Re: VIA VT-8321 sound on Windows 98

Posted on 2023-08-31, 10:24

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by SavageKurtain

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Ok, the cables female-to-female dupont arrived, but... They don't fit inside the motherboard, because the pins are less distant. https://i.ibb.co/HzLR03L/photo1693477175.jpg https://i.ibb.co/6trwnZ3/photo1693477175-2.jpg https://i.ibb.co/KFBhcbC/photo1693477175-1.jpg From what i've gathered, a Sound …

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Re: VIA VT-8321 sound on Windows 98

Posted on 2023-08-29, 18:29

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by SavageKurtain

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I believe this will work, the connection seems to be 2.54mm hole pitch. Strictly speaking, you would need a MPC2 to 4-pin dupont female cable, because the motherboard does not have a socket. Or use a 4-pin female-to-female dupont cable, should be the cheapest option. https://www.amazon.it/Jopto- …

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Re: VIA VT-8321 sound on Windows 98

Posted on 2023-08-29, 15:59

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by SavageKurtain

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Doesn't a regular CD audio cable fit? The pin assignment should be the same. Pin 1 is the one with the bold white line. Well, the CD pin it's like this: https://i.ibb.co/fDz7j9v/photo1693324472.jpg So... Maybe this one will work? It shouldn't be a problem if they are both MPC2, right? https://www. …

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Re: VIA VT-8321 sound on Windows 98

Posted on 2023-08-29, 15:03

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by SavageKurtain

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I don't know if that's your exact model, but it looks very similar. According to the manual, the connector from your photo should indeed be the CD line-in connector. It really seems like the same model! Thanks! Anyway, what kind of cable should work? From what i've seen, bigger motherboards have a …

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Re: VIA VT-8321 sound on Windows 98

Posted on 2023-08-28, 17:00

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by SavageKurtain

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I've encountered another problem. I need to have CD audio, but the motherboard doesn't seem to have a CD-IN socket. I've found 4 pins near the vt1612 chip, but i don't think those are the right ones, and in other places there are more pins, so... Those are the only ones who look similar to a CD-IN …

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Re: VIA VT-8321 sound on Windows 98

Posted on 2023-08-27, 19:02

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by SavageKurtain

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I've finally managed to find a solution. Probably not the best one, but the use of QEMM managed to move some conventional memory files to high memory, so i finally had some space for games which require 560kbytes. Not the best solution, but doing it manually it's kind of tedious. Anyway, thanks for …

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Re: VIA VT-8321 sound on Windows 98

Posted on 2023-08-27, 08:12

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by SavageKurtain

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Ok, i've found the problem. When i installed the VIA DOS files it lacked the viafmtsr executable, which was necessary. https://i.ibb.co/3FRGsCL/photo1693123723.jpg I think the Soundblaster emulation itself works, because now i have this problem, which is related to memory. https://i.ibb.co/jb0S0jM/ …

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Re: VIA VT-8321 sound on Windows 98

Posted on 2023-08-27, 07:40

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by SavageKurtain

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So, i've managed to install everything, sound and USB support, but for some reason the DOS soundblaster audio doesn't work, which is pretty strange. For example with Quake it works, but for some older games like Duke Nukem II it doesn't. These are the BIOS settings: https://i.ibb.co/HV73xpj/ …

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Re: VIA VT-8321 sound on Windows 98

Posted on 2023-08-26, 15:20

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by SavageKurtain

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No, everything I got from there was clean so far. Just skip their driver updater nonsense. You could also go to a motherboard manufacturer site for any VIA board from the early 2000s and get audio drivers from there. Or browse archive.org for motherboard driver CD's. And yes, the DOS drivers are …

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Re: VIA VT-8321 sound on Windows 98

Posted on 2023-08-18, 18:20

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by SavageKurtain

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No, everything I got from there was clean so far. Just skip their driver updater nonsense. You could also go to a motherboard manufacturer site for any VIA board from the early 2000s and get audio drivers from there. Or browse archive.org for motherboard driver CD's. And yes, the DOS drivers are …

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Re: VIA VT-8321 sound on Windows 98

