FC5 on inspiron 6400: no sound (snd_hda_intel), slow dvdrom (NEC 6650A)

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Todd Zullinger <tmz at pobox.com> writes:
> Install the latest alsa drivers.  See this page for details:
> 
>     http://people.redhat.com/stransky/alsa/

Yet another vote for that solution.  Thanks!

> Check also if there are any BIOS updates.  I had some random freezes
> that have stopped since updating the BIOS a few weeks ago.

Well, it's only a few days old, but I suppose that's worth doing
anyway.