Fedora Core 3 - sound test crashes system...

[Michael Mayhew]

Greetings,

   I have reached my wit's end with this one. I have been to a number of 
forums (linuxcompatibility.org, linuxnewbies.org, etc.) and am just looking 
for some kind of direction.

   My Creative SoundBlaster32 sound card is recognized at installation and 
by the sound configuration tool after installation. However, when I run the 
sound test at either time, the system freezes and I am forced to restart.

   When that happens, the startup usually stalls at "Searching for new 
hardware".

   I have tried an Audigy card in addition to this one with the same result. 
I have made sure that the onboard sound for my Soyo motherboard was disabled 
in BIOS. I had installed Fedora Core 3 (previously Fedora Core 1) in hopes 
that with updated driver support the error might be flushed out, but no 
dice.

   It sounds like some kind of hardware conflict (IRQ assignment, etc.) but 
I am definitely shooting in the dark.

   Any kind of assistance with this issue would be greatly appreciated. 
Thanks a lot.

Michael

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