Using old Creative CT-4810 sound card in F20 ??

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On 18.01.2015 00:33, Fred Smith wrote:
> I'm trying to get an old Creative CT4810 sound card working on my F20
> machine. I've disabled, in the BIOS, the built-in sound hardware, plugged
> the creative card into a PCI slot, booted up and lspci shows no sound
> hardware.
> 
> I tried removing and reinstalling the alsa packages that were currently
> installed to no avail. perhaps there's another one I need specifically
> for that card? How to tell?
> 
> Any advice will be appreciated, thanks in advance!
> 
> Fred
> 

First, the kernel needs to see that device, if it ain't broken in the first place.
Try move it to another free slot if possible, and or reset the BIOS to its defaults.