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Volume Control/Mixer for Yamaha OPL3 Sound Card

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Reply 20 of 31, by User5518

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DustyShinigami wrote on 2024-12-18, 18:30:

Now that I’ve reinstalled the onboard sound drivers, this is what that mixer looks like:

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So, you found, what you were looking for?

Reply 21 of 31, by DustyShinigami

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User5518 wrote on 2024-12-18, 23:55:
DustyShinigami wrote on 2024-12-18, 18:30:

Now that I’ve reinstalled the onboard sound drivers, this is what that mixer looks like:

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So, you found, what you were looking for?

No. Not the first set of drivers I used for the Yamaha that included that. It's a mystery where I got those from. I've tried searching everywhere. I'm not even sure if they were technically 'correct' for the card. Or if they were WDM.

OS: Windows 98 SE
CPU: Pentium III Katmai 450MHz (SL35D)/Pentium III Coppermine 933MHz (SL448)
RAM: SK Hynix 128MB 100MHz/Kingston 256MB 133MHz
GPU: Nvidia 16MB Riva TNT/Geforce 128MB 4 MX 440
Motherboard: MSI-6156/Abit BE6-II

Reply 22 of 31, by User5518

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DustyShinigami wrote on 2024-12-19, 00:06:

No. Not the first set of drivers I used for the Yamaha that included that. It's a mystery where I got those from. I've tried searching everywhere. I'm not even sure if they were technically 'correct' for the card. Or if they were WDM.

Okay, yesterday, I finally managed to repair both of the floppy disk drives I have for my 440CDT. However, when I checked, the software that was installed turned out to be this:

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I'm sorry. 🙁

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Reply 23 of 31, by DustyShinigami

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User5518 wrote on 2024-12-19, 09:00:
Okay, yesterday, I finally managed to repair both of the floppy disk drives I have for my 440CD. However, when I checked, the s […]
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DustyShinigami wrote on 2024-12-19, 00:06:

No. Not the first set of drivers I used for the Yamaha that included that. It's a mystery where I got those from. I've tried searching everywhere. I'm not even sure if they were technically 'correct' for the card. Or if they were WDM.

Okay, yesterday, I finally managed to repair both of the floppy disk drives I have for my 440CD. However, when I checked, the software that was installed turned out to be this:

The attachment IMG_3244.jpeg is no longer available
The attachment IMG_3243.jpeg is no longer available

I'm sorry. 🙁

Hey, don’t worry about it. Thanks for checking though. 😀 If anything, that’s brought to my attention the 440 CD. I need to look around online to see if anyone has uploaded an ISO of that disc as I didn’t get one with the PC I bought. I’m guessing that covers the 440BX, too…?

OS: Windows 98 SE
CPU: Pentium III Katmai 450MHz (SL35D)/Pentium III Coppermine 933MHz (SL448)
RAM: SK Hynix 128MB 100MHz/Kingston 256MB 133MHz
GPU: Nvidia 16MB Riva TNT/Geforce 128MB 4 MX 440
Motherboard: MSI-6156/Abit BE6-II

Reply 24 of 31, by DustyShinigami

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User5518 wrote on 2024-12-19, 09:00:
Okay, yesterday, I finally managed to repair both of the floppy disk drives I have for my 440CDT. However, when I checked, the […]
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DustyShinigami wrote on 2024-12-19, 00:06:

No. Not the first set of drivers I used for the Yamaha that included that. It's a mystery where I got those from. I've tried searching everywhere. I'm not even sure if they were technically 'correct' for the card. Or if they were WDM.

Okay, yesterday, I finally managed to repair both of the floppy disk drives I have for my 440CDT. However, when I checked, the software that was installed turned out to be this:

The attachment IMG_3244.jpeg is no longer available
The attachment IMG_3243.jpeg is no longer available

I'm sorry. 🙁

You wouldn't happen to know if that 440 CD would work with any 440BX motherboards?

OS: Windows 98 SE
CPU: Pentium III Katmai 450MHz (SL35D)/Pentium III Coppermine 933MHz (SL448)
RAM: SK Hynix 128MB 100MHz/Kingston 256MB 133MHz
GPU: Nvidia 16MB Riva TNT/Geforce 128MB 4 MX 440
Motherboard: MSI-6156/Abit BE6-II

Reply 25 of 31, by User5518

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DustyShinigami wrote on 2024-12-19, 13:48:

You wouldn't happen to know if that 440 CD would work with any 440BX motherboards?

