5a796d wrote on Yesterday, 05:04:

My current system (sblive/a7v600-x/win98) with unfortunate does not detect the sound card in the DOS games started by Win98, des […]
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My current system (sblive/a7v600-x/win98) with unfortunate does not detect the sound card in the DOS games started by Win98, despite having everything in place (Drivers, IRQ, conflicts etc.
) I know the problem is the KT600 chipset (a7v600-x) that no longer supports nmi.

I have an audigy 2 ZS, reading in the first post, reference is made to the advice to use the audigy instead of the release because the latter has compatibility problems.

Now I wonder: My Audigy 2 ZS on the KT600 and the sb16 emulation is detected?

I have an A7V600 with 98se and an Audigy 2 ZS and I can tell you it works.
But it's hugely resource dependant and you have to fiddle with different PCI slots.

GeorgeMan wrote on Yesterday, 05:07:

5a796d wrote on Yesterday, 05:04:

My current system (sblive/a7v600-x/win98) with unfortunate does not detect the sound card in the DOS games started by Win98, des […]
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My current system (sblive/a7v600-x/win98) with unfortunate does not detect the sound card in the DOS games started by Win98, despite having everything in place (Drivers, IRQ, conflicts etc.
) I know the problem is the KT600 chipset (a7v600-x) that no longer supports nmi.

I have an audigy 2 ZS, reading in the first post, reference is made to the advice to use the audigy instead of the release because the latter has compatibility problems.

Now I wonder: My Audigy 2 ZS on the KT600 and the sb16 emulation is detected?

I have an A7V600 with 98se and an Audigy 2 ZS and I can tell you it works.
But it's hugely resource dependant and you have to fiddle with different PCI slots.

Thank you so much! Can you tell me which slot did you put the audigy? Because at the moment I put the sblive on the third PCI slot from above to not have conflicts. I have only GPU and Sound Card

5a796d wrote on Yesterday, 05:04:

I have an audigy 2 ZS, reading in the first post, reference is made to the advice to use the audigy instead of the release because the latter has compatibility problems.

You have that backwards.

The advice is to use Audigy 2 and ZS cards on VIA chipsets since they are less susceptible to the VIA latency bug.

Joseph_Joestar wrote on Yesterday, 05:23:

5a796d wrote on Yesterday, 05:04:

I have an audigy 2 ZS, reading in the first post, reference is made to the advice to use the audigy instead of the release because the latter has compatibility problems.

You have that backwards.

The advice is to use Audigy 2 and ZS cards on VIA chipsets since they are less susceptible to the VIA latency bug.

Thanks for the clarification 👍🏻

Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2025-09-16, 04:05:

This seems to be a hardcoded limitation of Creative's drivers which only affects Audigy 2 ZS cards. Older models such as the regular Audigy 2 (SB0240) and Audigy 1 (SB0090) are unaffected.

Indeed.

I installed VXD driver from Audigy 2 CD (using CTZAPXX.EXE) on Audigy 2 ZS and it partially worked!

Notes:
- Onboard analog outputs have NO SOUND. Seems these cards have different i2s mapping or something.
- Headphone output works on 5.25" panel.
- Some Creative apps crash when errors occur.
- Control Mixer now has S/PDIF inputs (CD Digital/SPDIF-in), but I haven’t tested them yet, and they are fully functional.

ott wrote on Today, 05:23:

I installed VXD driver from Audigy 2 CD (using CTZAPXX.EXE) on Audigy 2 ZS and it partially worked!

The reverse is also true, meaning if you install ZS drivers (VxD version) on a regular Audigy 2 (SB0240) the "CD Digital" slider will be visible and functional in the mixer.

For some reason, Creative specifically chose to disable it on ZS cards only. I've looked into this a while back and it might be somehow tied to the hardware ID of those cards. Also, I think Dolby Digital decoding is entirely missing on ZS cards when using VxD drivers, while that works just fine on regular Audigy 2 cards.

I checked Vortex 2 with S/PDIF out as second card, and yes, Audigy 2 ZS S/PDIF inputs are fully functional in Audigy 2 VXD driver.

Joseph_Joestar wrote on Today, 06:09:

The reverse is also true, meaning if you install ZS drivers (VxD version) on a regular Audigy 2 (SB0240) the "CD Digital" slider will be visible and functional in the mixer.

I downloaded about 15 Audigy's Installation CDs (ISO images) for analysis, I wouldn't be surprised if later Audigy2 and A2ZS disks have similar driver files.