ICH AC97 driver ========== This is a AC97 sound driver for certain chipsets. It does provide sound playback, but not recording. The driver is known to work with the following chipsets: Intel ICH, ICH1, ICH2, ICH3, ICH4, ICH5, NVIDIA nForce (MCP), NVIDIA nForce 2 (MCP2) and SIS 7012. The driver may work with the following chipsets: AMD 8111, AMD 768. VIA and SIS 7018 chipsets are not supported. Author: Marcus Overhagen. Email: marcus@overhagen.de If your Computer Crashes ================ If your computer crashes, you may want to remove the driver. Reboot and hold down the space bar during booting. Select "select save mode options", press enter. Select "Disable user add-ons", press enter to activate it Select "Return to main menu", press enter. Select "Continue booting", press enter Remove the driver file, using the uninstall.sh script. Reboot How to Use ======== Run the install.sh script to install the driver. Open Media Preferences. Make sure Realtime audio is enabled. Restart the Media Services. After restart is completed: select "AC97 (ICH)" as default Audio Output. select "None In" as default Audio Input. Restart Media Services. Disclaimer ======= Use at your own risk! If the Driver Doesn't Work ================ If the driver doesn't work, you may need to alter some settings in your computer's BIOS. 1) If there is a BIOS option to select the operating system, select "Other". Do not select "Windows98 / Windows 2000". 2) If there is a BIOS option called "PnP OS installed" select "No" or "Disabled". Do not select "Yes" or "Enabled". 3) If there is a BIOS option called "AC97 audio" select "Auto" or "Enabled". Do not select "Disabled". 4) If there is a BIOS option to assign an IRQ to "INT2" or "PINB", make sure it is set to "Auto" or a free IRQ. Do not use "none". 5) It may also help to enable a "AC97 modem" option. 6) If you can't get it working, send me an email. I will send you a version that has debugging support included. After you get it, install it. Then send me a second email. Make sure that you attach the file ich_ac97.log that is created in your home directory every time the driver is loaded. It includes important debug information, like the kind of codec used. Include the name of your motherboard and it's chipset, a URL to the board on it's manufactor's website would be nice.