On Wed, 27 May 2015 16:02:30 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 27 May 2015 07:20:09 -0700, Stormin' Norman

Use your existing discs and try it again. This is the final
diagnostic, if you have no sound under Linux, I believe we can
pronounce the audio subsystem on the main board as being dead.

That's what I thought. Again, I have a Chinese sound card coming.




The cheapo sound card arrived (with drivers) - I installed it and its
drivers - sound is fine now. So much for Realtek.
Thanks all the helps
JW