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Hello folks. Recently I picked up a Unisys CWD-4002, and a Audician 32+ sound card to go with it. And judging by some other threads, I'm not the only one either 😀. However, I'm having some reliability issues with the card/machine combination.
The card itself appears fine, and seemed to work pefectly when I tested it in my other retro PC (Pentium III era). However, in the machine I bought it for, I see some intermittant failures. Sometimes digital sound works, but FM does not. Sometimes I get the reverse. MIDI works sometimes and not others either. Occasionally, the setupsa application even says 'OPL3-SAx board not present!', but that's more rare than the partial working scenarios.
So I'm thinking there's something going on with connectivity with the ISA card, especially since it is hooked up via a riser. However, I've cleaned the contacts on both the card and riser and reseated both a couple times to hopefully 'clean' the sockets. I did at one point manage to fit my AWE64 in the Unisys machine and had reliability issues with that TOO, so it certainly points to the ISA slot on the Unisys.
However, I'm not entirely sure what to do to isolate it further and/or fix it. I'm guessing it's time to do continuity testing between the card and bottom socket? Any other suggestions?
My system config, for reference, is:
Autoexec.bat
PROMPT $P$GSET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\DOS;C:\APPS;C:\APPS\INFOZIPSET TEMP=C:\TEMPSET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T4C:\OPL3SAX\SETUPSA.EXE /SC:\DRIVERS\CTMOUSE\CTMOUSE.EXE
Config.sys
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYSDOS=HIGHFILES=30STACKS=9,256
And for additional reference, a Navrátil Software System Information report:
Navrátil Software System InformationVersion 0.60.45Report FileSunday, 2017-08-20 11:47███████████████████████████General Information████████████████████████████║ Computer PC-AT or compatible, ISA ║║ Processor Intel i486DX2-S, 50 MHz, V86 mode, 2/4/19/19 ║║ Co-Processor Internal, 50 MHz, 3/3/100/30 ║║ BIOS Award Modular BIOS v4.50G, Award Software, Inc., 07/26► ║║ Video Cirrus Logic SVGA 1 MB, VESA VBE 1.2, Secondary: None ║║ Memory 16 MB, 640 KB, 15360 KB, XMS(3.0,15296 KB), no EMS ║║ Drives HDD1: 335 MB, HDD2: None ║║ Oper. System MS-DOS version 6.0 ║║ Mouse PS/2, 2 buttons, version 7.05, IRQ: 12 ║║ Input Devices AT Enhanced Keyboard (101 key), Ncsi, Joystick(s) ║║ Ports 2 Serial, 0 Parallel, 1 Game ║║ CMOS FDD1: 1.44 MB 3½", FDD2: None ║║ Network Not Detected ║║ Multimedia Sound Blaster or compatible sound card ║║ Software Mouse Driver ║║ Other Not Detected ║╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝█████████████████████████████Computer Details█████████████████████████████║─ General ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────║║ Computer Type PC-AT or compatible ║║ Computer Name Unknown or Noname ║║ Model FCh ║║ Submodel 01h ║║ Revision 00h ║║─ Mainboard ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────║║ Bus(es) ISA ║║ Chipset VT82C505 (Method 2) ║║ Manufacturer First International Computer, Inc. (Method 2) ║║ Type FIC 486-PVT/486-VIP-IO ║║ System Bus Speed 25 MHz (multiplier 2.0x) (Method 1) ║║─ ISA Devices ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────║║ No Devices/Cards Found ║╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝████████████████████████████Processor Details█████████████████████████████║ Main Processor Intel i486DX2-S, 50 MHz ║║ CPU ID 00000435h, Family 4, Model 3, Level 1/35 (CPUID) ║║ Stepping 5 - aB0/aC0, SL Enhanced ║║ CPU Vendor GenuineIntel ║║ CPU Name 5♦♥5♦♥5♦♥ ║║ CPU Serial Number Not Supported ║║ Run Mode Virtual 8086 ║║ CPU Type Original OEM Processor ║║ 1st Level Cache 8 KB Write-Through (Method 1) ║║ 2nd Level Cache n/a ║║ 3rd Level Cache n/a ║╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝████████████████████████████Processor Details█████████████████████████████║─ CPU Features ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────║║ √ FPU on chip · Page Attribute Table ║║ √ Enhanced Virtual 8086 Mode (VME) · 36-bit Page Size Extension ║║ · Debugging Extensions · Processor Serial Number ║
