I have a Vega 1719 laptop. It has been running OpenSUSE 10.3 with only
slight problems for a year or so. I decided to do a clean OpenSUSE 11.0
install. That was not a success, so now I have downgraded it to 10.3 again
using a backup.

The problem is that during boot it says:

hda_codec: Unknown model for ALC883, trying auto-probe from BIOS.

Then the soundcard produces a high, extremely annoying tone and the computer
locks-up. Only way to stop it is to press the off-button.

Does anybody have a clue?

TIA.

Kind regards,
Morten Lehrmann

Morten Lehrmann wrote:

> I have a Vega 1719 laptop. It has been running OpenSUSE 10.3 with only
> slight problems for a year or so. I decided to do a clean OpenSUSE 11.0
> install. That was not a success, so now I have downgraded it to 10.3 again
> using a backup.
>
> The problem is that during boot it says:
>
> hda_codec: Unknown model for ALC883, trying auto-probe from BIOS.
>
> Then the soundcard produces a high, extremely annoying tone and the
> computer locks-up. Only way to stop it is to press the off-button.
>
> Does anybody have a clue?
>
> TIA.
>
> Kind regards,
> Morten Lehrmann

I don't have a clue, but with onboard audio, it's best to pop $30 and get an
audio board that's been around and has kernel support. Reconfig your new
audio board as primary and this will save you weeks/months of waiting for
kernel support.
The Turtle Beach's and the older, simpler Creative boards work for me in both
10.3 and 11.0.