The PAS16 is speed sensitive in my experience, and also needs a -5volt rail on your PSU. Do you have a slower machine to test it with to confirm that it works and have the right drivers? For the Studio version, and my Spectrum version for that matter, I've had the most success with these drivers:
The PAS16 is speed sensitive in my experience, and also needs a -5volt rail on your PSU. Do you have a slower machine to test it with to confirm that it works and have the right drivers? For the Studio version, and my Spectrum version for that matter, I've had the most success with these drivers:
I have this exact same card and believe it or not, I was actually testing it out over the weekend. I had to fiddle a bit with IRQ's etc and eventually settled on this:
if you're not planning on using the SCSI interface.
But, like badmojo states, this card is speed sensitive and your P233 is probably to fast AND you need the -5v. I had my card in a 386SX20, for which I think it is a perfect combo.
The PAS16 is speed sensitive in my experience, and also needs a -5volt rail on your PSU. Do you have a slower machine to test it with to confirm that it works and have the right drivers? For the Studio version, and my Spectrum version for that matter, I've had the most success with these drivers:
That's the one I used. Had to do plenty of floppy swapping, cuz I only got one of them alive.
pan069wrote on 2020-06-09, 22:49:I have this exact same card and believe it or not, I was actually testing it out over the weekend. I had to fiddle a bit with IR […] Show full quote
The PAS16 is speed sensitive in my experience, and also needs a -5volt rail on your PSU. Do you have a slower machine to test it with to confirm that it works and have the right drivers? For the Studio version, and my Spectrum version for that matter, I've had the most success with these drivers:
I have this exact same card and believe it or not, I was actually testing it out over the weekend. I had to fiddle a bit with IRQ's etc and eventually settled on this:
if you're not planning on using the SCSI interface.
But, like badmojo states, this card is speed sensitive and your P233 is probably to fast AND you need the -5v. I had my card in a 386SX20, for which I think it is a perfect combo.
Is there a big difference between Pro Audio Spectrum 16 and Pro Audio Studio?
Mine is the latter, as much as I hate it 🙁
*bout to pick up REAL PAS16 soon*
Is there a big difference between Pro Audio Spectrum 16 and Pro Audio Studio?
I don't believe there is. The "Studio" moniker was just a marketing thing, they bundled some crappy software with the card and gave it a snazzy name (like Pro Audio). The Pro Audio Spectrum Studio IS a Pro Audio Spectrum 16.
There is ins't anything special that goes into either the config.sys or autoexec.bat other then loading the MVSOUND.SYS driver in the config.sys and setting the BLASTER environment variable in autoexec.bat.
You DM'ed me saying that you confirmed you have -5v and down clocked your CPU to 200Mhz. This might still be to fast for this card. Remember that the Pro Audio Spectrum line of cards had it's heyday in the early nineties. Personally I would't use a PAS in anything beyond a 386, maybe an early 486.
So, the reason this card isn't working for you might be one of the following options:
1) System speed issues.
2) IRQ conflicts.
3) Wrong driver version.
4) The card is faulty.
Rather than getting another PAS, why don't just just get a Sound Blaster instead? I suspect you're going to have the exact same problem with another PAS16. Why don't you go for a Sound Blaster 16 or 32? This seems to be a much better match for your Pentium based machine. There isn't really anything special about a PAS16. There is hardly any software that supports it and audio quality isn't any better than a Sound Blaster 16.
You can actually see it in my first picture...SBC DMA, all that...zeroes.
Try using different DMA and IRQ settings for your card. I had to fiddle with the settings before it worked. The FM/OPL music test in the CUSDIAG program plays rubbish, ignore it. Use a game or something to test the FM music.
Can you systematically trouble shoot? First see if you can get Sound Blaster to work. First try SB with IRQ 7:
Once you have Sound Blaster compatibility working, focus on the PAS settings. Apparently DMA:5 and IRQ:7 doesn't work for you (according to the photos you posted). Try using IRQ 11:
Also, you can use a program like syschk [1] so see which IRQ's in your system are in use by other devices. E.g. IRQ 7 can be in use by your parallel port. If you want to use IRQ 7 for your sound card then you can disable the parallel port to free up the IRQ.
I wanna point it out. It's not about what I need (SB compatibility) or anything, CUSDIAG literally shows zeroes = whatever setup s/w I'm using...is questionable.
Same s/w you linked to, and THE s/w for Pro Audio Studio before that.
Same result, zeroes, garbled music in the setup util, MVSOUND.sys not initializing.
Can you explain the zeroes in CUSDIAG, after I ran the INSTALL.exe, which supposedly modifies my autoexec & config.sys, and our device strings are different?
It may be scary to try with the PC running, but if you're capable, i would suggest checking out the voltages input and output of each of those regulators, since that is a LOT of different regulators for one little (very cramped) card.
I'm not sure what that means. Yes, my drivers might be in a different path, which you obviously need to match to the location where your drivers are installed. Just use EDIT (or what ever comes with FreeDOS) to edit the config.sys and/or autoexec.bat. After making a change, save and reboot. Then run the CUSDIAG program.
You can also use the "X" parameter at the end of of the MVSOUND.SYS for it to output some details when the driver loads. E.g:
1DEVICE=C:\PAS16\MVSOUND.SYS B:388 D:5 Q:11 S1,220,1,7 M:0 J:0 X
You just have to systematically go through each of the settings. That's what I did.
