Fried Sound Board or Sound Card ???

This has been troubleshot with attempting PRAM, PMU, Disk Utility, Extended Hardware test, etc . . to no avail
There is no sound whether from Itunes or from web streams
There is also no chime at startup
I hooked up a direct line out into speakers and headphones as well with no sound
There is no optical light in the jacks on this model from what I can see
However, it did work coming from the USB into a Griffin and then into external speakers
So, someone said that the sound board is out
Another said that it is integrated into the logic board
Another said that, since the sound card is a Printed Circuit Board (PCB); then it is synonymous with the soundboard
So, my question is
Is my sound card fried?
Here is the part I would like to replace
http://www.ifixit.com/cart/customer/product.php?productid=460&cat=&page=1
not bad for 80 bucks
I really would hate to have to replace a logic board as that would be 10 times as much and I might as well buy a new computer

Did Extended Hardware Test disclose any errors? I have a PB 17" 1.3 that developed the "no sound in or out problem" and the AHT test reveals "Error 2ISS/1/5:0x42".
I believe this indicates an error on the main logic board, although I do not have access to the tech documents that explain the error codes from AHT. (Also, I don't have access to an authorized Apple dealer, since I live hundreds of miles from civilization.)
Replacing the sound card did NOT change the situation for me. Check with your authorized dealer before spending $80 on a sound card.
Personally, I love my PB so much (and need sound input/output so little) that I am willing to forgo audio functionality. My research (PowerBook Service Source) indicates that Apple techs will probably replace components one-at-a-time until the problem is fixed. (First, replace the sound board flex cable, then replace the sound board, and then replace the logic board.)
If you are still dead set on replacing the sound board, please contact me ([email protected]). It seems that I have a spare one...
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crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 6 Jun 26 10:13 pcmC1D0p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 9 Jun 26 10:13 pcmC1D1c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 8 Jun 26 10:13 pcmC1D1p
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Sound card issue

I have onboard sound, it's been working perfectly fine in Arch. The other day I took apart my computer to move it into a new case, dropped a screwdriver on the motherboard a couple of times, straightened a pin that I noticed was bent on the front panel audio connector (which I wasn't using), and when I hooked everything back up and turned the system on, I no longer heard sound. I didn't get any error messages from the sound system, and when I play something in, say, Amarok, everything looks normal, except for the fact that no sound is coming out of my speakers. So I suspect I physically damaged the part of the motherboard responsible for playing sound.
lspci still returns the name of the onboard device, though, and dmesg doesn't report anything different from what it normally reports about the device. Is there anything else I might try to see if there's a software solution to this?
I'd like to fix the onboard sound, but I thought that might not be possible, so I put in a cheap PCI sound card. lspci detects this too, but when I plug my speakers into that card's line out I also get no sound, although again everything on the software end seems to be fine. I tried disabling the onboard sound in the bios but the system still doesn't seem to detect that I want to use that card.
So, if anyone has any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong with the PCI sound card or (preferably) a way to try to fix the onboard sound, please post.

Have you run "alsaconf"? It could be your PCI sound-card isn't configured in ALSA yet.
Have you checked whether the line-out is muted? You could for example by "alsamixer" adjust sound levels.
If the on-board sound-card is disabled, there shouldn't be any other card for ALSA to pick up. Otherwise you need to check in /etc/rc.conf which card is picked up as default, in other words which module is put first in line.
Dropping screwdrivers on the motherboard isn't a very good idea. Even static electricity could severely damage components.

ALSA is not detecting my M-Audio Delta 1010 sound card (x86-64)

