Hi Frank,
Thanks. I will ssh it and report back (tomorrow or Monday).
"This is strange!
From the HifiShield?
Next things to test:
- boot without HifiShield
- connect a monitor to the HDMI port"
The audio must be coming out of the HifiShield Plus optical output. I will remove the optical and see if it comes out of the analog output. It doesn't make a noise when i boot anything else so I thought it was Rune announcing itself. Strange indeed! Maybe it's the way the noise the Odroid makes when it surrenders. I'll check it out now that I know it isn't a program feature. Will report on progress.