Re: New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy
Posted on 2020-06-01, 22:41
Which chipsets are affected by this? Does it also apply to specific SB Live! models?
New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy
Posted on 2020-06-01, 22:35
I collected a lot of Lives expecting to use them in a bunch of builds...until I found out just how incompatible with Via chipsets of the era they were. Now I have a big box of definitely non-live Lives waiting for nothing. That's weird. I haven't had any issues with my SB Live! cards on VIA Apollo …
New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy
Posted on 2020-06-01, 22:35
darry wrote on 2020-06-01, 18:35: They are "live" after all . Maybe they're reproducing behind our backs 😀 So that explains it
Re: New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy
Posted on 2020-06-01, 16:00
I have a bunch myself as well. The only ones I bought to have were the AWE64 Gold! cards. All the others just came in lots with other stuff. Really easy to end up with a bunch of CT4520 and some CT4500 cards without even trying. Somehow I've managed to not find any AWE64s(I do have an AWE32 CT3910, …
Re: Help installing Sound Blasters Live! CT4780 on Windows 98 please
Posted on 2020-06-01, 15:47
[Technically, yes, but as per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_98#Windows_98_Second_Edition , 98 SE had " improved WDM audio and modem support". As noted above, Creative's installers specifically required 98 SE for WDM drivers. Improved != Introduced Though I don't see any reason to use …
Re: Help installing Sound Blasters Live! CT4780 on Windows 98 please
Posted on 2020-06-01, 01:22
Only 98 SE can use WDM drivers, so if you're trying to use those, then it absolutely matters. According to Wikipedia, Win98FE (and even 95 OSR2) can also use WDM drivers. I also found this post on General Hardware: is recomendable to disable even USB and Firewire, which use WDM only drivers But …
Re: Why didn't anyone tell me about the SGM v2.01 soundfount ?
Posted on 2020-06-01, 00:41
I loaded a sound fount over 1gb on my audigy in windows 7. You asked about Windows 98, where you can't use more than 512 MB RAM anyway, unless you use rLoew's RAM patch. And Audigy is only limited by your system RAM anyway (so is Live! apparently with Kx drivers, but not with Creative Drivers, …
Re: Why didn't anyone tell me about the SGM v2.01 soundfount ?
Posted on 2020-05-31, 23:04
SBLIve! can load soundfonts larger than 64 MB when using the kx drivers: https://github.com/kxproject/kX-Audio-driver-binaries I didn't know Kx drivers surpassed that. However, Kx has no support for Windows 98 since version 5.00.3537 And yes, I did look it up to know if they even supported Win98 to …
Re: AWE32 Clicking when playing sounds.
Posted on 2020-05-31, 00:46
I have now fixed the AWE32 and I imagine the same will fix the Vibra although I wont be checking it. I simply unticked the automatic configuration in the resources tab and set it manually. Works a treat now thankyou! Wait, you actually fixed it? How? What settings did you use? I'm asking because I …
Re: Why didn't anyone tell me about the SGM v2.01 soundfount ?
Posted on 2020-05-31, 00:04
But the bigger question, can it be used with the sound blaster soundfount bank manger in 98 on a live or Audigy? \ I'm afraid not, because SBLive! can't load SoundFonts larger than 64MB and SGM is ~240MB, so even with the Audigy you might have trouble, considering most people have 256MB of RAM on …
Re: How to stupidly fry your almost irreplaceable AWE64
Posted on 2020-05-30, 23:53
Did you succeed in fixing it?
Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones
Posted on 2020-05-30, 19:31
I've also noticed UTSource claims to have ALS-100, OPL4 YMF278B-F, and the wavetable YRW801-M ROM for the OPL4 chips, so I'll fire up an inquiry to them as well, see what's possible. I'm mainly aiming to recreate the OPL4 ALS-100 card, as while the Dream SAM9233 was used on a few released ALS-100 …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-05-30, 14:11
evasive wrote on 2020-05-29, 20:15: oh f*ck. […] Show full quote oh f*ck. at least you know 2 things now: 1) always take pictures before removing stuff 2) you'll have to order your caps online Another question: Which brands and series should I be looking for and which ones should I avoid (other …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-05-30, 13:35
Zip ties personally just frustrate me lol. Maybe I could put a different heatsink on the card? (Also have a Voodoo 3 1000 card with no heatsink or fan) I don't like them either for cable management, but for non-destructive cooling mods they're just fine. As for putting a different heatsink, I can't …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-05-30, 13:08
How does one put a fan on the heatsink of a video card that has nothing for screws to go into? With zip ties, of course: IMG_20200530_155821.jpg IMG_20200530_155839.jpg It doesn't exactly look professional, but it works, and it looks better from up close :D The screws go between the fins, just like …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-05-30, 12:28
I got them from Amazon (Enzotech). Not really a bargain at 32EUR/piece ... then again - the Voodoo5 wasn't really cheap either and I wanted a solution with longevity. Yes, they do mount into the existing holes (variable from 54.6mm to 59mm). The hole to hole distance of the Voodoo clocks in at …
Re: A (Very Short) Guide to Having USB 2.0 in Windows 98 SE with a NEC-Chipset USB 2.0 PCI Card
Posted on 2020-05-30, 12:10
1) After installing the PCI card, the PC would boot, but the monitor would remain in power save/sleep mode, and would not turn on. I had a similar issue with a NEC USB 2.0 card on my Intel Advanced/EV (430FX) board running Windows 95C with XUSBSUPP. Pressing Enter twice brought it back every time, …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-05-29, 20:25
evasive wrote on 2020-05-29, 20:15: oh f*ck. […] Show full quote oh f*ck. at least you know 2 things now: 1) always take pictures before removing stuff 2) you'll have to order your caps online Indeed. If it's any good, only 2 started bulging. The rest seem fine, and I've already removed them all to …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-05-29, 20:13
I suggest you follow some of the traces all the way back to the power connector. There's no '+' sign at all in there? None at all. However, I just noticed that EVERY OTHER cap is the opposite. So there we have it: I put them in reverse, and I had no idea whatsoever that ASUS had it this way. Sigh. …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-05-29, 19:52
Sounds like overvoltage from a defective power supply got the better of those. What series were they? Don't remember, but I think they were MBZ. RD caps? Have a picture/specs? The are the infamous Samwha ones, which in hindsight, I should've known better than to use. See below. By "RD" you mean the …
Page 11 of 15