My NeXTstation has gone mute...

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2 total messages Started by Patrick Robinson Tue, 26 Jan 1993 21:47

#1550

Author: Patrick Robinson
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 21:47

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Does this sound like a hardware problem?

Suddenly, my NeXTstation (mono, 25MHz, running 2.1) won't make a sound.
The "Mute" button beside the Volume slider under Display Preferences is
clicked on, and I can't click it back off.  That is, it goes off while
I'm holding down the mouse button, but comes back on when I let go.

Command-mute does nothing.

I've tried "dsptest", and all the tests "win".

"dspbeep" says:
> 
>      oops!
> 
> dspbeep: could not init dsp
> *** Aborting
> ^C

Does this verify a hardware problem?  Is there anything else I should try?

Thanks,

-Patrick Robinson
 Extension Information Systems, Virginia Tech
 pgr@ramandu.ext.vt.edu

Re: My NeXTstation has gone mute...

#1609

Author: Raymond F. Gasser
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 02:12

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I had a similar problem with my NeXT (Color Turbo) going mute. I had started
to upgrade to NeXTstep 3.0 by using the installer floppy diskette included
with the upgrade package. Because of problems with my cd drive, I 
was unable to complete the upgrade. After this attempt at upgrading, my
NeXT would no longer produce any sounds; the mute button seemed stuck.

After further examination I realized that the floppy disk used for initial
upgrade procedure had installed the 3.0 Mach kernel. The 3.0 kernel does
not seem to be able to load the 2.1 sound driver. After later completing
the upgrade with a better cd drive, the problem has disapeared.

This might or might not be your problem.

Ray Gasser
rfg@swamp.cacs.usl.edu
Cajun Man

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