the MMC-1 Pentium II processor to a MMC-1 Pentium 
> II 400 MHZ and add a DVD drive too. A toshiba 4X DVD SD-C2202 works well and I 
> have seen them for as little as $30.00 on ebay. I used the Thinkpad 380Z 
> hardware maintanance manual as my dis and re-assembly guide. 
>  
> Both of these upgrades are fairly cheap and easy to do. The most expensive is 
> the processor, which cost me around $125.00. 
>  
> Brian 
> > Thanks Brian!
> > 
> > I've spent weeks fighting with various distros (namely RedHat 7.3,8.0,
> > Mandrake 7.2 - all CDs I have lying around), and it detected my USB
> > ethernet adapter too.  I was beginning to wonder if it was possible to
> > get sound on my 380Z at all.
> > 
> > Todd Jackson
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 23:39, brianweber4@attbi.com wrote:
> > > Here's how I got sound to work using a Thinkpad 380Z with
> > > Mandrake Linux 9.0:
> > > 
> > > 1) Disable Plug N Play function in Thinkpad BIOS by
> > > shutting off quick boot option.
> > > 
> > > 2) Run sndconfig in superuser terminal using values:
> > > io=530, irq= 5, dma=1, dma2=3, mpu io=330, mpu irq=9.
> > > 
> > > 3) Log on as root, in file:/etc/pcmcia/config.opts edit
> > > as a comment by placing # in frount of line:
> > > 
> > > include port 0x100-0x4ff, port 0xc00-0xcff
> > > 
> > > 4) In KDE control panel, set sound server to start at
> > > boot, using autodetect settings.
> > > 
> > > 5) use Kmix to set & save volumes.
> > > 
> > > Sound works great for me!!
> > > 
> > > Brian
> > 
> > 
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