Hi
I've been searching Arch forums and googling for my problem but I can't find a suitable answer.
I installed my M-Audio Delta 1010 sound card on this PC but ALSA doesn't get it to work.
Chipset envy24 / ice1712
On dmesg I find:
$ dmesg | grep -i ice1712
[ 8.135832] snd_ice1712: probe of 0000:05:06.0 failed with error -5
However, it is listed on lsmod:
$ lsmod | grep '^snd' | column -t
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 24529 4
snd_ice1712 59590 0
snd_cs8427 6970 1 snd_ice1712
snd_i2c 4107 2 snd_ice1712,snd_cs8427
snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx 2437 1 snd_ice1712
snd_ak4xxx_adda 8070 2 snd_ice1712,snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx
snd_hda_codec_realtek 61420 1
snd_ac97_codec 113344 1 snd_ice1712
snd_mpu401_uart 5980 1 snd_ice1712
snd_hda_intel 26181 5
snd_hda_codec 98034 3 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 6429 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_rawmidi 18800 1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 5269 1 snd_rawmidi
snd_pcm 75735 5 snd_ice1712,snd_ac97_codec,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc 7218 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer 18935 1 snd_pcm
snd 60189 25 snd_ice1712,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_ac97_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_i2c,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec,snd_ak4xxx_adda,snd_hda_intel,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_device,snd_cs8427
I followed some instruction and created a alsa-base.conf file with:
$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
options snd slots=snd_ice1712,snd_hda_intel
options snd_ice1712 index=0
options snd_hda_intel index=1
aplay -l returns:
$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 1: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC889 Analog [ALC889 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: ALC889 Digital [ALC889 Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 9: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Seems card 0 is reserved for the m-audio card but is not being detected by ALSA
envy24control also exits with:
$ envy24control
No ICE1712 cards found
Finally, my /dev/snd
$ ls -l /dev/snd
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Dec 7 20:25 by-path
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 7 Dec 7 20:25 controlC1
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 16 Dec 7 20:25 controlC2
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 6 Dec 7 20:25 hwC1D0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 15 Dec 7 20:25 hwC2D0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 14 Dec 7 20:25 hwC2D1
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 13 Dec 7 20:25 hwC2D2
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 12 Dec 7 20:25 hwC2D3
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 5 Dec 7 20:26 pcmC1D0c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 4 Dec 7 20:26 pcmC1D0p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 3 Dec 7 20:26 pcmC1D1p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 2 Dec 7 20:25 pcmC1D2c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 11 Dec 7 20:27 pcmC2D3p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 10 Dec 7 20:26 pcmC2D7p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 9 Dec 7 20:26 pcmC2D8p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 8 Dec 7 20:26 pcmC2D9p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 1 Dec 7 20:25 seq
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 33 Dec 7 20:25 timer
$ ls -l /dev/snd
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Dec 7 20:25 by-path
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 7 Dec 7 20:25 controlC1
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 16 Dec 7 20:25 controlC2
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 6 Dec 7 20:25 hwC1D0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 15 Dec 7 20:25 hwC2D0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 14 Dec 7 20:25 hwC2D1
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 13 Dec 7 20:25 hwC2D2
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 12 Dec 7 20:25 hwC2D3
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 5 Dec 7 20:26 pcmC1D0c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 4 Dec 7 20:26 pcmC1D0p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 3 Dec 7 20:26 pcmC1D1p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 2 Dec 7 20:25 pcmC1D2c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 11 Dec 7 20:27 pcmC2D3p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 10 Dec 7 20:26 pcmC2D7p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 9 Dec 7 20:26 pcmC2D8p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 8 Dec 7 20:26 pcmC2D9p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 1 Dec 7 20:25 seq
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 33 Dec 7 20:25 timer
controlC0 and pcmC0 is not present!
So, what might be causing the probe error -5?
I really need to get this card working! :S
I have Arch up to date!
Hardware specs:
CPU: AMD FX6100
Board: Gigabyte (can't recall the model) with NVidia chipset
Thank you,

I have an m-audio delta 1010lt as well, it's a great card but it sits in my closet now because I "upgraded" to a motherboard that doesn't have legacy PCI slots. However, I'm pretty sure I remember the card working for me and being "plug and play" under arch with kernel 3.3 or newer. So some things I would consider:
Try checking IRQs, make sure nothing is overlapping.
Try using the LTS kernel, to see if it is kernel related, since ice1712 module should ship with almost any kernel => 2.6.26.
How many watts is the power supply? Sometimes insufficient wattage can result in drivers failing to load.
What other sound cards do you have installed? Have you tried blacklisting all of the other cards in your system using alsa-base.conf? This is a bit extreme, but might be a useful troubleshooting measure, as some people have had issues in the past with alsa indexing mutiple cards to the same slot number

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