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Sound Card Drivers only work in DOS Mode no Dos window

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First post, by APOPAP

Posted on 2024-07-24, 12:38

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Hello everyone,

I intalled the card's driver ((Boca soundexpression) l wrote an other post about this card).Loading the driver in Ms dos mode (CSACMOD1.EXE) ,sound works great(with original OPL3 chip).But in the dos window inside win 98,the sound is laggy.(The same as Ms dos mode,before loading the driver in Dosstart.bat).

So now,what can I do to fix the sound problem in dos window?Is it a driver or a mixer setting?

*WSS inside windows works too

Thanks!

Reply 1 of 5, by dionb

Posted on 2024-07-24, 23:48

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Which "Boca soundexpression" do you have exactly?

If the SE1440, take a look here:
Boca Research Sound Expression SE1440
(doesn't specifically mention issues in Windowed DOS mode, does state the drivers are awful and suggest better ones)

Also, what sort of system are you running? Laggy sound could just be that your CPU can't keep up with running whatever DOS thing you're doing in a window.

Reply 2 of 5, by kevin223

Posted on 2024-07-25, 00:05

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The laggy sound in the DOS window within Windows 98 with your Boca SoundExpression card is likely a driver conflict issue, check for conflicting drivers.

If that didn't do the trick try modifying your DOSStart.bat file. There might be settings related to sound buffering or mixing that are causing the lag. Search online for specific tweaks related to your Boca card and DOSStart.bat configuration.

Reply 3 of 5, by APOPAP

Posted on 2024-07-25, 18:12

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dionb wrote on 2024-07-24, 23:48:
Which "Boca soundexpression" do you have exactly? […]
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Which "Boca soundexpression" do you have exactly?

If the SE1440, take a look here:
Boca Research Sound Expression SE1440
(doesn't specifically mention issues in Windowed DOS mode, does state the drivers are awful and suggest better ones)

Also, what sort of system are you running? Laggy sound could just be that your CPU can't keep up with running whatever DOS thing you're doing in a window.

Yes,it's the se1440.
I am running windows 98se with 32mb of ram and pentium mmx at 200 mhz

Reply 4 of 5, by APOPAP

Posted on 2024-07-25, 18:14

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*I don't know,but the drivers work fine with me.(exept that problem)

Reply 5 of 5, by APOPAP

Posted on 2024-07-25, 18:18

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kevin223 wrote on 2024-07-25, 00:05:

The laggy sound in the DOS window within Windows 98 with your Boca SoundExpression card is likely a driver conflict issue, check for conflicting drivers.

If that didn't do the trick try modifying your DOSStart.bat file. There might be settings related to sound buffering or mixing that are causing the lag. Search online for specific tweaks related to your Boca card and DOSStart.bat configuration.

In control panel,I don't see a conflict issue.(IRQ 5,COM 2 are the settings of the card).

My Dosstart.bat has only one line that I added to load the driver for sound card.(Csacmod1.exe)

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