Did you have a good look around in the BIOS setup menu of your laptop?

Hi!
Yes, it seems to be ok, the midi port is 330

Does Windows detect the MPU-401 interface at all?

Ok, now it works under windows 98se.
It doesn't work under dos applications (Fastracker 2)

Under Dos I can only use audio features of ESS 1878

Still no midi under Dos, Fastracker 2 🙁

Probably no correct drivers, or win 98-dos incompatibility

Do you have ESSCFG in your autoexec.bat?

Tried "ESSCFG /V:1 /M:9 /B:330"?

I don't know why, but esscfg.exe tells me mpu-401 is disabled, but under windows 98 midi works.
In my boot manager everything is allright.
I use midiox utility under win98 for testing purposes and I can send midi notes outside...
Just under dos, I get mpu401 disabled

Here it is

Any chance to find an utility to enable the mpu--401 under Dos?

It may be necessary to unmute / set volume to the MIDI part, e.g.:
ESSVOL.EXE /A:8

1541 wrote:

It may be necessary to unmute / set volume to the MIDI part, e.g.:
ESSVOL.EXE /A:8

Thanks a lot, I will try asap.
Did you see the screenshot, about esscfg?
I can't enable mpu401 port, it asks me to press "7" but nothing happens...
It remains disabled

Are you 100% sure your version of esscfg fits to your soundcard?

Re: Sound Card Recordings

retro games 100 wrote:

I have tried various things, with the Yamaha DB attached. ... 3) Use esscfg (older version 1.9), and set MPU401 to Enabled ... […]
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I have tried various things, with the Yamaha DB attached.
...
3) Use esscfg (older version 1.9), and set MPU401 to Enabled
...

I guess the version of esscfg matters...

1541 wrote:

Are you 100% sure your version of esscfg fits to your soundcard? […]
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Are you 100% sure your version of esscfg fits to your soundcard?

Re: Sound Card Recordings

retro games 100 wrote:

I have tried various things, with the Yamaha DB attached. ... 3) Use esscfg (older version 1.9), and set MPU401 to Enabled ... […]
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I have tried various things, with the Yamaha DB attached.
...
3) Use esscfg (older version 1.9), and set MPU401 to Enabled
...

I guess the version of esscfg matters...

I'm not sure, because I have only windows drivers.
I should try different versions of ESSCFG, do you know any resources?

Windows drivers? But your screenshot shows a DOS tool...
Unfortunately I don't have any sources for different ESSCFG versions.

1541 wrote:

Windows drivers? But your screenshot shows a DOS tool...
Unfortunately I don't have any sources for different ESSCFG versions.

I was going to tell just this...
In fact on this machine I use win98se, but the drivers provided are for win95. The seem to work well under win, I use midiox to test and I can easily send midi messages to external hardware through midi-game port.
I also tried fruityloops and it worked. Same as Cakewalk.
I'm starting to think that is a Fastracker software issue, probably it does not completely support my card, but audio works well with it...just midi, which is what I would like to use, seems to not respond...
Thanks for the help

What happens if you start your DOS program from within Windows' DOS prompt (so not by restarting in MS-DOS)?