In the case you accenditally bend the pin, you can use some aluminum foil folded multiple times to add some width between the battery and the pin and make a very good electrical contact. It works very well...

Hello ! I would definitely choose a Creative DVD (2X, 5X or 6X), PC-DVD Encore DXR2 (or DXR3). Those are Panasonic / Matshita OEM but with customised front bezels. They look really good ! 😀

Thanks a lot ! @Tiido I'd be glad if you could inspect and possibly repair this good old DB50XG. I send you a PM about this ! 😀

Thanks for your reply. I managed to get a refund from the seller, but I am pretty sure that someone skilled could spot the defect (bad cap / solder joint...) and repair it. Those cards are now incredibly rare...

Hello all, I have been following this forum for a very long time now, but never had the opportunity to create a new topic ! I got recently a DB50XG MIDI daughterboard, that remains totally silent. I am 100% sure of my test setup. A Korg Wave MIDI DB on the same SB16 waveblaster plays nicely. So this …

Yes I know about this "SYNTH:2" variable but I couldn' see any effect with my CT1740 SB16 or with the AWE64. As you said I think very few software take it into account.

Following your advice I explored the "AWE settings" again and I found out that disabling "MPU401 emulation" would stop routing the MIDI to internal synth. So far it works ! Thanks again !

Thanks ! Actually in the "Multimedia" applet of the Windows control panel I have selected "External MIDI". This choice allows to use the external Roland Sound Canvas in every Windows application (midi player, Cubase, Midisoft...) but not the MS-DOS box. It's like the DOS box doesn't really use this …

I precise that I have tried with the built-in Windows 95 OSR 2.5 and AWE64 drivers. Same problem. The BLASTER environnement variable within the dos box looks correct.

Hello all, I am new to this forum so a few words about me : I'm 37 and a great nostalgic of 80's and 90's ! I have a Gateway 2000 1994 tower that I love : Pentium 100 (upgraded to 133), 64 MB, Windows 95. I used so far a SB16 with Orchid Wavebooster 4FX daughterboard then a NEC XR385 (DB60XG). Last …