Zuon wrote:

This should be an easy one, but I'm having difficulty finding documentation. I know there are a few variations of this card - I think I have the YMF-744 variant, but I am unsure, and I do not wish to disassemble the laptop again to find out. As of now, GM, FM, and Sound Blaster sound effects work within Windows 98, but many more games cannot even be run unless they're in MS DOS mode. And when I reboot into MS DOS mode, I get Sound Blaster FM, but no sound effects. Also, I have read that this card does not have a native DOS wavetable. If this is true, this is fine for my purposes. Sound Blaster is all I'd need.

Yes, it lacks wavetable under DOS. Which laptop do you have? Give the modified initializer a try: http://vsynchmame.mameworld.info/

Kamerat wrote:

Zuon wrote:

This should be an easy one, but I'm having difficulty finding documentation. I know there are a few variations of this card - I think I have the YMF-744 variant, but I am unsure, and I do not wish to disassemble the laptop again to find out. As of now, GM, FM, and Sound Blaster sound effects work within Windows 98, but many more games cannot even be run unless they're in MS DOS mode. And when I reboot into MS DOS mode, I get Sound Blaster FM, but no sound effects. Also, I have read that this card does not have a native DOS wavetable. If this is true, this is fine for my purposes. Sound Blaster is all I'd need.

Yes, it lacks wavetable under DOS. Which laptop do you have? Give the modified initializer a try: http://vsynchmame.mameworld.info/

I have a Sony Vaio PCG-Z505js. Thanks for the link. I'll take a look.

There are a bunch of modified initializers for the YMF cards depending on what motherboard chipset your computer has.

I have them all on my google drive.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bx6yUkEXCMV … NkY5RklBLWNjT1k

They are available for VIA, Intel ICH2, ICH4, ICH5, and SIS.

The SETUPDS could be modded for other chipsets as well.

The original supports different ones than the modified ones, but you can get that from wherever.

Has anyone successfully initialized a YMF-PCI card for the VT8235/8237 south bridges?

cyclone3d wrote:

There are a bunch of modified initializers for the YMF cards depending on what motherboard chipset your computer has. […]
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There are a bunch of modified initializers for the YMF cards depending on what motherboard chipset your computer has.

I have them all on my google drive.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bx6yUkEXCMV … NkY5RklBLWNjT1k

They are available for VIA, Intel ICH2, ICH4, ICH5, and SIS.

The SETUPDS could be modded for other chipsets as well.

The original supports different ones than the modified ones, but you can get that from wherever.

Here is a screenshot of what CPU-Z detects of my motherboard.

http://imgur.com/a/hx5yU

Being relatively inexperienced with sound card troubleshooting, and older motherboard chipsets in general, which one should I download from your drive?

Zuon wrote:

Here is a screenshot of what CPU-Z detects of my motherboard. […]
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cyclone3d wrote:

There are a bunch of modified initializers for the YMF cards depending on what motherboard chipset your computer has. […]
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There are a bunch of modified initializers for the YMF cards depending on what motherboard chipset your computer has.

I have them all on my google drive.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bx6yUkEXCMV … NkY5RklBLWNjT1k

They are available for VIA, Intel ICH2, ICH4, ICH5, and SIS.

The SETUPDS could be modded for other chipsets as well.

The original supports different ones than the modified ones, but you can get that from wherever.

Here is a screenshot of what CPU-Z detects of my motherboard.

http://imgur.com/a/hx5yU

Being relatively inexperienced with sound card troubleshooting, and older motherboard chipsets in general, which one should I download from your drive?

You have an Intel 440BX/ZX chipset. In that case, you shouldn't even need a modified SETUPDS as the stock one should work just fine.

The stock one supports Intel 430TX, 440LX, 440BX and ALI Aladdin 4, ALI Aladdin 5

I have uploaded the latest stock DOS mode setup to my google drive as well in the same folder as linked earlier.

There is also a readme file included with pretty good setup instructions for SETUPDS.

You will probably have to play around with SETUPDS to figure out what I/O and DMA ports will work on your setup.

Depending on how it is wired up, it may even have the PC-PCI/SB-LINK connection which makes things even easier.

Well, I figured out the problem I was having - I didn't have DMA turned on in the settings. 8000 works just perfectly. Thanks for the help!