Hi, I'm afraid there's not enough information to provide help. :(

Please post the specific specs of your system including what sound cards you are trying to use.

It also looks like you only have PCI slots. PCI sound cards are generally more difficult to get working under DOS.

Depending on the sound card, some of them may not have native DOS support at all.

I have the same PC and it works fine with SB0060 in Win98SE and DOS. Disable COM and printer ports to free some IRQs, then set in BIOS IRQ 5 just for the sound card.

Will post specs later. Thanks.

It could also help to disable the built-in sound card in the BIOS if possible. That might free up some resources that could cause conflicts as well.

Shponglefan wrote on 2024-01-23, 17:15:

Please post the specific specs of your system including what sound cards you are trying to use.

It also looks like you only have PCI slots. PCI sound cards are generally more difficult to get working under DOS.

Depending on the sound card, some of them may not have native DOS support at all.

I'm so sorry for the very late response.
I attached a report from microsoft system information on Windows XP and photos of my sound blaster boards.
Also I installed drivers from kxproject and WDM is working now on Windows XP but I want it to work in DOS in Windows 98. If I manage to install Windows 98SE then I will post an update.

Hmm...I don't think the Live board has DOS support, it would run under Windows though, if the game can use DOSBox in a Windows environment?
(It could be the same with the Audigy 2, but I've never used one myself.)

Hi, I've found a bit of information about the card at Phil's website.

https://www.philscomputerlab.com/sound-blaster-live.html

There seems to be a DOS driver, but I don't know how it exactly works. 🤷‍♂️

You've bought the wrong PC and the wrong sound cards for a working DOS setup. Some PCI sound cards may work in DOS, but not for every combination of game, and not 100% reliably.

Some PCI sound cards and motherboards work better than others... but for a far better DOS experience you really do need an ISA based sound card (like a genuine Soundblaster, or something based on an ESS chip, or a modern card like the Orpheus).

With that setup you've got, you are going to have a difficult time and are far better sticking to Windows. There will be a decent range of DOS games which work okay via that route, and the windows drivers should give you sound in most cases, but not everything.

Both cards will work in Windows 98 and Windows DOS mode. The Audigy 2 ZS is a pain to install though. Follow Phil’s YouTube instructions for both cards and disable as many resources as possible in the BIOS (as suggested previously).

Will it work with SBLive! SB0100 ? I saw it on a local market.
I found this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pudybNVofBM
Probably it will be helpful for me as I'm going to get that SB0100.

You’ll probably need windows 98. Follow these guides:
Audigy: Guide: Installing Windows 9x and DOS drivers on Audigy cards (version 3.1)
Live!: Guide: Installing Windows 9x and DOS drivers on Sound Blaster Live! cards (version 3.1)

On Compaq Deskpro EN SFF with i440BX and onboard ESS 1869 it is essential to turn off the onboard sound card via "Device security" for Audio (BIOS option), if you want use PCI soundcard. I dont know, if it is same with your machine, but you can check this.

Hold on, that machine has an ESS 1869 integrated in it? I would think that would be the easier option to get working in DOS than a PCI Soundblaster.

Thanks to all for the participation. I was able to install the drivers for Audigy ZS using the ones from philcomputerslab. The sound is working fine but not in System Shock and also the game crashes after clicking "START" on Win98. In dos mode it crashes after the Origin logo. But it's another issue not for this thread. Probably System Shock 2 will run fine on this PC.