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Oh, wait a minute.. the log shows other, more serious, issues.
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Could not find CS4231A (version=80) --> no visuals for Tuner/AUX.
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smc chip id/revision 0x0249
smc_init couldn't find card



Those devices share the same signals as the IDE bus, and one or both of them
seems have gone bad here.. Serious surgery time.

-ml


The real puzzler, and best clue, is that the readback tests show 0x0000 practically every time. To me, this suggests a problem with the chip select, control, or address signals on that bus, rather than the usual dead CS4231A or SMC chip.

Cheers