diff -urN -X ../src/dontdiff linux-2.4.21-pre2-clean/drivers/sound/ac97_codec.c linux-2.4.21-pre2/drivers/sound/ac97_codec.c
--- linux-2.4.21-pre2-clean/drivers/sound/ac97_codec.c	2003-01-01 21:32:08.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.4.21-pre2/drivers/sound/ac97_codec.c	2003-01-01 21:39:26.000000000 +0100
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@
 	{0x83847666, "SigmaTel STAC9750T",	&sigmatel_9744_ops},
 	{0x83847684, "SigmaTel STAC9783/84?",	&null_ops},
 	{0x57454301, "Winbond 83971D",		&null_ops},
+	{0x43585442, "Samsung ????",		&null_ops},
 };
 
 static const char *ac97_stereo_enhancements[] =
diff -urN -X ../src/dontdiff linux-2.4.21-pre2-clean/drivers/sound/i810_audio.c linux-2.4.21-pre2/drivers/sound/i810_audio.c
--- linux-2.4.21-pre2-clean/drivers/sound/i810_audio.c	2003-01-01 21:32:09.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.4.21-pre2/drivers/sound/i810_audio.c	2003-01-01 21:41:52.000000000 +0100
@@ -2916,15 +2916,16 @@
 			kfree(codec);
 			break;
 		}
+
+		/* Samsung codec built in VM7000 series Notebooks is falsely (?)
+		 * identified as softmodem */
 		
-		/* Check for an AC97 1.0 soft modem (ID1) */
-		
-		if(codec->codec_read(codec, AC97_RESET) & 2)
+		if (codec->type == 0x43585442)
 		{
-			printk(KERN_WARNING "i810_audio: codec %d is an AC97 1.0 softmodem - skipping.\n", ac97_id);
-			kfree(codec);
-			continue;
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "i810_audio: codec %d is a broken(?) Samsung codec, skipping softmodem check.\n", ac97_id);
+			goto skip_modem_check;
 		}
+			
 		
 		/* Check for an AC97 2.x soft modem */
 		
@@ -2935,7 +2936,17 @@
 			kfree(codec);
 			continue;
 		}
-	
+
+		/* Check for an AC97 1.0 soft modem (ID1) */
+		
+		if(codec->codec_read(codec, AC97_RESET) & 2)
+		{
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "i810_audio: codec %d is an AC97 1.0 softmodem - skipping.\n", ac97_id);
+			kfree(codec);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+skip_modem_check:
 		card->ac97_features = eid;
 
 		/* Now check the codec for useful features to make up for