First post, by Loopy
Hello all,
I tried looking up an answer to my question in historic topics, unfortunately i didn't find a specific answer. Apologies if i missed something.
I'm currently in the process of building a retro/nostalgia rig. Hardware:
- K7M board
- Creative AWE64 sound card
- ATI Rage 3D video
For starters, i'm running a fresh Win98 system just to get things started. The idea is to dualboot with DOS/Win 3.11 but i'm not there yet.
Anyways, i'm having no issues with sound in vast majority of DOS and Windows games. I can easily recognize the Creative card as SB16 and DMA/IRQ addressing and mapping works just fine. The issue i'm having is with DirectX and its audio drivers. Whenever i install a game that requires DirectX, it complains that it cannot detect audio hardware. As a result, i end up having no audio in those games which is obviously a big issue.
I tried reinstalling DirectX 6 a million times with no luck. I tried manually changing addressing, nothing. If i run dxdiag and go under Music tab, selecting Creative Music Synth port plays music without any issues. I'm also having no devices showing errors under Device Manager. But if i run dxsetup, it's showing Audio Driver - No Hardware Support.
Any ideas on how i can remedy this issue or at least what's causing it?