No, that's wrong. As long as you can run the initialisazion tools plus AWEUTIlL.EXE you should be able to hear sound.
You need AWEUTIL because the OPL3 / FM synthesis may be routed through the AWE chip.
Just try it and write about your results.

Perhaps you have problems with the Plug and Play configuration utility CTCM on a 286.
What's with Intel ICU? What's with unisound?

Disruptor wrote on 2022-05-15, 13:29:

Perhaps you have problems with the Plug and Play configuration utility CTCM on a 286.
What's with Intel ICU? What's with unisound?

That AWE32 revision isn't PnP, but UNISOUND can be used to initialize it instead of DIAGNOSE. and AWEUTIL

i have no idea what you guys are talking about 😀 so i need other drivers for this card to work ?

No. Normally you would need to initialize the AWE32 CT3900 like this in AUTOEXEC.BAT:

1SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 E620 T6
2SET SOUND=C:\SB16
3C:\SB16\DIAGNOSE /S
4C:\SB16\AWEUTIL /S /R:0 /C:0
5C:\SB16\MIXERSET /P /Q

Assuming that all the software are located at C:\SB16.

so the drivers are correct but the install was never finished .so i just need to add these lines to my auto file

Yes, the installation should add these lines in AUTOEXEC.BAT if it was finished correctly (including some in CONFIG.SYS but those are irrelevant in many cases).

the driver wont finish the install i think its the wrong driver ,but i tested the card in diagnose and i have sound ,config and auto files are empty just bluescreen not shure why

maybe i need to delete eveything and start over

i friend says its not possible to install this card directly because of the drivers on a 286 ,he says i need to install it first on a 386-486 than put it back in the 286

I think that you are better off with UNISOUND to initialize that sound card on a 286 computer.

If you decided to download it and transfer the COM executable that is inside the zip file into the root of the C drive on the 286 computer, add the following lines into AUTOEXEC.BAT:

1SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 E620 T6
2UNISOUND /CS

It is much simpler and I added the /CS command line switch because your AWE32 isn't a PnP card.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv97kSt-NIw

scroeffie wrote on 2022-05-15, 17:15:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv97kSt-NIw

Wrong drivers for that AWE32 sound card indeed, the correct ones shouldn't install CTCM.

iam going to try the unidrivers
if that wont work than iam giving up

nothing is happening i deleted dos and resintalled dos than the com file buts its a com file its does nothing ?

scroeffie wrote on 2022-05-15, 18:03:

nothing is happening i deleted dos and resintalled dos than the com file buts its a com file its does nothing ?

May I ask

1. Have you ever used MS-DOS before? Do you know how AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS work?
2. What is your native language?
3. How old are you?

You've been active on VOGONS longer that I have. Four years would be more than enough to get a hold on some basic MS-DOS knowledge.

scroeffie wrote on 2022-05-15, 18:03:

nothing is happening i deleted dos and resintalled dos than the com file buts its a com file its does nothing ?

Only remove both 1 and 2 from each line in AUTOEXEC.BAT. 🤦

dormcat wrote on 2022-05-15, 18:09:

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scroeffie wrote on 2022-05-15, 18:03:

nothing is happening i deleted dos and resintalled dos than the com file buts its a com file its does nothing ?

May I ask

1. Have you ever used MS-DOS before? Do you know how AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS work?
2. What is your native language?
3. How old are you?

weedeewee and I had some trouble explaining the details to him on a different thread.

yes i have been using ms dos sins i was a kid ,but i forget fast and iam autistic and have dislexia ,iam 40
native language is dutch ,iam not good at reading and when i read i need time to process what i read 😀 if that makes sense
wil try again to install it but not shure how to install a com file ? where is the exe file ?

scroeffie wrote on 2022-05-15, 18:18:

yes i have been using ms dos sins i was a kid ,but i forget fast and iam autistic and have dislexia ,iam 40
native language is dutch ,iam not good at reading and when i read i need time to process what i read 😀 if that makes sense
wil try again to install it but not shure how to install a com file ? where is the exe file ?

Okay, I understand you have difficulties, but you have to know the basics of how MS-DOS and its key system files work. You "deleted dos and resintalled dos" but that wouldn't help.

And I wouldn't recommend installing AWE32 on a 286. System requirements provided by Creative Labs required 486 with 4MB RAM minimum; while it's possible to install the card on an older system, it would be similar to testing the minimal memory requirement of Windows:

Taken from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9VFikWw44g

stil no sound how do install the com file ? what am i doing wrong

scroeffie wrote on 2022-05-15, 18:58:

stil no sound how do install the com file ? what am i doing wrong

You have to edit your existing AUTOEXEC.BAT file, not creating a new AUTOEXEC without .BAT extension.