You could try newer drivers for that voodoo monster, the one from the CD is probably too outdated.

hmm nice oxymoron? Edit: and why did I think it was a voodoo just by reading monster... sigh

buckeye wrote on Yesterday, 17:29:

Works great in windows 98 but after installing the drivers off the diamond cd keep getting the message: error #6 while booting (something about the AU30DOS driver not loaded).

AU30DOS is a dos driver for the aureal vortex 2 (is one installed?), maybe you have a resource conflict between cards.

Try a different driver. Don't assume the one on the CD is the best just because it came with the card

PD2JK wrote on Yesterday, 17:41:

You could try newer drivers for that voodoo, the one from the CD is probably too outdated.

Pickle wrote on Yesterday, 17:54:

AU30DOS is a dos driver for the aureal vortex 2 (is one installed?), maybe you have a resource conflict between cards

The Diamond Monster Sound Mx300 IS an aureal vortex 2 based sound card ( and not a voodoo graphics accelerator) 😀

Falcosoft wrote on Today, 01:12:

PD2JK wrote on Yesterday, 17:41:

You could try newer drivers for that voodoo, the one from the CD is probably too outdated.

Pickle wrote on Yesterday, 17:54:

AU30DOS is a dos driver for the aureal vortex 2 (is one installed?), maybe you have a resource conflict between cards

The Diamond Monster Sound Mx300 IS an aureal vortex 2 based sound card ( and not a voodoo graphics accelerator) 😀

yeah i think i read the posts too quick 😉

@buckeye go to phils computer lab for drivers to try. You also might also want to try different pci slots. Sometimes the slots share irq's.

As far as I remember the problem is due to IRQ conflict with other devices.

Full error message when booting Windows 98:

1ERROR #6: AUREAL VORTEX AUDIO; SOUND BLASTER EMULATION DISABLED IN WINDOWS. DRIVER NOT LOADED PROPERLY.

This error can be ignored if you don't need DOS support.

Solution:

I think the Vortex cards don't like to share resources and require a PCI Master slot.

In my case, Aureal Vortex 2 SQ2500 worked successfully without IRQ conflicts on the middle PCI slot (PCI#3) of Gigabyte GA-8IPE1000 (i865PE) motherboard, including DOS driver.
I also added a second sound card and a network card to make sure there were still resources left for further experimentations.

These IRQs were automatically assigned in Windows 98:

• AGP — ASUS V7100 Pure GeForce2 MX 32MB 128bit
  - IRQ #10 — NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400
• PCI #1 — free/not used
• PCI #2 — free/not used
• PCI #3 — Aureal Vortex 2 SQ2500 → PCI Bus Mastering
  - IRQ #03 — Vortex AU8830 Multifunctional PCI Platform
  - IRQ #03 — Vortex AU8830 PCI Audio
  - IRQ #07 — Vortex AU8830 Sound Blaster Pro Emulation
• PCI #4 — Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS SB0350
  - IRQ #05 — PCI OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
  - IRQ #10 — Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM)
• PCI #5 — ASUS NX1101 (10/100/1000Mbps)
  - IRQ #05 — ASUS NX1101 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter

I forgot to add: before installing Windows 98, I disabled unnecessary devices (COM, LPT, etc.) in BIOS to free up resources.

Before that I tried other PCI slots and combinations of devices without success.

Also, there is no guarantee that your PCI middle slot will work like mine, I think everything is individual here.

Pickle wrote on Today, 03:05:

You also might also want to try different pci slots. Sometimes the slots share irq's.

That's right, on Gigabyte GA-8IPE1000 motherboard PCI#1 and PCI#5 slots share a common IRQ.

buckeye wrote on Yesterday, 17:29:

Perhaps this is not the ideal setup for this card like a slot 1 or socket 370?

Getting late era DOS games working isn't a must but just curious as to why the error is occurring. Any ideas would be appreciated thanks!

I'm not a big fan of DOS games, but this is the best sound card of its time.