Do you use Line out or Speaker out? Did you try both of them with same result?
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wrote:Do you use Line out or Speaker out? Did you try both of them with same result?
Same result in both outputs. I'll try the patch out. Thanks 😀
Ok, I downloaded the driver update, but that's just for Cubic Player, not a generic driver.
Cheers,
Rita Graça.
My DOS machine: MS-DOS 6.22, Pentium MMX 200MHz, 64MB RAM, AWE64 Gold, 4GB HD, Philips 19" CRT, 3"1/2 Floppy, CDROM, Parallel ZIP, ThrustMaster FLCS+TQL+Elite.
I am nearly out of possible advices. If I were you, I'd check for a few more options though:
- show me your autoexec.bat/config.sys contents for inspection;
- seek out for some forgotten drivers from other soundcards that could interfere; remove the unneeded drivers;
- possibly install the card into another PC to see if the bug persists;
- try to change soundcard's resources allocation (IRQ, DMA etc) - it should be done in a program way on a CT3990 and with PCB jumpers on a CT2760 - there could be some hidden resource conflict;
- register at http://old-games.ru/forum/ and post your problem at an international zone - there are lots of AWE32 owners prowling around and some of them are, unlike me, really deep technicians.
I tried to change the DMA and Interrupt, but I couldn't. The only options I had were the same that were already configured on the board. So, no luck there. 🙁
Heres Autoexec.bat:
SET SOUND=C:\SB16
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 E620 T6
SET MIDI=SYNTH:1 MAP:E MODE:0
SET CTCM=C:\CTCM
C:\SB16\DIAGNOSE /S /W=C:\WINDOWS
C:\SB16\AWEUTIL /S
C:\SB16\MIXERSET /P /Q
C:\CTCM\CTCU /S /W=C:\WINDOWS
@ECHO OFF
PROMPT $p$g
PATH C:\TQS;C:\WINDOWS;C:\DOS;c:\sud
SET TEMP=C:\tmp
SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\GMOUSE;
LH /L:0;2,6336 /S C:\DOS\shCDEX.com /d:mscd001 /v
LH /L:0;2,45440 /S C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE /q /n c+ d
smartdrv /s
LH /L:0;1,3328 /S fdos\bin\mouse
Config.sys:
DEVICE=C:\CTCM\CTCM.EXE
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS /testmem:off /v
device=c:\APs\xmsdsk\setxmsto.exe 262080
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS d=64
BUFFERS=15,0
FILES=40
DOS=UMB
lastdrive=P
FCBS=4,0
DOS=HIGH
DEVICEHIGH /L:2,4064 =C:\DOS\XGCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD001
STACKS=9,256
SHELL=C:\4\4DOS.COM C:\4\ /P
They seem alright, but again, I'm not a DOS expert.
Cheers,
Rita Graça.
My DOS machine: MS-DOS 6.22, Pentium MMX 200MHz, 64MB RAM, AWE64 Gold, 4GB HD, Philips 19" CRT, 3"1/2 Floppy, CDROM, Parallel ZIP, ThrustMaster FLCS+TQL+Elite.
I've also noticed that the chip CT1748-SBP is missing! But it doesn't seem to have been unsoldered or ripped off.
Here's a photo. It's the 2nd chip to the right of the SIMM sockets:
Cheers,
Rita Graça.
My DOS machine: MS-DOS 6.22, Pentium MMX 200MHz, 64MB RAM, AWE64 Gold, 4GB HD, Philips 19" CRT, 3"1/2 Floppy, CDROM, Parallel ZIP, ThrustMaster FLCS+TQL+Elite.
CT1748-SBP is an Advanced Signal Processing (ASP) chip. It's an additional one and is not required by Creative Labs cards to operate properly. It is normal that it's missing on your card.
As for card resources - did you try changing them within CTCU.EXE? If you don't have three or four ISA sound cards simultaneously in your rig, you should be able to change allocated resources relatively easily.
Now, your startup files. I don't see anything really criminal about them, though they are somewhat cluttered and inoptimized in terms of DOS conventional memory.
Try removing these strings or deactivating them with REM prefixes:
C:\SB16\DIAGNOSE /S /W=C:\WINDOWS
C:\SB16\AWEUTIL /S
C:\SB16\MIXERSET /P /Q
C:\CTCM\CTCU /S /W=C:\WINDOWS
These strings aren't needed by your card to work, I suppose there's a tiny chance that they are responsible for that channel mess.
