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First post, by Demonslayer2103

Posted on 2018-03-25, 23:42

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i have a C-Media CMI8738 pci card and im trying to get it to run on a hp d530 computer and i am having problems getitng sound to work i have tryed two games duke nukem 3d and the secret of monkey island both give no sound at all i have used the drivers from here https://www.philscomputerlab.com/c-media-cmi8738.html when i configured the sound card in duke nukem 3d the fx rest will not play at all it just gives me an error and it trys to plays the musdic test but i here no sound if anyone has got this card to work in dos please let me know how you did it 🤣

Reply 1 of 13, by Jo22

Posted on 2018-03-26, 01:12

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Re: PCI sound cards and Chipsets from various manufacturers...

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Reply 2 of 13, by Kamerat

Posted on 2018-03-26, 19:16

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You can try out RemapCMI by noop. This maps legacy ports to the PCI ports of the card, works fine for FM and MPU-401 on games not requiring DOS extenders.

DOS Sound Blaster compatibility: PCI sound cards vs. PCI chipsets
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Reply 3 of 13, by Jo22

Posted on 2018-03-26, 20:28

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Thanks for the link, Kamerat! It's very informative.
I also enjoyed learning a bit about Ad Lib Gold and Dune. 😀

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Reply 4 of 13, by Demonslayer2103

Posted on 2018-03-31, 01:36

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I tried remapcmi and I still get no sound but now monkey island runs extremely slow

Reply 5 of 13, by Jo22

Posted on 2018-03-31, 02:50

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Did you try NSSI and if so what does it say ?

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Reply 6 of 13, by Demonslayer2103

Posted on 2018-03-31, 02:56

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Can you explain to my how to do that I'm new at this stuff

Reply 7 of 13, by Demonslayer2103

Posted on 2018-03-31, 03:08

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Ok never mind I figured it out here is what I got

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Reply 8 of 13, by Jo22

Posted on 2018-03-31, 03:25

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Hm. It finds Sound Blaster, good. What happens if you press "l" (Multimedia) ?
When I tried ~8 years ago, the working card looked like this..

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In what to one race is no time at all, another race can rise and fall..." - The Minstrel

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Reply 9 of 13, by Demonslayer2103

Posted on 2018-03-31, 03:39

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Take a look this is what I get

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Reply 10 of 13, by Jo22

Posted on 2018-03-31, 04:03

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Interesting. Your card reports a newer DSP than mine did way back in the early 2010s (4.12 vs 3.02).

Not sure if that revision is real or just an illusion. (To mimic a specific Sound Blaster DSP.).

I'd try different drivers now. Starting with CMI8X38D.zip w/ setaudio.com v1.98,
then 38dosv2.zip w/ setaudio.com v1.3 and so on.

I know, this isnt really what you expected, sorry. 😢

It's just so that I'm nolonger up-to-date with these things.
I sold large parts of my retro collection yerars ago (I had to).

I hope maybe Kamerat or another helpful soul has one or two
advices left he/she can share with you.

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In what to one race is no time at all, another race can rise and fall..." - The Minstrel

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Reply 11 of 13, by Demonslayer2103

Posted on 2018-04-01, 01:53

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I bought a vortex 2 from a thrift store today got lucky I guess I got it to work in dos but I have s new problem I have a copy of Sam and max hit the road and fate of Atlantis but the voices don't work in them sam and max just will not load the intro and fate of atlantis the voices are there for a second then they disappear and idea what might be my problem?

Reply 12 of 13, by Demonslayer2103

Posted on 2018-04-01, 04:27

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I figured it out it was the mouse driver for some reson

Reply 13 of 13, by Jo22

Posted on 2018-04-01, 06:12

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Congrats, glad it works now. 😀

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In what to one race is no time at all, another race can rise and fall..." - The Minstrel

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