When attempting to load any sound module (for any card) the compaq proliant 800 totally locks up with no reported error messages except for the 'dead console' I've already tired 6 differnt sound cards with no luck what so ever. Same problem everytime.
Does it do the same if modules are loaded from the command line?
If you kill klogd and do 'dmesg -n8' (to turn console logging up), do you get any error messages at all?
closed, lack of input.