Hi, all. I've setup an oldies station w/ an SB AWE64 ISA PnP on Win 3.11. I downloaded the ONLY driver Creative had at it's support site: the file is S64BASIC.EXE. First off, however, I downloaded the CTCMBBS.EXE, which is the Plug 'n' Play manager that allows win3.11 to detect the card. Next, after i extracted SB64BASIC.EXE i installed it in DOS like it says so. Upon restarting i noticed it did NOT install the driver for win3.11 like it should of, right?

So, i ran the winsetup.exe program and all it did was install some windows apps, and utilities, like the mixer, control panel, etc. it STILL did NOT install the blinkin' driver! Lastly, I had to manually install the Windows driver myself. Through Main--> Control Panel --> Drivers i pointed to "unlisted or updated driver" I choose the first thing there, the Creative MIDI Instrument Mapper; luckily that device installed WELL. However, afterward, as i tried the actual drivers themselves things go awry.

Besides the creative MIDI instrument mapper, three other drivers appear there, as well, which are the REAL drivers: Creative Stereo Music Synthesizer driver, SB AWE 64 MIDI synthesizer driver & SB AWE 64 Wave/Aux/Mixer/Midiport driver. When i tried the first one, clicking BOTH current and new options this error pops up:

"Cannot load the Creative Music Synthesizer Driver driver. The driver file may be missing. Try installing the driver again, or contact your system adminstrator."

OF course, I tried again but it gave the same message. When I tried the next one from the list another error comes up:

'Sound Blaster AWE32 MIDI Synth

VSBAWE.386 is not installed'

I already checked the C:\SB16 folder and the VSBAWE.286 file IS there! It's in the winappl sub-folder. Afterward, the exact same message that occured when i tried to install the creative music synth pops up, except, of course, it refers to the AWE64 MIDI instead. And when i try the last device from the list the same error error that occurred when i tried to install the creative music synth pops up AGAIN, except, of course, it refers to the AWE64 Wave/Aux/Midiport driver this time. I also tried the current and new buttons for these last two drivers.

Don't know much about troubleshooting win 3.1 AT ALL. In fact, don't recall EVER having problems with 3.1 before. The card seems to be working fine under DOS 6.22. Maybe the drivers are faulty? They're the ONLY ones I could find other than the original AWE32 install disks, but i doubt the driver will work with the AWE64.

Thanks in advance!!