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I have the exact same problem as this:
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I'm running a Dell Inspiron E1505 with the same audio card and have a similar problem after a botched partial upgrade to 9.04(that I didn't initiate; apt must have gotten confused somewhere...) . The only difference is that I only get "static"-like pops. Switching to OSS works just fine, but neither ALSA or PulseAudio work for me either.
Does PulseAudio just not play nice with this card?
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Mine however did not start with an upgrade to 9.04; I've been running it stably from its release up to about 4 days ago, when this started happening. Playing audio through pulse or ALSA just has static that almost seems "in time" with whatever sound I'm attempting to listen to. Playing audio through OSS works *flawlessly*. Windows 7 on the same computer does not display any difficulty, and there have been no hardware changes as of late. I'm also experiencing intermittent USB failures so I can't 100% guarantee that this is not hardware related, but maybe the two have the same source in software (both are part of the ICH7 controller, I think?)
Finally, I noticed that this started at the same time as the sound being muted automatically whenever Ubuntu starts up. Hope any of this helps! OSS is a perfectly acceptable work-around for me, at the moment.