Re: The Great Sound Blaster Live! Install CD Test Off

Posted on 2020-04-14, 05:09

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Anything special I have to select (or not select if it tries to install a bunch of things I'll never need or use)? On the initial screen, I usually leave only "Sound Blaster Live" checked. Later, it will ask you if you want a Full Installation or Custom Installation. I choose "Custom," and check …

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Re: Reveal WavExtreme 32 (SC800) Interwave Drivers

Posted on 2020-04-14, 05:06

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in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Your card reminds me of the STB Soundrage 32, another Interwave card. I cover it in this post (scroll down about 10 cards or so): Re: My Wavetable Sample Thread

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Re: The Great Sound Blaster Live! Install CD Test Off

Posted on 2020-04-14, 01:23

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in Marvin \ Sound

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In the past, a 100% smooth install has happened only when I used a boxed retail version of a card with the CD that was packaged with it. I had retail CDs for CT4760 and SB0060 but sold the latter. I'm glad you posted this - I was researching which I should use with my CT4760 I just got, and was …

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Re: The Great Sound Blaster Live! Install CD Test Off

Posted on 2020-04-13, 22:51

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Perhaps try installing the two CT4380 cards in a Windows XP setup and see how the cards then behave? The Live Unified Driver Pack for XP should still be available on Creative's website. Also, under Windows 98SE, does it install the WDM drivers? Is there an option under the Creative submenu to …

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Re: The Great Sound Blaster Live! Install CD Test Off

Posted on 2020-04-13, 20:56

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This is quite strange, since the image I uploaded is the installation CD that came with my CT4830. Maybe install the card in a different system (both 98 & perhaps XP)? Could perhaps be a motherboard (chipset) incompatibility. Would you mind creating an image of the SB0100 installation CD and …

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Re: The Great Sound Blaster Live! Install CD Test Off

Posted on 2020-04-13, 17:42

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Perhaps try running the "UPDDRV95.EXE" file in the \Win95drv folder I mentioned earlier? In a roundabout way, I did that. I just received a retail boxed SB Live! 5.1 (SB0100), and the CD included an INF file that supposedly works with a CT4830 (just like the one you uploaded). However, there's a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-04-12, 22:08

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were these marketed as 3500 by compaq, or is there any other reason why they get called 3500 over other V3s on the same PCB? There's also a little white sticker on one of the ICs that says "COMPAQ" on it. That's the easiest way to tell. A number of years ago, an eBay seller was blowing these out …

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Re: The Great Sound Blaster Live! Install CD Test Off

Posted on 2020-04-12, 20:37

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in Marvin \ Sound

In answer to the last part of your reply about what system this will go into . . . well, I'm doing it mostly because the Live! card and its million variations have really bugged me for the past several years, and I wanted to get some clarity. The Live! CAN be such a great solution for a 98SE system …

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Re: The Great Sound Blaster Live! Install CD Test Off

Posted on 2020-04-12, 20:18

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Come to think of it, I seem to recall the sound playback also being very quiet after the installation of the drivers from the CD -ROM. There might be some "gain" controls under the Mixer settings. I cannot recall, as it has been almost 20 years since I've installed my card with a Windows 98SE setup …

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Re: The Great Sound Blaster Live! Install CD Test Off

Posted on 2020-04-12, 17:34

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A partial success! The CD works with a CT4780 perfectly -- a 100% smooth install. Although I had a 100% smooth install with the CT4830, I could only the faintest of sounds in Windows or DOS. If I cranked my speakers, I could barely hear sound. I tried two different CT4830 cards in two different 98SE …

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Re: The Great Sound Blaster Live! Install CD Test Off

Posted on 2020-04-12, 15:52

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I bought a Sound Blaster Live! 1024 Value back in mid-2000 (model number CT4830) and I still have that card's installation CD. The disk contains the standard Creative software and drivers for Windows 95, 98, NT4 & 2000. The files were created on the disc on 12 April 2000, but the Windows 95/98 & …

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Re: Diamond Monster Sound MX200 & 98SE

Posted on 2020-04-11, 23:13

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in Marvin \ Sound

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As Murphy's Law would have it, shortly after I post a question, I solved the problem. I'll post the solution here in case anyone runs into the same problem. The install process reports that a couple of files you have in your system already are newer than the ones being installed. It asks if you want …

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Diamond Monster Sound MX200 & 98SE

Posted on 2020-04-11, 22:08

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in Marvin \ Sound

Has anyone gotten their Diamond Monster Sound MX200 to function properly with 98SE? This is the Diamond card with the Analog Devices DSP (not the MX300 with Aureal Vortex 2). 98SE recognizes the card upon startup and loads the driver from the 98SE CD. It works fine at this point with Windows sounds …

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Re: The Great Sound Blaster Live! Install CD Test Off

Posted on 2020-04-11, 21:04

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There is really no point in trying out all the images. All you need to do to see what a particular CD supports is to mount it and look in the .inf file and then compare the PCI ID for your card with what is in the .inf file. I already modified all the X-Fi driver image descriptions as well as …

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The Great Sound Blaster Live! Install CD Test Off

Posted on 2020-04-11, 19:01

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I was feeling masochistic yesterday, so I decided to try to match various Sound Blaster Live! cards I own with installation CDs found on vogonsdrivers and archive.org. What I was looking for is a 100% smooth install in 98SE with the CD only. No downloading additional drivers or even pointing the …

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Re: Which old games would you like to see remastered version of it?

Posted on 2020-04-09, 18:51

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Hmm ... I'll go with Betrayal at Krondor.

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Re: Adlib Gold clone - 2THEMAX SoundMedia Multimedia Board?

Posted on 2020-04-08, 13:32

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in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

imi wrote on 2020-04-08, 13:18: your case looks non-standard too though ^^ at least in the ATX spec card openings should be 15.9mm wide Maybe. 15.9mm seems awfully wide. I have Antec and Enlight cases, and their card opening (the gap) is only 12.0mm.

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Re: Adlib Gold clone - 2THEMAX SoundMedia Multimedia Board?

Posted on 2020-04-08, 04:57

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in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

That driver is usually just for FM, isn't it? Did it not detect anything for the digital audio and control/mixer features? The included software would have long pre-dated Win 9x, and likely won't help much, except for pure DOS and maybe Windows 3.x. Have you noticed the persistent hiss that …

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Re: Adlib Gold clone - 2THEMAX SoundMedia Multimedia Board?

Posted on 2020-04-08, 04:53

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in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Wow, OK that's a very different experience to what I've gone through, but will have to check over my setup again. The pot on yours also seems to be aligned differently to mine - the ones I have are mostly directly above the audio ports. What's in your BX setup? It's an Intel Seattle 440BX-2. Clean …

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Re: Adlib Gold clone - 2THEMAX SoundMedia Multimedia Board?

Posted on 2020-04-08, 03:07

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in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

The pot and volume knob really are non-standard. The knob keeps the top of the slot cover from moving over the screw hole, so my card is not secured to the case. Filename IMG_9050.jpg File size 1.05 MiB Views 1080 views Filename IMG_9051.jpg File size 1.23 MiB Views 1080 views

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