I'm not sure if we're talking about the same thing. "440CD" was a typo, and I actually meant "440CDT", specifically a "Toshiba Satellite 440CDT laptop" with a "YMF715B-S" sound chip. What do you mean by "440 CD"?

Reply 26 of 31, by DustyShinigami

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User5518 wrote on 2024-12-19, 16:17:
DustyShinigami wrote on 2024-12-19, 13:48:

You wouldn't happen to know if that 440 CD would work with any 440BX motherboards?

I'm not sure if we're talking about the same thing. "440CD" was a typo, and I actually meant "440CDT", specifically a "Toshiba Satellite 440CDT laptop" with a "YMF715B-S" sound chip. What do you mean by "440 CD"?

Ahhhhh. Gotcha. Sorry, I thought you were referring to the motherboard driver CD for the 440BX. ^^;

OS: Windows 98 SE
CPU: Pentium III Katmai 450MHz (SL35D)/Pentium III Coppermine 933MHz (SL448)
RAM: SK Hynix 128MB 100MHz/Kingston 256MB 133MHz
GPU: Nvidia 16MB Riva TNT/Geforce 128MB 4 MX 440
Motherboard: MSI-6156/Abit BE6-II

Reply 27 of 31, by User5518

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I understand, okay, I need to pay better attention to what I write to avoid typos and prevent such misunderstandings.

But to answer your question in general: If one had a motherboard driver CD for a 440BX, it would very likely contain several drivers:

  • IDE controller
  • Chipset
  • (possibly) audio
  • (possibly) LAN

The drivers are, of course, always tailored specifically to the corresponding chips. That means, if a board has the respective chips, there's no reason not to use the drivers. If your board doesn't have the matching chips, you logically can't use the respective drivers. The only exception: the chipset drivers, since there's only one "Intel 440BX" chipset, and accordingly, the 440BX drivers work for all 440BX chipsets. I hope this answers your question.

Reply 28 of 31, by DustyShinigami

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User5518 wrote on 2024-12-19, 20:16:
I understand, okay, I need to pay better attention to what I write to avoid typos and prevent such misunderstandings. […]
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I understand, okay, I need to pay better attention to what I write to avoid typos and prevent such misunderstandings.

But to answer your question in general: If one had a motherboard driver CD for a 440BX, it would very likely contain several drivers:

  • IDE controller
  • Chipset
  • (possibly) audio
  • (possibly) LAN

The drivers are, of course, always tailored specifically to the corresponding chips. That means, if a board has the respective chips, there's no reason not to use the drivers. If your board doesn't have the matching chips, you logically can't use the respective drivers. The only exception: the chipset drivers, since there's only one "Intel 440BX" chipset, and accordingly, the 440BX drivers work for all 440BX chipsets. I hope this answers your question.

It does. Thanks. I mean, I probably don’t really need to worry about such discs, but I was curious if one existed so I could add it to my collection of drivers and software. 😀 I have some IDE drivers, so apart from that, it would only be the onboard sound drivers that would be of interest. But I most likely have the latest for those anyway.

OS: Windows 98 SE
CPU: Pentium III Katmai 450MHz (SL35D)/Pentium III Coppermine 933MHz (SL448)
RAM: SK Hynix 128MB 100MHz/Kingston 256MB 133MHz
GPU: Nvidia 16MB Riva TNT/Geforce 128MB 4 MX 440
Motherboard: MSI-6156/Abit BE6-II

Reply 29 of 31, by badmojo

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AudioPCI 128?? That's not related to the Yamaha YMF ISA cards in any way.

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Reply 30 of 31, by DustyShinigami

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badmojo wrote on 2024-12-21, 04:35:

AudioPCI 128?? That's not related to the Yamaha YMF ISA cards in any way.

I know it isn’t. It’s the volume mixer utility I’m trying to find. I installed some drivers once and the mixer was identical to the ones for the AudioPCI 128.

OS: Windows 98 SE
CPU: Pentium III Katmai 450MHz (SL35D)/Pentium III Coppermine 933MHz (SL448)
RAM: SK Hynix 128MB 100MHz/Kingston 256MB 133MHz
GPU: Nvidia 16MB Riva TNT/Geforce 128MB 4 MX 440
Motherboard: MSI-6156/Abit BE6-II

Reply 31 of 31, by Ponytail

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Hi is there a way to change the opl3 volume under Windows 98? The card is Ymf744 Cobra