Yeah I guess years and years of not using PCs and DosBox made me forget how finicky these things always were hardware-wise... 😁

I've got a ca 2002-2003 PC that I brought out for retro gaming (P4 2.4GHz, 1GB RAM, Abit IC7-G motherboard, Audigy 2, Radeon 9800). I installed Win 98 SE to be able to boot into DOS for DOS games. I also managed to configure the system so that booting into DOS it has access to the SB16 emulation, …

Managed to get it working! Just by chance I tried SBEGO.EXE and it seemed like it was playing something...I was connected to the breakout box, though :D I guess it won't work since it's firewire-based and that probably won't work in DOS. But anyway, connected to the back (Front L/R output jack) and …

OK I managed to assign different IRQ's in the BIOS after all (couldn't do it in Windows, wouldn't let me change anything). Now the Radeon is at IRQ 9, the Audigy 2 is at IRQ 7 and SB16 can use IRQ 5. Everything looks like it's in order! However..........if I now go to install Crusader: No Remorse, …

Is the SB16 emulation supposed to have the same IRQ as "Creative SB Audigy"? Or a different one? Currently it's 7 on the Audigy (and in the autoexec etc.), and Windows won't let me have the same one (manually) for the SB16. DMA is set to 3 and 7 but also 1 and 5 are free so I might change those back …

In the autoexec, my SET BLASTER was A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6. This caused Win98 to also freeze because of the Radeon I think. I changed it to I7 and that didn't happen anymore. So I'm guessing at least the IRQ conflict is gone. If I go to my SB16 resources, currently it says DMA 3 and 7. I guess I …

I went into the BIOS and disabled the parallel and serial ports. Now the AUDIGY12 patch says Audigy's IRQ is 7 which would work better. I tried installing Crusader: No Remorse using 220, IRQ 7, DMA 1 ... but it hangs. Hmmm............. The clue here is probably the colliding IRQ / DMA thingies. I'll …

I did a couple of reboots, and actually managed to complete the SB16 installation! These are my current shared IRQ's and DMA's, the Radeon seems to have IRQ 5 also, is it a problem? IRQ 3 = SB Audigy, ACPI IRQ Holder IRQ 5 = Radeon 9800, Standard PCI to USB Host Controller, ACPI IRQ Holder DMA 1 = …

@Joseph_Joestar - I did a clean swipe install of Win 98 SE and started following your excellent guide. I managed to get to part 4.6, but then my computer seems to hang (eternal hourglass) when I select "Creative Technology, Ltd.", "Creative SB16 Emulation" and click Next. Opening Control Panel also …

Hi (bumping this thread). I recently took my "old" (ca. 2002) PC from storage with the goal of playing both some nostalgic Windows games and some very nostalgic DOS games. The sound card I had was (unfortunately) a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum Ex with the breakout box. The machine itself was a …