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First post, by Joni

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Did Sound Blaster Live! card still require that audio cable between it and CD/DVD drive on Windows ME?

I have enabled digital audio on the CD drive settings.

I tried CD version of The Secret of Monkey Island where music is as audio tracks on the CD.

It worked fine with the onboard audio on Asus P2B-VM. With SB0220 sounds work fine but no music from the CD. If I swap the 3,5mm audio cable to onboard audio I can hear that the CD music plays there for some reason.

Reply 1 of 8, by Joni

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Or is there something I forgot to do. I plugged the card in and then installed drivers. There's not anything I need to do in BIOS?

Reply 2 of 8, by Linoleum

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Joni wrote on 2025-03-28, 15:04:
Did Sound Blaster Live! card still require that audio cable between it and CD/DVD drive on Windows ME? […]
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Did Sound Blaster Live! card still require that audio cable between it and CD/DVD drive on Windows ME?

I have enabled digital audio on the CD drive settings.

I tried CD version of The Secret of Monkey Island where music is as audio tracks on the CD.

It worked fine with the onboard audio on Asus P2B-VM. With SB0220 sounds work fine but no music from the CD. If I swap the 3,5mm audio cable to onboard audio I can hear that the CD music plays there for some reason.

Yes, cd audio cables are required! I have two drives connected to my P2's SB Live... However, I believe only the CD-in will work in DOS (I'll check again).

P3 866, V3, SB Audigy 2
P2 300, TNT, V2, Audigy 2 ZS
P233 MMX, Mystique 220, V1, AWE64
P100, S3 Virge GX, AWE64, WavetablePi & PicoGus
Prolinea 4/50, ET4000, SB 16, WavetablePi
486DX2 66, CL-GD5424, SB 32, SC55
SC386SX 25, TVGA8900, Audician32+

Reply 3 of 8, by Linoleum

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Joni wrote on 2025-03-28, 15:08:

Or is there something I forgot to do. I plugged the card in and then installed drivers. There's not anything I need to do in BIOS?

Depends if you are using the SB16 emulator or not... I had to "reserve" an IRQ in the BIOS for the emulated SB16. I also disabled the onboard gameport just to be sure. But all of that is unrelated to your cd audio problem...

Last edited by Linoleum on 2025-03-28, 20:27. Edited 1 time in total.

P3 866, V3, SB Audigy 2
P2 300, TNT, V2, Audigy 2 ZS
P233 MMX, Mystique 220, V1, AWE64
P100, S3 Virge GX, AWE64, WavetablePi & PicoGus
Prolinea 4/50, ET4000, SB 16, WavetablePi
486DX2 66, CL-GD5424, SB 32, SC55
SC386SX 25, TVGA8900, Audician32+

Reply 4 of 8, by auron

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IIRC with VxD drivers, the cable is always needed. if you get that option perhaps you installed the WDM drivers, which are said to be heavier and less compatible.

Reply 5 of 8, by Joni

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Linoleum wrote on 2025-03-28, 15:13:
Joni wrote on 2025-03-28, 15:04:
Did Sound Blaster Live! card still require that audio cable between it and CD/DVD drive on Windows ME? […]
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Did Sound Blaster Live! card still require that audio cable between it and CD/DVD drive on Windows ME?

I have enabled digital audio on the CD drive settings.

I tried CD version of The Secret of Monkey Island where music is as audio tracks on the CD.

It worked fine with the onboard audio on Asus P2B-VM. With SB0220 sounds work fine but no music from the CD. If I swap the 3,5mm audio cable to onboard audio I can hear that the CD music plays there for some reason.

Yes, cd audio cables are required! I have two drives connected to my P2's SB Live... However, I believe only the CD-in will work in DOS (I'll check again).

Thanks I'll buy the cable.

Reply 6 of 8, by Joni

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Linoleum wrote on 2025-03-28, 15:14:
Joni wrote on 2025-03-28, 15:08:

Or is there something I forgot to do. I plugged the card in and then installed drivers. There's not anything I need to do in BIOS?

Depends if you are using the SB16 emulator or not... I had to "reserve" an IRQ in the BIOS for the emulated SB16. I also disabled the onboard gameport just to be sure. But all of that is unrelated to your cd audio problem...

Oh yeah, thanks. I vaguely remember assigning these back in the day.

Reply 7 of 8, by Joni

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auron wrote on 2025-03-28, 15:35:

IIRC with VxD drivers, the cable is always needed. if you get that option perhaps you installed the WDM drivers, which are said to be heavier and less compatible.

What is the VxD driver? I downloaded SB0220 drivers from Vogons drivers. Setup complained that the card is not compatible but I was able to install drivers manually.

Reply 8 of 8, by Repo Man11

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If you do not have the VXD drivers for your SB0220, KT7A Guy was kind enough to upload them and include instructions on installing the VXD driver. http://vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=809&menustate=0

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