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Hi, |
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when listing my hardware with lshw I find some stuff build |
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into my ASUS Crosshair IV Formula, which I seem not to use |
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and I like to know, for what it is good for: |
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These are excerpts from the output of lshw: |
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*-serial UNCLAIMED |
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description: SMBus |
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product: SBx00 SMBus Controller |
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vendor: ATI Technologies Inc |
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physical id: 14 |
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bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0 |
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version: 41 |
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width: 32 bits |
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clock: 66MHz |
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configuration: latency=0 |
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and |
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*-isa |
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description: ISA bridge |
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product: SB700/SB800 LPC host controller |
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vendor: ATI Technologies Inc |
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physical id: 14.3 |
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bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3 |
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version: 40 |
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width: 32 bits |
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clock: 66MHz |
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capabilities: isa bus_master |
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configuration: latency=0 |
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and |
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*-multimedia |
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description: Audio device |
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product: GF108 High Definition Audio Controller |
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vendor: nVidia Corporation |
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physical id: 0.1 |
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bus info: pci@0000:08:00.1 |
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version: a1 |
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width: 32 bits |
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clock: 33MHz |
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capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list |
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configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0 |
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resources: irq:25 memory:fe97c000-fe97ffff |
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(I have a MSI GT430 (nvidia) card and onboard audio: |
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*-multimedia |
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description: Audio device |
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product: SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) |
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vendor: ATI Technologies Inc |
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physical id: 14.2 |
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bus info: pci@0000:00:14.2 |
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version: 40 |
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width: 64 bits |
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clock: 33MHz |
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capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list |
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configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=64 |
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resources: irq:16 memory:fcaf8000-fcafbfff |
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lspci -k of those device/chips/whatever does say for the nvidia audio: |
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08:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation GF108 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1) |
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Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 2304 |
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Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel |
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Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel |
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but...for what reason there is an audio device in my graphics card? |
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Sounds to me like a bicycle with onboard toaster... ;) |
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for the smbus thingy as for the ISA-bridge there no additional info. For what reason |
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there is an ISA bridge on a board which skipped floppy controller and |
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IDE??? |
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How can I make what use of it? |
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Thank you very much in advance for any hint ! |
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Have a nice weekend! |
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Best regards, |
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mcc |
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