First post, by Spaz
I have a weird issue with my Retro PC. It's been working fine for years, but suddenly all adlib sounds are very weak.
I noticed this today when I played Commander Keen 4. The music/sound was barely audible. After some troubleshooting I've found out this low-volume issue affects all games using adlib sounds.
e.g, if I run Pinball Fantasies in Sound Blaster 16 mode, all is well. If I select adlib the 'low-volume' issue occurs.
I suspect an On-board amplifier has stopped working.
Does the AWE64 Gold have a separate Adlib/FM synthesis chip that, if defective, can cause this issue?