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First post, by skitters

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Aztech FCC ID: I38-MMSN853

A few years ago I got a free computer. I set up Windows 98 on it, then had to move, stored the computer away, and didn't do anything else with it until now.

I'm trying to identify the sound card that's inside it.
It doesn't seem to have the specific model written on it anywhere.

The FCC ID is I38-MMSN853
But according to ftp://ftp.aztech.com/support/DOWNLOAD/sg/index.txt
that number could mean three different cards

------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4TH GENERATION SOUND CARDS (USING AZT-2320 CHIPSET) - […]
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4TH GENERATION SOUND CARDS (USING AZT-2320 CHIPSET) - PLUG-N-PLAY MODELS
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P16III Sound Galaxy Pro16III-3D PnP Card Updates - FCC-ID:I38-MMSN853

WR32PNP Sound Galaxy Waverider Pro 32-3D (I) PnP Card Updates - FCC-ID:I38-MMSN853

WRIDER96 Aztech Waverider Platinum-3D PnP Card Updates - FCC-ID:I38-MMSN853

The Web Archive for Aztech also lists three cards. Since the sizes of the driver downloads are different, the three cards don't seem to have quite the same drivers.

Windows 98 identifies the card as "Aztech Audio" which is too general to mean very much.

The hardware ID is ISAPNP\AZT2320_DEV0001\00000003
but I haven't been able to find a model associated with that -- only drivers from sites that try to get you to install their adware-laden "installer."

Although Windows 98 detects the card and allows it to make noise in Windows, there are no DOS drivers configured -- and I'd like to be able to play DOS games with this computer.

The card has an IDE interface on it, but I have no idea if it is active or not. There is a jumper on the card, but it's nowhere near the IDE interface so may be for something else.

Reply 1 of 5, by jesolo

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Actually, it's all of the above since all these models share the same underlying hardware.
The only difference is with the Waverider cards that also had a MIDI synthesis chip build onto the card and, with the other models, the software that were shipped with the cards.

Reply 2 of 5, by elianda

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This is the Waverider Platinum 3D PnP: http://mail.lipsia.de/~enigma/neu/pics/sound_ … i38-mmsn853.jpg
As Jesolo already wrote, the main difference between the cards is the different Wavetable (or no wavetable at all).

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Reply 3 of 5, by skitters

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I'm sorry my camera is not cooperating or I'd get a picture.

The AZTECH chip on mine is a little different.
It says:

AZTECH
AZT2023
Aztech Systems
OPL
9718 ABTQ

where the card in your picture says:

AZTECH
AZT2023
Aztech Systems
OPL
9735 ABSR

But both have the Samsung chip in the upper left that says:

Samsung
KS0174-1M04
Wavetable Korea

My card also has three chips next to the IDE connector where the card in your picture has spaces.
(maybe the three chips are used by the IDE connector?)
Otherwise my card looks the same regarding placement of chips and capacitors.
It does not say "enigma" on it though. The space where "enigma" is written is blank on mine.

Does having that Samsung chip mean the card is one of the Waverider cards?

The only I38-MMSN853 card described as having an IDE connection on the archive of the aztech site is the
"Aztech Waverider Platinum-3D PnP (with IDE Interface) Version 1.00 - English"
so I wonder if it's that one.

Reply 4 of 5, by jesolo

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The three chips you referred to is for the IDE connector.
You can just download the Waverider drivers and run the installation.
It should then install everything you need for the card to operate under DOS.
If it asks whether you have Windows 3.1 installed, just skip that step.
You can install the Windows 95 drivers separately and directly under Windows 95.
The DOS functions of the card will only operate properly in a "real" DOS mode (not in a DOS command prompt/window).

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