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SB awe32 CT3980 (1995) dont work

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First post, by Extreme Assault

Posted on 2024-06-16, 08:54

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i'm using google traslator sorry

Hello

This is my hardware

• Cirrus Logic. CL-GD54M30-I-QC-A.
•PENTIUM 1 166MHZ MMX
•32MB RAM EDO.
•SOUND BLASTER VIBRA 16C CT2960 (working)
•PLACA BASE P5V30-B4 V2.1.

I recently installed an awe32 and it is not recognized by win95 or win98 with their drivers and apparently not even by the hardware. This was used years ago on another PC and worked without problems.

When i touch the EMU8000 chip it is very hot, but it does not burn.

I restored the default parameters of the BIOS, installed the drivers from the original win95 cd, changed the jumpers in all possibilities, disconnected the ram as well. On the first start with win95, already installed, win95 detected a port but never installed sound drivers.

Thanks

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Reply 1 of 10, by Demolition-Man

Posted on 2024-06-16, 09:51

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Do you know Unisound?
https://mega.nz/file/zdQHGRgB#nLznPzTlw5DEUHV … vlqzsNObHwFAyxM

Press F8 when Windows starts, select option number 5 Command Prompt, and run unisound.com. Is there anything?

Reply 2 of 10, by PD2JK

Posted on 2024-06-16, 09:57

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I had the same problem with this card.
All I had to do was to clean the ISA contacts with some alcohol. I think you can use contact cleaner like deoxit as well.

The Emu8k chip gets hot, I added a heatsink just for longevity of the card. But it's not necessary.

Hope you get it to run!

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Reply 3 of 10, by georgel

Posted on 2024-06-16, 12:31

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Some actual pictures of the problematic card instead of "example" picture might have helped more. Most people here know how CT3980 looks and probably we have it too.

Reply 4 of 10, by ux-3

Posted on 2024-06-16, 13:11

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Did you get the card to run in DOS first? CTCM/CTCU?

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Reply 5 of 10, by Extreme Assault

Posted on 2024-06-16, 14:19

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Thanks to all. I'm not with this pc now, when i can, answer you any news.

I cleaned the sb awe and dont work.

When i can will make a photo to my sb.

Thanks all

Reply 6 of 10, by Extreme Assault

Posted on 2024-06-16, 17:02

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ux-3 wrote on 2024-06-16, 13:11:

Did you get the card to run in DOS first? CTCM/CTCU?

Why should work in MS-DOS if years ago in other pc works fine with win 95?

Reply 7 of 10, by ux-3

Posted on 2024-06-16, 17:11

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Extreme Assault wrote on 2024-06-16, 14:19:

More solutions?

Why not try the ones suggested so far and report back?

I am not entirely sure but I think if I don't first run CTCM, I don't see the card in win98se either.
This is my autoexec.bat part for the card. I am not using the default names and locations, so adjust this.
The part in the middle is the one you might need to have. You will have to run windows after you intitialized the card, because the cards settings are saved in the Windows directory and loaded during boot. If you want to change configuration with creative drivers, you need to go to windows once after you run ctcm and diagnose. But you could try Unisound instead.

SET MIDI=SYNTH:1 MAP:E MODE:0
SET SOUND=C:\UTIL\AWE32

C:\util\AWE32\ctcm
rem use for CT3980 PnP

C:\UTIL\AWE32\DIAGNOSE /s
C:\UTIL\AWE32\MIXERSET /p /q /SE:-
rem in mixerset use for CT3980 PnP: /SE:-
C:\UTIL\AWE32\AWEUTIL /S

Last edited by ux-3 on 2024-06-17, 18:05. Edited 1 time in total.

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Reply 8 of 10, by Extreme Assault

Posted on 2024-06-17, 17:11

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ux-3 wrote on 2024-06-16, 17:11:
Why not try the ones suggested so far and report back? […]
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Extreme Assault wrote on 2024-06-16, 14:19:

More solutions?

Why not try the ones suggested so far and report back?

I am not entirely sure but I think if I don't first run CTCM, I don't see the card in win98se either.
This is my autoexec.bat part for the card. I am not using the default names and locations, so adjust this.
The part in the middle is the one you might need to have. You will have to run windows after you intitialized the card, because the cards settings are saved in the Windows dirictory and loaded during boot. If you want to change configuration with creative drivers, you need to go to windows once after you run ctcm and diagnose. But you could try Unisound instead.

SET MIDI=SYNTH:1 MAP:E MODE:0
SET SOUND=C:\UTIL\AWE32

C:\util\AWE32\ctcm
rem use for CT3980 PnP

C:\UTIL\AWE32\DIAGNOSE /s
C:\UTIL\AWE32\MIXERSET /p /q /SE:-
rem in mixerset use for CT3980 PnP: /SE:-
C:\UTIL\AWE32\AWEUTIL /S

Hello

Thanks. I need firts drivers installed for to put this commands in the autoexec?

My retro PC are in parents house, when i can will to try this.

Reply 9 of 10, by ux-3

Posted on 2024-06-17, 18:08

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Extreme Assault wrote on 2024-06-17, 17:11:

Thanks. I need firts drivers installed for to put this commands in the autoexec?

Actually, installing the drivers should put them into autoexec.bat

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Reply 10 of 10, by Extreme Assault

Posted on 2024-07-19, 19:07

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Hi again

I have seen that at startup after the RAM test, my awe32 is not shown as detected by the BIOS, however my Vibra16 can see it and it is also ISA.

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