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Dead Vibra16? (CT2960)

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First post, by okki

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Hi

I bought a Pentium 200MMX system recently that came with an ISA Soundblaster card installed.
It's a CT2960 so from my research it's a PNP card. I'm having trouble getting it working - the install program (downloaded from vogon drivers) doesn't detect the card at any address. I've also tried a couple of software PNP apps (forget the names) but neither of these seemed to detect the card.
Running DOS 6.22 and not planning on installing windows at this stage.

What would be the steps I should take to test if the card is broken or if it's just a setup issue?

Side note: The motherboard has a dead battery in the RTC so I cannot currently save BIOS settings but can boot with default settings (replacement should be arriving this week).

thanks!

Reply 1 of 7, by wbahnassi

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What does Unisound say about it?

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Reply 2 of 7, by mkarcher

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PnP issues on Vibra-based soundblaster cards can be caused by a corrupted EEPROM, see Creative PnP EEPROM collection for some further information. While it seems that thread has no CT2960 dump, it has a CT2940 dump which might be close enough. You can get tools to read and write on a card installed into your computer.

If AWEDUMP will detect your card and dump some EEPROM contents, it is likely the the card is OK, and the EEPROM contents are bad. If even AWEDUMP does not detect any dumpable card, something else is bad.

Reply 3 of 7, by okki

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thanks guys, will try both and report back

Reply 4 of 7, by DrLucienSanchez

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I have a CT2960 card, so when I've got some time this week I can dump the EEPROM for you.

Reply 6 of 7, by DrLucienSanchez

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Here you go, just dumped it now.

Reply 7 of 7, by okki

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thanks very much!

I've tried both Unisound and Awedump read and get nothing - so I feel like there must be either something wrong with the soundcard or the motherboard.
I'm waiting on a ISA slot tester to arrive so that I can rule out the motherboard.

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