Posted on 2023-08-18, 17:16

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by SavageKurtain

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Yes, Windows 98 has generic USB drivers that work with all VIA chipsets. For DOS, there is another thing you could try - Bret Johnson's USB DOS drivers . They do not work with every USB mouse, but it's worth a shot. Usage: Unzip the drivers to C:\usb, then load USBUHCI, then USBMOUSE. If it doesn't …

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Re: VIA VT-8321 sound on Windows 98

Posted on 2023-08-18, 16:34

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by SavageKurtain

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You mean in DOS? If only the keyboard is detected in Windows, then the USB controller isn't properly installed, do you see it in the device manager? Ok. I think i've found the problem. It supports USB keyboard, but not mouse. https://i.ibb.co/1Gn2nk8/20230818-182904.jpg So i need to find an used PS …

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Re: VIA VT-8321 sound on Windows 98

Posted on 2023-08-18, 15:58

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by SavageKurtain

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Did you try the drivers that Ydee posted above? They should work in Windows at least. They seem to be fairly new though (2007) and do not contain the DOS drivers anymore. For that, either use older ones from around 2002 or download the Dos drivers separately. In my experience, these VIA audio …

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Re: VIA VT-8321 sound on Windows 98

Posted on 2023-08-18, 14:53

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by SavageKurtain

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Yes, it does. But some boards, especially if they are cheaper, lack an option to enable Soundblaster support it in the BIOS. If this is the case, then read here: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=73068&fbclid=IwAR3_ZnDh2G07JpOCTHtr7HWMY8IevwdYA4rK1SOaZRPOBLXdSrXPZmbCgqQ It seems that this …

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Re: VIA VT-8321 sound on Windows 98

Posted on 2023-08-18, 11:03

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by SavageKurtain

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Your AC97 codec seems to be VIA Vinyl VT1612? So you can try this driver 7.00b from member Soggi´s web: https://soggi.org/drivers/via.htm You mean the second image? that is VIA VT-1621, not 1612. Or am i wrong? Ah, ok, i've found it! it's in the little angle of the last photo. I didn't noticed it, …

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Re: VIA VT-8321 sound on Windows 98

Posted on 2023-08-18, 10:58

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by SavageKurtain

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Ydee wrote on 2023-08-18, 10:02: Your AC97 codec seems to be VIA Vinyl VT1612? So you can try this driver 7.00b from member Soggi´s web: https://soggi.org/drivers/via.htm You mean the second image? that is VIA VT-1621, not 1612. Or am i wrong?

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VIA VT-8321 sound on Windows 98

Posted on 2023-08-17, 21:42

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by SavageKurtain

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So, i've recently bought an old PC from a flea market, and i decided to install windows 98 on it. The problem is that the audio is missing, because of lack of drivers. I checked the chipset and it is a VIA VT-8321, which should be compatible with win98 sound. Anyway, i ask here because maybe i'm …

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Re: Using a DDR 400 on a (it seems) less powerful PC

Posted on 2023-03-09, 16:06

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by SavageKurtain

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That's mainly rear-end covering: they can't guarantee stuff so they only recommend what they can guarantee. Unlike in the SDR-SDRAM period, in DDR1 things were pretty straightforward. The only thing to watch is that you need double-sided (16-chip) SO-DIMMs. Very late 8-chip SO-DIMMs will only be …

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Re: Using a DDR 400 on a (it seems) less powerful PC

Posted on 2023-03-09, 15:30

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by SavageKurtain

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What might be a problem though is the capacity/density of the SO-DIMM. The Evo N1020V has an ATi RS200M chipset. I'm having trouble finding clear specs for the chipset, but the laptop indicates a max memory of 1GB using both SO-DIMM slots. I strongly suspect that it can handle max 1Gb chips (note …

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Using a DDR 400 on a (it seems) less powerful PC

Posted on 2023-03-09, 14:35

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by SavageKurtain

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So, i decided to expand the RAM of my old Compaq EVO N1020V laptop, 1,50 GHZ Intel Celeron processor. I decided, at first, to buy a DDR 400 (PC3200) 1 GB RAM, but it turned out that the base RAM that was inserted in the laptop was a DDR 266 (PC2100) 256MB RAM. Is it possible to use a more powerful …

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