fixed!! hooray for head-fi!!!! http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1678335 - lawrence http://www.stinkpot.org

hi all, i'm running debian etch and have just tried to install a chaintech av710 card. i'm having some issues. what i know: the motherboard sees the card: the ice driver doesn't seem to want to load: and alsactl store and restore give no output. oh and my irqs look really strange...

any luck mellowdrone?

if anyone gets a chance to try some high-sensitivity IEM on the new colored shuffles, i'd love to hear if the SQ has changed at all ... - ld www.stinkpot.org

Quote: Originally Posted by Garbz ever thought of just mounting the PCB up against the side of the case like every other manufacturer? i thought about that do you think though, that the four little DIP pins on the jack are strong enough to withstand plugging and unplugging of a...

hi again all, i'm putting together a usb dac inside of a plastic enclosure. securing power, rca jacks and LEDs to the surface all seem easy. however, it doesn't appear obvious to me how to go about securing the female usb jack. the jack is just this little aluminum square. four DIP pins...

Quote: Originally Posted by Fresno Bob if the case is tall enough you can use pcb stand off's awesome, radioshack has those things. that's just the kind of thing i needed. thanks bob

hi all, so i've finally finished building my usb dac circuit. now, i need to put it inside of an enclosure (have never done this before). the dac is built on two small pieces of perfboard, and there's also a transformer. the enclosure is one of those cheap plastic radio shack ones. there...

Quote: Originally Posted by rickcr42 no it is not the current causing your problems but the extreme voltage differential between the input and output of the regulator. you need only 1.6 volts over the regulation voltage for the regulator to operate correctly and other than...

Quote: Originally Posted by rickcr42 your problem is not the current but the input/output voltage differential on the regulator chip. All that excess voltage (9.4 volts considering the 1.6 used by the chip to regulate) is being cast off as heat and this will shorten the life of the...

much thanks broken english!

ok, so i was being silly earlier - remeasured just now and got about 20 mA - much more reasonable! nevertheless, my 7805 voltage regulator gets awfully hot - so hot that i can't really touch it. its stepping about 16V down to 5V. is that normal (that it gets so hot)? should i get a heat sink...

Quote: Originally Posted by BrokenEnglish while you're measuring that value, you're just about shorting the circuit with your dmm: never measure amperes from + to -! read it from two measure points along the positive rail. heh, yea, wasn't being that dumb . (would have measured...

hi all, so i'm assembling a usb dac. i've rigged a power supply w/ a radioshack transformer. the dac works but .... my 5V regulator gets awfully hot. also, i measure 5A passing back to ground! that seems really high. or is it normal? i've really psyched that this thing works, but is it...

hi all, i have the opportunity to buy an old nad 7000 amplifier. apparently, "has worked great untill recently, it may have blown a fuse or something, the sound is very faint." i've never really troubleshooted an amp before - does this sound just like a broken pot or something? also, can...