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    W3 cardbuss and firewire controller

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by matom, Mar 19, 2005.

  1. matom

    matom Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does anyone here know what controller chip does W3 series use for cardbuss and firewire (Texas Instruments, Ricoh...?)
     
    matom, Mar 19, 2005
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    I don't know off the top of my head, but I'll find out for you.

    Thanks,
    Justin
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    PROPortable, Mar 19, 2005
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  3. matom

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    Thanks, that would be great.
    I plan to use my notebook for music production and a lot of the CardBuss or FireWire audio cards are picky about certain controller chips. Texas Instruments are usually the best ones.
     
    matom, Mar 20, 2005
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    Understood - should have the answer on Monday for you. I'm pretty sure all of the notebooks are using the same firewire and cardbuss chips, but I want to make sure.

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    I just bought an ASUS V6VA20RW pro notebook.
    my MAUDIO firewire solo soundcard is not supported, neither digidesign Mbox or Terratec soundcards :-(

    ASUS France told me that the Ricoh controller R5C 841 is responsible of that, but say they are not responsible for the problem i have.

    IN fact all sound cards that are plugged to V6V notebooks seems to be unsupported...
    I did some test and it works perfecly when ACPI is desactivated.

    does anyone have the same problem ??

    does anyone have a R5C 841 Ricoh controller with a working soundcard on a notebook ??
     
    LitleChief, Nov 29, 2005
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