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First post, by murrayman

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Onboard ESS 1869 on my Compaq Presario 5170. I’ve had this computer for a couple of decades, and this has only suddenly started. Volume goes up, but then volume falls down on its own. Happens on W95 with installed drivers found on VogonsDrivers, W98SE native drivers, and W2K. Standard speakers connected via non-amplified line-out, and standard PS/2 keyboard directly connected, so no weird multimedia button nonsense going on. The only recent hardware change was swapping the dying CD drive for a DVD drive; the original 40-pin ribbon cable and audio cable were retained.

Last edited by murrayman on 2023-02-14, 19:14. Edited 1 time in total.

P3B-F 1.04, PIII 1k, 512MB PC133, GF DDR 32MB + DM3DII 12MB SLI, SB0100
P3B-F 1.03, PIII 700, 384MB PC100, V5 AGP, SB0160
CP 5170, PII 350, 256MB PC100, Rage LT 2MB, ESS 1869
PB M S610, PMMX 233, 128MB EDO66, DM3D 4MB, Aztech

Reply 1 of 2, by murrayman

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Bump. I went ahead and disabled the related hardware entries in device manager on W98SE through safe mode and installed an SB0090 Audigy; with just this sound card enabled on this OS, I’m having no volume issues. Suggests to me that even though the volume control behavior is showing in software, it’s not some mystery keyboard misinput and may be originating at hardware level?

P3B-F 1.04, PIII 1k, 512MB PC133, GF DDR 32MB + DM3DII 12MB SLI, SB0100
P3B-F 1.03, PIII 700, 384MB PC100, V5 AGP, SB0160
CP 5170, PII 350, 256MB PC100, Rage LT 2MB, ESS 1869
PB M S610, PMMX 233, 128MB EDO66, DM3D 4MB, Aztech

Reply 2 of 2, by Grzyb

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ES1869 has VOLDN/VOLUP pins for volume buttons...
I guess there's no such buttons on that Compaq Presario, but maybe there's some short circuit somewhere?

Nie tylko, jak widzicie, w tym trudność, że nie zdołacie wejść na moją górę, lecz i w tym, że ja do was cały zejść nie mogę, gdyż schodząc, gubię po drodze to, co miałem donieść.

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