Update: It turns out that all my PCI sound cards are giving me that error. I tested it with Aureal Vortex 2 card. I even tested it on my Core 2 Quad rig - same result. All ISA cards are working just fine. Weird...

The weird part is that regardless of my button pushes error message doesn't go away. It shortly flickers normal screen and then message is back. At first I thought that card keeps sending junk, but even when I shut my PC down message stays. Only MU50 cold power cycle helps. Also unit doesn't play …

Hi! I'm getting following error on my Yamaha MU50 as soon as I power on my PC with AOpen AW744-II PCI sound card on i440BX system. mu50.jpg It looks like erroneous midi data from sound card causes this according to manual. To make it more confusing my MU50 works fine with my other YMF718-S based ISA …

I stumbled upon small YT channel with quite many FM sound card examples: https://www.youtube.com/user/B20A916VDOHC/videos While there are a lot of sample compilation resources around Internet what makes this one in my opinion unique are slow_mo close up shots of the cards. True visual feast for …

WOW! That was fast! Yes startup problem is fixed. HW info in my case is showing up correctly. However it looks like it gets confused by my "SINTECHI HighSpeed SD to IDE" adapter. I'm running entire system off the SD card without physical HDD. In benchmark section my Disk bench option is disabled. …

Tried on my w98SE rig. It crashes. At CPU detection it seems. I'm using latest beta BIOS so I can use higher clocked Coppermine CPUs Yeah I'm running my 650Mhz(100FSB) P3 at 133FSB speed, but it have been rock stable over 4 months. So it can't be the issue.

Well I’m using 12V 6A (total overkill) power brick from one of those RGB led strip kits. It gives me 12,89V without load. I guess it’s down to circuit design then. Anyways I managed to brake one of the pins on original adapter. Case looks glued so no easy repair. Also using modern adapter feels …

While I have Serdaco X3MB which should be Sound Canvas replica I felt I need little-bit more bling and alternate GM sound. So I bought this one off the ebay. mu50.jpg "Thanks" Hermes/DPD for nice delivery across Europe. :-/ I managed to straighten them up. Then checked for short with multimeter and …

So noone have mentioned benchmarks/stress testing: tools -3dmark 99 -3dmark 2k -3dmark 2001SE 3dmark03 latest version isn't working. You need to use earlier version. I also use Everest for sysinfo. Also since I use stable 45.23 Nvidia drivers for my gf4 I also like to keep period correct DX version …

A little update! PC2.jpg + Gainward Dragon 3000 (12MB Voodoo 2) - since I got it working + Soundblaster 16 Value (CT2770) - since I want 16bit card in DOS mode + Samsung SH-S182 IDE DVD device - It has dedicated audio out for DOS red book CD games and it's IDE. Less clutter, no need for SATA-IDE …

Well it looks like my 3dfx side story developed a twist! It's literally twist, because if you look closely at upper Gainward card top chip with heat sink is little bit twisted. I noticed that when I bought it, but at that time I missed the fact that 4 legs were also detached. I noticed it only …

part 2/2 Slot1 ver 2.0 spec: CPU: 650MHz Slot1 Coppermine @ 866Mhz (w/o voltage increase, full load temp ~50C) MB: Asus P3B-F RAM: 2 sticks Infineon 128 MB SDRAM PC133 CL2 (Yeah another upgrade because I can ;) GPU: MSI 8872 - G4Ti 4600-VTD (4x AGP) Sound: AOpen AW744-II, Serdaco X3MB and CVX4 Net: …

TLDR - my little story how I ended up with 2 retro rigs while attempting to relive my youth. And despite some frustration and excess costs (of course) I loved every bit of it. Entire adventure described below lasted almost 12 months. Mission statement: Build retro rig for authentic DOS gaming based …

Pinout: Proper configuration in SETUPDS should be: IRQ Mode: S-IRQ DMA mode: PC/PCI

I'd like to thank you guys for this mod info. Now I have fully functional SB Pro in native DOS mode. I like this card very much in both win98 and DOS op.systems. My rig: https://imgur.com/5LSXDcx

In order to support coppermine you also need to have specific hw revision of the board. More info here: http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-Intel/SE440BX-2.html

1) I'm a linux user so my first question is how much compatibility can I expect from this card? I have already noted that the included software is .exe, is there any hope of seeing them working (at least on wine)? 2) The problem I would like to solve is exactly related to my operating system. …