[Novalug] Arrrgh!

[covici at ccs.covici.com]

If things are working you don't need the cable anymore -- most modern
systems do this digitally, my system has no cable and to test try the
following command from the console:
cdda2wav -e -n and any other options you need.

Peter Larsen <plarsen at famlarsen.homelinux.com> wrote:

> Why not simply rip the CD, and play from the files??
> 
> On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 11:08 -0400, Dan Arico wrote: 
> 
> > My wife's computer breathed it's last. Being pressed for time, I decided 
> > against building and just bought an HP Pavilion. I installed Linux without a 
> > hitch. Then she tried to play a CD - silence.
> > 
> > I knew the sound worked so I surmised that the problem might be the cable from 
> > the back of the DVD/CD drive to the sound chip on the MB. Yep. It's missing.
> > 
> > So I called HP customer service. They tell me:
> > 
> > 1. They don't show a connector of cable on the back of the drive.
> > 2. They can't help me because I voided the warranty by installing Linux.
> > 
> > Anybody know where I can find a cable?
> > 
> > Dan
> > 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Best Regards
>   Peter Larsen
> 
> Wise words of the day:
> Turn right here. No! NO! The OTHER right!
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