DIAGNOSE.EXE has a memory detection and test routine built in. The memory amount also appears in the AWE Control Panel under Windows.

NJRoadfan wrote:

DIAGNOSE.EXE has a memory detection and test routine built in. The memory amount also appears in the AWE Control Panel under Windows.

I'll try DIAGNOSE.EXE, as I don't have Windows 95 installed, only DOS.

You can also read the markings on the memory chips and search for them.

Here:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search? … dram/index.html
And here:
http://home.arcor.de/kickstart/TKA/Tutorials/ … emory/SIMM.html
http://home.arcor.de/kickstart/TKA/Tutorials/Memory/PNC.html

Broken, picture please.

Also if any of both would fail you have only the standard 512KB memory, as the 30pin simms are 8bit width and cpu needs 16bits at the time i would reckon.

The DIAGNOSE.EXE did not show the memory installed in the board. It tested 8bit and 16 bit music, etc.

There's a jumper which selects between the onboard memory and the SIMM slots. If it doesn't see the SIMMs and is jumpered to use them, you'll get 0KB. If it's jumpered to use onboard you should get 512KB.

can we have a picture of the broken simm slot?

Diagnose.exe has detected the memory now. Since the SIMM slots are broken, the memory wasn't being detected, so it wouldn't show up. CT could have done a better job, and put a 0KB available message, e.g.).

I now have another problem with Diagnose.exe, which is, it complains it can't find a CTMIDI.DRV, when testing AWE synthesised music.

I installed CTCMBBS and SBBASIC. I thought those would be enough. I downloaded them from Creative's web site.

Anyone knows where I can download CTMIDI.DRV?

"Anyone knows where I can download CTMIDI.DRV?"

Does the Vogons driver library have it?

You don't need to download CTMIDI.DRV, it is a part of SBBASIC package and located at C:\SB16\DRV folder (provided that you installed SBBASIC to C:\SB16 folder). Your problem is that DIAGNOSE.EXE requires CTMIDI.DRV to be in the same folder for AWE synthesized music test to work.

You have either to copy CTMIDI.DRV to the folder where DIAGNOSE.EXE dwells, or add CTMIDI.DRV's location to the PATH system variable in AUTOEXEC.BAT, like this:

SET PATH = %PATH%;C:\SB16\DRV

bristlehog wrote:

You don't need to download CTMIDI.DRV, it is a part of SBBASIC package and located at C:\SB16\DRV folder (provided that you installed SBBASIC to C:\SB16 folder). Your problem is that DIAGNOSE.EXE requires CTMIDI.DRV to be in the same folder for AWE synthesized music test to work.

You have either to copy CTMIDI.DRV to the folder where DIAGNOSE.EXE dwells, or add CTMIDI.DRV's location to the PATH system variable in AUTOEXEC.BAT, like this:

SET PATH = %PATH%;C:\SB16\DRV

Humm, I only have a C:\CTCM directory, not a C:\SB16...

I've downloaded the AWE32 CD from vogonsdrivers.com, and I'm going to install now.

Ok MIDI emulation is working, but there's output only in my left speaker!

Playing SB music is OK on both speakers, though.

Checked the mixed, but that's not it. Any suggestions?

PS - the installer CD gave me a script error at the beginning, but it seems the installation finished OK.

So, AWE music plays only in left channel, while FM/OPL music plays in both, did I get it correctly?

Replug your speakers/headphones jack into the card to make sure that's not an unstable jack connection. Try playing AWE music outside of DIAGNOSE. If the problem persists, that might be a broken AWE32 card.

bristlehog wrote:

So, AWE music plays only in left channel, while FM/OPL music plays in both, did I get it correctly?

Replug your speakers/headphones jack into the card to make sure that's not an unstable jack connection. Try playing AWE music outside of DIAGNOSE. If the problem persists, that might be a broken AWE32 card.

The headphones seem to be OK because they work with FM\OPL music. They also work OK on other computers.

I tried F-117 Stealth Fighter II and with Adlib sound it worked OK on both speakers. With MT-32 sound, only left speaker, again.

Played MIDI files on Windows 3.11, also only left speaker with sound. 🙁

Soundblaster AWE32 (CT2760) MIDI/FM music only in left channel

Seems we have the same kind of problem. I got no response on my thread, so I think we're out of luck 🙁

I am afraid you both are experiencing some kind of EMU8000 chip malfunction. There's even an explanation for one of you having this kind of a problem only with wavetable music, and other with both FM and wavetable. The thing is that on some AWE32 models the OPL/FM output is routed through EMU8000 chip, and on some other models it isn't.

What AWE32 models do you both have anyway? Model number should be printed on the card PCB, something like CTxxxx.

CT2760. I'll just continue using it with an external MIDI device. Not that big of a deal.

I have a CT2760 and experience no such troubles. And yes, FM is routed through EMU8000 on a CT2760.

But there might be good news:

"CPAWE17C.ZIP 16-Apr-1996 00:00 7.4K CP AWE wavtbl driver 1.7c player add. driver AWE wavtbl drv v1.7c AWE wavetable driver update -removes strange left/right channels missing/wrong bug."

http://ftp.mpoli.fi/software/DOS/AUDIO/

Update: uh-oh, it's only an AWE32 driver for Cubic Player...

Mine's a CT3990.