Re: IAS 3D audio engine DLLs

Posted on 2023-09-10, 17:29

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Yay. It works! I found another game that uses IAS middleware - it's Heavy Gear 2. And it does work in full surround! So with earias.dll of Creative Labs SB PCI-64/128 variety you get surround sound without any additional settings in-game. However, you must make sure that the "I always want to use " …

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Re: IAS 3D audio engine DLLs

Posted on 2023-09-10, 16:53

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Well that totally works too. Thanks so much for your work! Unfortunately, I wasn't yet able to get the surround sound in my test game to work properly (it's Boss Rally). However, I think I'm moving somewhere. First, I tried working through the IAS control panel applet. If there's no earias.dll, only …

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IAS 3D audio engine DLLs

Posted on 2023-09-08, 11:08

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Sorry for creating this thread in a wrong place, but please hear me out! This is a call for help for the owners of Aureal Vortex 1 or 2 and/or Creative Soundblaster Live cards. There's this convoluted 3d audio API: IAS, or Interactive Arround-Surround. It was used in a number of games. I believe, as …

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Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2023-08-31, 17:58

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Well, it will cover them, however you will still be able to plug IDE cables since they're usually have 90° bend.

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Re: Asus P4C800-E Deluxe is unstable

Posted on 2023-08-12, 17:29

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Alright. Thank you everyone who chimed in with suggestion. Thank you, bofh.fromhell, I'll do the same then. Just put it on back burner until I got a soldering iron. Will report back with results.

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Re: Asus P4C800-E Deluxe is unstable

Posted on 2023-08-12, 09:43

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Yeah, thanks. I just noticed there's a typo in my op. It's the northbridge i changed the thermal paste on. It's sitting clamped with two retention brackets. Each bracket's end is held by sorta makeshift loop which attached to the same things the jumpers usually are with through-hole soldering. And …

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Re: Asus P4C800-E Deluxe is unstable

Posted on 2023-08-12, 08:56

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Yeah, the bios wasn't actually the latest. Now it is - the board was stable enogh to boot and reflash. However problems persist. So caps, huh? bofh.fromhell, did you do a full recap or some specific caps? Mine has no rubycons. There's a mishmash of KZE and Elite around the cpu area and then mostly …

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Asus P4C800-E Deluxe is unstable

Posted on 2023-08-11, 13:35

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Hi Vogons community. Need help with troubleshooting an unstable motherboard. Recently I had to move to another country for some time and had to leave my retro "lab" with tons of equipment and old hardware behind. So first I rebuilt my Asrock Frankenstein agp+pcie build more or less successfully, …

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Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2023-06-24, 07:00

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GTX590 is a dual-GPU solution. We've got several reports (including the OP) that all kinds of such GPUs do not work with this motherboard. I don't see any reports about GTX590 specifically in this thread, however I do know that The Serpent Rider has one and most likely has already tested it ;) The …

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Re: Attempt to make a cheap VGA2HDMI converter & scaler

Posted on 2023-04-12, 16:36

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When I bought my 4k screen (I own LG 27GP950 monitor since June 2021), I thought VGA to DP would be better. So I bought VC160A and Delock 62596 (in short : VGA => DVI => DP with optional VGA => DVI => HDMI [through passive adapter]). Also, I recommend getting a two port switcher for ease of use …

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Re: Modified BIOSes for ASUS P3B-F, P3V4X, P3V133, CUBX and CUBX-E/L

Posted on 2023-02-09, 06:42

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Babasha wrote on 2023-02-09, 05:50: It was overwrited. Thanks! In that case (if somebody's interested and it's THAT rare) I may try to find my backups and somehow extract the image so that it can be put back to the modded bios with that Asus utility.

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Re: Modified BIOSes for ASUS P3B-F, P3V4X, P3V133, CUBX and CUBX-E/L

Posted on 2023-02-07, 10:56

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First, thanks for your work! I'm running your P3B-F bios with P3 Tualatin 1.4s, which I installed a couple of years ago (just when you released it) and never found time to properly thank you, so thank you very much! :) However, I just noticed this post: I need a info are there tools/methods to …

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Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2023-01-31, 07:45

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Congrats on getting SBEINIT to work under pure dos. Last time I was trying to get emm386 to run, I simply decided it wasn't worth it – and built a separate system for DOS stuff with hardMPU in it and a properly downclockable CPU. No amount of parameters tweaking allowed me to get enough EMM. However …

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Re: SB Live 5.1 Digital Front Panel Connector

Posted on 2021-04-14, 11:40

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Even though this topic is pretty old I still would like to add to it since it's the second google result after that link with incorrect wiring OP provided. First of all thanks for your research. I wonder why this connector is even proprietary at all. Is that for selling front panel modules and …

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Re: Sound Blaster Live! EAX issues in Need for Speed: High Stakes

Posted on 2021-04-05, 08:42

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You might try setting the "wave" slider to the 50% position. I found out that on live and post-live creative products wave slider behaves weird in Win9x. Its higher than 50% position often results in clipping (but not always) - be it analog or digital output.

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Re: Audigy 2 zs problem on windows 98se

Posted on 2021-02-25, 08:40

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Audigy2/2zs is perfect for Windows 98. And it just works on any Slot 1 or s370 motherboard. No need to search for some specific drivers on the web. Just use VXD drivers from CD which came with the soundcard (using provided Creative utility ctzap or whatever it's called). Check that there are no IRQ …

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Re: Wonky ACPI timer on MSI MS-5169 (FIC PT-2200)

Posted on 2021-02-08, 09:44

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<...> The "T" in "PT" stands for Intel chipset, the little sticker on the BIOS chip, the large "QC" sticker on the backside, the VRM coolers and the black SIMM sockets are typical for any FIC produced mainboard from that period. Obviously the two boards in question have nothing in common. There´s …

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Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2021-01-09, 22:40

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Linpack. Sure, let's also run abacus on it :D Use prime95 with small FFT preset. How long should I run Prime 95 with small FFT preset? Been going almost an hour so far. Hottest core at 44c tops. Well, it depends. There's a holy war going on interwebs right now on what to use, how to test, how long …

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Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2021-01-09, 20:17

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2021-01-08, 01:30: Linpack. Sure, let's also run abacus on it 😁 Use prime95 with small FFT preset.

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Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2021-01-08, 14:03

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2021-01-08, 00:20: It's pretty stable all-round mobo despite some saying here otherwise. Not with quads. Why? Tons of success stories in this thread with quads.

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