Re: Sound card not working + built in audio

Posted on 2018-06-16, 08:57

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by canthearu

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You could try some contact cleaner in the ISA slots. Of course, let it dry fully before powering back on. My socket 7 motherboard needed the ISA slots to be exercised a bit before they start working properly.

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Re: CT-4810 in DOS

Posted on 2018-06-15, 09:40

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by canthearu

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Yep, different sound cards can use different methods to emulate ISA functions, so compatibility can be better or worse. Another card that might work for you is one of the Aureal Vortex cards. The ES1938S is exactly the same as the ES1938 as far as I know.

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Re: CT-4810 in DOS

Posted on 2018-06-14, 11:34

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by canthearu

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Are you running the latest BIOS on your motherboard? That might add the IRQ or DMA stuff to your motherboard ... as your motherboard is fairly new (for a DOS retro board) and getting close to the line where compatibility is lost. (just not sure which side on the line this board falls on) You could …

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Re: ESS AudioDrive ES1868F Loud glitchy distortion

Posted on 2018-06-14, 11:11

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by canthearu

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Have you tried DMA 1? Maybe it just doesn't like DMA 3 on your system?

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Re: CT-4810 in DOS

Posted on 2018-06-13, 21:43

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by canthearu

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In duke3d, change the 16-bit DMA to 7. In your BIOS, in the PNP settings, change IRQ 5 to ISA legacy mode, and make sure nothing else is on this IRQ.

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Re: CT-4810 in DOS

Posted on 2018-06-13, 10:52

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by canthearu

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First problem I see is too much memory! Remove 512meg ram, windows 98 starts to misbehave with out of memory errors and other weird issues if you have more than 512meg memory installed. There might be workarounds for these problems, to allow more memory to work, but my recommendation is to start …

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Re: CT-4810 in DOS

Posted on 2018-06-13, 10:34

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by canthearu

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What are the specs for the rest of the computer, if you don't mind me asking. Getting a PCI sound card working under DOS and Windows 98 requires certain computer configurations.

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Re: ESS AudioDrive ES1868F Loud glitchy distortion

Posted on 2018-06-13, 10:32

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by canthearu

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Change the 2 jumpers on the right hand side of the card near the audio output. This should turn off the internal amplifier, may fix your problem. Let us know if it doesn't

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Re: CT-4810 in DOS

Posted on 2018-06-13, 10:28

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by canthearu

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I've had a lot of problems with 32 bit DOS software crashing after "Restart in DOS Mode" when using PCI sound cards and their appropriate drivers. So I recommend setting up your config.sys and autotexec.bat and using the F8 key to start MSDOS after boot without starting windows 98 at all. http:// …

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Re: Nostalgic period-specific card selection dilemma

Posted on 2018-06-09, 05:30

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by canthearu

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The Rage Fury MAXX was a bad idea when it was released, and an even worse idea now for a retro build. Finickly and unreliable, you will spend more time messing with it than using it. Buy one to mount on the wall and look at, but not to seriously use. I would say go with an ATI 7500 or 8500, …

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Re: Which Voodoo card to buy ?

Posted on 2018-06-09, 05:25

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by canthearu

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I ended up getting both over the last week. Got 2 x Diamond Multimedia Monster 3D II (Voodoo 2 cards, with SLI cable and VGA passthrough cable) and a Voodoo 3 3000 AGP. Now I am all 3dfx'ed up (aside from a voodoo 5, but that is just too expensive) don't forget the Voodoo 4 4500, also your missing …

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Re: Which Voodoo card to buy ?

Posted on 2018-06-08, 10:37

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by canthearu

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I ended up getting both over the last week. Got 2 x Diamond Multimedia Monster 3D II (Voodoo 2 cards, with SLI cable and VGA passthrough cable) and a Voodoo 3 3000 AGP. Now I am all 3dfx'ed up (aside from a voodoo 5, but that is just too expensive)

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Re: D5CUB 430HX bios

Posted on 2018-06-08, 05:13

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by canthearu

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http://www.elhvb.com/mobokive/Archive/Microni … _cub/index.html Try the updated BIOSes here first. Edit: In response to your question, the only BIOSes that are likely to work on your board will be those that were written explicitly for this board.

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Re: Replace Motherboard Piezo With 8ohm Speaker?

Posted on 2018-06-06, 03:26

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by canthearu

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Just plug in the better speaker into the motherboard and it will work fine. The motherboard isn't driving enough current through the speaker to be a problem. Motherboards would also be designed to handle the small 8 ohm speakers in the first case. Nnever heard of a situation where changing the PC …

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Re: Sidewalk eMachines compie, could use advice.

Posted on 2018-06-05, 08:53

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by canthearu

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If your eMachines has a bestec power supply, throw it out and replace it with a good quality replacement unit. The Bestec PSUs of this era had a nasty habit of frying motherboards via their poor design 5VSB regulation. In terms of graphics card, you will see decent DOS compatibility with the Geforce …

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Re: Are Cyrix mII CPUs multiplier locked?

Posted on 2018-06-05, 08:22

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by canthearu

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Cyrix MII processors are FSB and Multiplier unlocked. Just set whatever parameters you want.

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Re: Future proofing a K7S5A?

Posted on 2018-05-31, 23:21

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by canthearu

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I would replace the caps, but probably not worry about heatsinks for the VRMs. The K7S5A was never an overclocking board, putting lots of heatsinks around the place is just overdoing things.

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Re: My motherboard seems to hate Soundblaster Audigy 2...

Posted on 2018-05-30, 14:36

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by canthearu

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Try a different slot. I had heaps of issues with my Audigy sharing an IRQ with the video chip. Changing the slot the sound card was in fixed it.

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Re: Looking for decent win98/DOS PCI soundcard.

Posted on 2018-05-30, 14:31

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by canthearu

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I say use the onboard ESS. The dos compatibility should be very good with it, and it's FM synthesis is pretty good. The SB-Live is not too bad either, even for DOS games, as long as you can actually get it working on your particular system. But the ESS onboard will have higher compatibility.

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Re: SB Live!: Pure DOS drivers or DOS Prompt with VXD drivers?

Posted on 2018-05-28, 14:57

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by canthearu

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The level of compatibility you can get with a card like the sblive is fairly impressive. I found an ESS Solo-1 and that would have higher compatibility, as it does not require a TSR nor does it require EMM386.EXE to be loaded. Biggest problem is such setups tend to be very finicky and can be reliant …

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