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These lists may help when trying to determine if your device is supported or not: <span class="anchor" id="line-14"></span><ul><li><p class="line862">PCI, see <a href="/HowToIdentifyADevice/PCI">How To Identify A Device / PCI</a> and <a href="/DeviceDatabase/PCI">Device Database / PCI</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-15"></span></li><li><p class="line862">USB, see <a href="/HowToIdentifyADevice/USB">How To Identify A Device / USB</a> and <a href="/DeviceDatabase/USB">Device Database / USB</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-16"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-17"></span></li></ul><p class="line867"> <h2 id="See_Also">See Also</h2> <span class="anchor" id="line-18"></span><ul><li><p class="line891"><a href="/SoundConfiguration">How to configure the sound system</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-19"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a href="/ALSA">ALSA</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-20"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a href="/OSS">OSS</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-21"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a href="/AC97">AC97</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-22"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a href="/X-Fi">X-Fi</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-23"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-24"></span></li></ul><p class="line867"> <h2 id="External_links">External links</h2> <span class="anchor" id="line-25"></span><p class="line867"> <h3 id="Reviews">Reviews</h3> <span class="anchor" id="line-26"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-27"></span><ul><li><p class="line891"><a class="http" href="http://www.linuxhardware.org/index.php?topic=11">linuxhardware.org Linux Soundcard Roundup</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-28"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a class="http" href="http://www.linux-sound.org/hardware.html">linux-sound.org Hardware + Linux</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-29"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-30"></span></li></ul><p class="line867"> <h3 id="Supported_Device_Lists">Supported Device Lists</h3> <span class="anchor" id="line-31"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-32"></span><ul><li><p class="line891"><a class="http" href="http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/">Debian GNU/Linux device driver check page</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-33"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a class="http" href="http://manuals.opensound.com/devlists/Linux.html">opensound.com OSS v4.2 Supported device list for Linux</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-34"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a class="http" href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Sound-HOWTO/x96.html">tldp.org Linux Supported Sound Hardware</a> - obsolete (2001) <span class="anchor" id="line-35"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a class="http" href="http://www.ffado.org/?q=devicesupport%2Flist&filter0=&filter1=&op2=OR&f%20ilter2[]=perfect">ffado.org Firewire Audio Device support database</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-36"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-37"></span></li></ul><p class="line867"><hr /><p class="line874"> <span class="anchor" id="line-38"></span><a href="/CategorySound">CategorySound</a> | <a href="/CategoryHardware">CategoryHardware</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-39"></span><span class="anchor" id="bottom"></span></div><div id="pagebottom"></div> </div> <div id="footer"> <p id="pageinfo" class="info" lang="en" dir="ltr">SoundCard (<a class="nbinfo" href="/SoundCard?action=info" rel="nofollow">last modified 2021-10-14 15:02:23</a>)</p> <ul id="credits"> <li>Debian <a href="https://www.debian.org/legal/privacy">privacy policy</a>, Wiki <a href="/Teams/DebianWiki">team</a>, <a href="https://bugs.debian.org/wiki.debian.org">bugs</a> and <a href="https://salsa.debian.org/debian/wiki.debian.org">config</a>.</li><li>Powered by <a href="https://moinmo.in/" title="This site uses the MoinMoin Wiki software.">MoinMoin</a> and <a href="https://moinmo.in/Python" title="MoinMoin is written in Python.">Python</a>, with hosting provided by <a href="https://www.man-da.de/">Metropolitan Area Network Darmstadt</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </body> </html>