/* note: it's important to set the rate at first */
                tmp = AC97_MEA_GPIO;
                if (ac97->ext_mid & AC97_MEI_LINE1) {
-                       snd_ac97_write_cache(ac97, AC97_LINE1_RATE, 12000);
+                       snd_ac97_write_cache(ac97, AC97_LINE1_RATE, 8000);
                        tmp |= AC97_MEA_ADC1 | AC97_MEA_DAC1;
                }
                if (ac97->ext_mid & AC97_MEI_LINE2) {
-                       snd_ac97_write_cache(ac97, AC97_LINE2_RATE, 12000);
+                       snd_ac97_write_cache(ac97, AC97_LINE2_RATE, 8000);
                        tmp |= AC97_MEA_ADC2 | AC97_MEA_DAC2;
                }
                if (ac97->ext_mid & AC97_MEI_HANDSET) {
-                       snd_ac97_write_cache(ac97, AC97_HANDSET_RATE, 12000);
+                       snd_ac97_write_cache(ac97, AC97_HANDSET_RATE, 8000);
                        tmp |= AC97_MEA_HADC | AC97_MEA_HDAC;
                }
-               snd_ac97_write_cache(ac97, AC97_EXTENDED_MSTATUS, 0xff00 & ~(tmp << 8));
+               snd_ac97_write_cache(ac97, AC97_EXTENDED_MSTATUS, 0);
                udelay(100);
                /* nothing should be in powerdown mode */
-               snd_ac97_write_cache(ac97, AC97_EXTENDED_MSTATUS, 0xff00 & ~(tmp << 8));
+               snd_ac97_write_cache(ac97, AC97_EXTENDED_MSTATUS, 0);
                end_time = jiffies + (HZ / 10);
                do {
                        if ((snd_ac97_read(ac97, AC97_EXTENDED_MSTATUS) & tmp) == tmp)