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Need Help. Having trouble installing Sound Blaster Vibra CT2980.

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First post, by gryffinwings

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I am attempting to use the instructions on Phil's Computer Lab page, but every time I try to install any thing it get's stuck on loading, maybe I need to redo my disk or something, but I could use some help with trying to get this Sound Blaster installed on my Packard Bell Legend I 286. Thoughts or suggestions?

Main Computer: Custom - Intel 12900K, Asus Nvidia 3080 Ti, 64 GB DDR5.
Retro Computer: Packard Bell Legend I - AMD 286, 640KB RAM
Retro Computer: Dell Dimension 4400 - Pentium 4 2.8 GHz FSB 400 MHz, ATi Radeon 9600XT, Sound Blaster Live!, 768 MB RAM.

Reply 2 of 7, by gryffinwings

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Pickle wrote on 2023-06-04, 16:58:

Stuck on loading is a bit ambiguous. Do mean boot, in dos, in windows?

The installer would get hung up on the CTCM program and not go any further. Anyways, I stopped trying to use the card and went back to my original card I was going to use and got that working.

Main Computer: Custom - Intel 12900K, Asus Nvidia 3080 Ti, 64 GB DDR5.
Retro Computer: Packard Bell Legend I - AMD 286, 640KB RAM
Retro Computer: Dell Dimension 4400 - Pentium 4 2.8 GHz FSB 400 MHz, ATi Radeon 9600XT, Sound Blaster Live!, 768 MB RAM.

Reply 3 of 7, by gryffinwings

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So, for the life of me, I can not get any of my Sound Blaster PnP cards to work, CT2890 or CT2980, here are the pictures of the hardware I'm running, it's a 286 running MS-DOS 6.22 and where it gets stuck at.

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Main Computer: Custom - Intel 12900K, Asus Nvidia 3080 Ti, 64 GB DDR5.
Retro Computer: Packard Bell Legend I - AMD 286, 640KB RAM
Retro Computer: Dell Dimension 4400 - Pentium 4 2.8 GHz FSB 400 MHz, ATi Radeon 9600XT, Sound Blaster Live!, 768 MB RAM.

Reply 5 of 7, by gryffinwings

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Pickle wrote on 2023-06-10, 20:09:

i would try unisound and see if it detect and configures the card

I'm not quite sure what you mean, Unisound? what is that? and what is it supposed to do?

Main Computer: Custom - Intel 12900K, Asus Nvidia 3080 Ti, 64 GB DDR5.
Retro Computer: Packard Bell Legend I - AMD 286, 640KB RAM
Retro Computer: Dell Dimension 4400 - Pentium 4 2.8 GHz FSB 400 MHz, ATi Radeon 9600XT, Sound Blaster Live!, 768 MB RAM.

Reply 6 of 7, by gryffinwings

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Pickle wrote on 2023-06-10, 20:09:

i would try unisound and see if it detect and configures the card

Ok, I got unisound and it worked perfectly for me, thank you so much!!!!!!

Main Computer: Custom - Intel 12900K, Asus Nvidia 3080 Ti, 64 GB DDR5.
Retro Computer: Packard Bell Legend I - AMD 286, 640KB RAM
Retro Computer: Dell Dimension 4400 - Pentium 4 2.8 GHz FSB 400 MHz, ATi Radeon 9600XT, Sound Blaster Live!, 768 MB RAM.

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