║ · Page Size Extensions · CLFLUSH instruction ║║ · Time Stamp Counter · Debug Trace and EMON Store ║║ · Model Specific Registers · Internal ACPI Support ║║ · Physical Address Extension · MMX instructions ║║ · Machine Check Exception · FXSAVE/FXRSTOR instructions ║║ · CMPXCHG8B instruction · Streaming SIMD Extensions ║║ · CPU contains enabled APIC on chip · Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 ║║ · SYSENTER/SYSEXIT instructions · Self-Snoop ║║ · Memory Type Range Registers · Multi-Threading Technology ║║ · Page Global Extensions · Thermal Monitor Supported ║║ · Machine Check Architecture · IA-64 Processor ║║ · CMOVcc instructions · Pending Break Event ║╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝███████████████████████████Co-Processor Details███████████████████████████║ Co-Processor Type Internal, 50 MHz ║║ Communication Protocol 32-bit ║║ Co-Processor Emulated No ║║ Emulation Software n/a ║╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝███████████████████████████████BIOS Details███████████████████████████████║ BIOS Type Award Modular BIOS v4.50G ║║ BIOS Manufacturer Award Software, Inc. ║║ BIOS Date 07/26/95 ║║ BIOS Version n/a ║║─ BIOS Features ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────║║ Flash BIOS Present ║║ Green PC/Energy Star Present ║║ BIOS32 Services Not Present ║║ Plug and Play Support Not Present ║║ DMI Support Not Present ║║ SMBIOS Support Not Present ║║ APM Support Not Present ║║ ACPI Support Not Present ║║ ACFG Support Not Present ║║ PCI IRQ Routing Table Not Present ║╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝███████████████████████████████BIOS Details███████████████████████████████║─ ROM Modules ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────║║ Address Range Size Type PnP ║║ C000h - C7FFh 32 KB SVGA BIOS ║║ E800h - EBFFh 16 KB System ROM ║║ EC00h - EFFFh 16 KB System ROM ║║─ Plug and Play Devices ────────────────────────────────────────────────║║ This is not Plug and Play System ║╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝██████████████████████████████Video Details███████████████████████████████║ Video Adapter SVGA ║║ Monitor Type VGA Analog Color ║║ Secondary Video Adapter None ║║ Secondary Monitor Type None ║║────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────║║ Video Chipset Cirrus CL-GD5424 (Method 1) ║║ Video Card Unknown or Noname ║║ Video Memory Size 1 MB of DRAM ║║ Video Card Bus ISA ║║ Video RAMDAC Type Cirrus Internal CL24 TrueColor ║║────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────║║ Video BIOS Manufacturer Quadtel Corp., Cirrus Logic ║║ Video BIOS Model CL-GD54xx ║║ Video BIOS Version 1.41 ║║ Video BIOS Date 01/07/94 ║╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝██████████████████████████████Video Details███████████████████████████████║─ VESA Information ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────║║ VESA Support Present (VESA Memory Size 1 MB) ║║ VESA VBE Version 1.2 ║║ VESA Manufacturer Cirrus Logic GD-54xx VGA ║║ VESA Power Management Present, VBE/PM version 1.0 ║║ Display Data Channel Not Present ║║ Accelerator Functions Not Present ║║ Audio Interface Not Present ║║ Flat Panel Interface Not Present ║║ Cursor Interface Not Present ║║ Graphics System Conf. Not Present ║║─ VESA VBE 2.0 Information ─────────────────────────────────────────────║║ OEM Software Version n/a ║║ Vendor Name n/a ║║ Product Name n/a ║║ Product Revision n/a ║╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝██████████████████████████████Video Details███████████████████████████████║─ 3D Graphics Acceleration ─────────────────────────────────────────────║║ Internal 3D Accelerator No Known Found ║║ External 3D Accelerator No Known Found ║║─ Monitor Information ──────────────────────────────────────────────────║║ Monitor Name n/a ║║ Monitor Type n/a ║║ Viewable Image n/a ║║ Serial Number n/a ║║ Date of Manufacture n/a ║║ Max. Horizontal Size n/a ║║ Max. Vertical Size n/a ║║ Display Type n/a ║║ Voltage Level n/a ║║ Input Signal Type n/a ║║ Gamma Factor n/a ║║ DPMS Support n/a ║╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝██████████████████████████████Video Details███████████████████████████████║─ Additional Video Information ─────────────────────────────────────────║║ Video BIOS Segment C000h ║║ Video BIOS Size 32 KB ║║ Scan Lines 400 ║║ Character Size 9 x 16 ║║ EGA Switches 0110 ║║ CGA Cursor Emulation Disabled ║║ Current Video Mode 3 ║║ Video Segment Address B800h ║║ Video Page Size 4 KB ║║ CRTC Port 3D4h ║╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝██████████████████████████████Memory Details██████████████████████████████║─ General ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────║║ Total Memory 16 MB, Memory over 1 MB 15360 KB ║║ HMA Exists Yes ║║─ Conventional ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────║║ Total 640 KB, Used 255 KB (40%), Free 385 KB (60%) ║║ Used by DOS 28 KB (4%) ║║─ XMS ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────║║ Present Yes, Version 3.0 ║║ Manager HIMEM, Revision 3.10 ║║ Total 15296 KB, Used 1105 KB (7%), Free 14191 KB (93%) ║║─ EMS ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────║║ Present No ║║ Manager n/a ║║ Total n/a ║║ Page Frame n/a ║╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝██████████████████████████████Drives Details██████████████████████████████║─ IDE Drives ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────║║ Primary Master IDE Hard Disk ║║ Primary Slave None ║║ Secondary Master None ║║ Secondary Slave None ║║ Tertiary Master None ║║ Tertiary Slave None ║║ Quaternary Master None ║║ Quaternary Slave None ║║─ Non-IDE Drives ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────║║ None Found ║╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝██████████████████████████████Drives Details██████████████████████████████║─ IDE Drive Physical Information ───────────────────────────────────────║║ Fixed Disk Controller IDE (ATA) ║║ Fixed Disk Capacity 1003 GB (1,076,963,054,592 B) ║║ Fixed Disk Geometry Cylinders 992, Heads 11, Sectors/Track 63 ║║ Bytes/Sector n/a, Bytes/Track n/a ║║ Data Buffer Size 256 KB ║║ Sectors per Interrupt 32 ║║ Controller Type Dual Ported, Multiple Sector Buffer, Read Cache ║║ Disk Model M2682TA ║║ Firmware Revision WP-03-99 ║║ Serial Number 00101510 ║║ Disk Type Fixed, Magnetical ║║ Disk Transfer Modes PIO 3, SW DMA -/-, MW DMA -/-, Ultra DMA -/- ║║ Disk Features IORDY ║╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝██████████████████████████████Drives Details██████████████████████████████║ L Drive Type Label Total Free Used ║║────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────║║ A: Floppy Drive 1.44 MB 3½" n/a n/a n/a n/a ║║ C: Local Hard Disk MS-DOS_6 335 MB 133 MB 202 MB ║╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝█████████████████████████Operating System Details█████████████████████████║ Operating System MS-DOS ║║ DOS Version 6.0 ║║ True DOS Version 6.0 ║║ DOS Revision 0 ║║ User Serial Number 000000h ║║ DOS OEM Microsoft or Phoenix ║║ DOS is in HMA ║║ Boot Drive C: ║║ Last Drive E: ║║ BREAK Off ║║ VERIFY Off ║╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝██████████████████████████████Ports Details███████████████████████████████║─ Serial ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────║║ COM Port UART TimeOut Rate Data Stop Parity CD RI DSR CTS ║║ 1 03F8h 16550A 1 s 2400 bps 8 b 1 b None No No No No ║║ 2 02F8h 16550A 1 s 2400 bps 8 b 1 b None No No No No ║║─ Parallel ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────║║ LPT Port EPP TimeOut TIM IOE SEL OOP ACK NBZ ║║ None ║║─ Game ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────║║ JOY Position X Position Y Button 1 Button 2 ║║ 1 0 0 Released Released ║║ 2 0 0 Released Released ║╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝█████████████████████████████Network Details██████████████████████████████║─ Detected Network(s) ──────────────────────────────────────────────────║║ No Networks Detected ║║─ Network Services/Protocols ───────────────────────────────────────────║║ FTP Packet Driver, INT 60h, IEEE 802.3 with 802.2 headers, Novell NE20►║║─ Network Card(s) ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────║║ NE2000 or compatible Ethernet Adapter at port 300h ║╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝████████████████████████████Multimedia Details████████████████████████████║─ Sound Card ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────║║ BLASTER Type Sound Blaster Pro or compatible Bits 8 ║║ Specific Type Sound Blaster AWE32 Bits 16p ║║ Settings Port 220h, IRQ 5, DMA 1, High DMA n/a, MIDI Port 330h ║║ DSP Version 3.01 T 4 ║║ AWE Features EMU8000 Port n/a ║║ Compatibility Adlib, SB 2.0, SB Pro, SB 16, SB AWE32, General MIDI ║║ Features Stereo, FM + WaveTable Synthesis, 16-bit DAC/ADC, ║║ 4-44kHz ║║ Manufacturer Creative Labs, Inc. ║║ DSP Copyright n/a ║║ Accelerator No Known Found ║║─ CD-ROM ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────║║ MSCDEX Status Not Installed, Version n/a ║║ CD-ROMs 0, Letter(s) n/a ║║ Manufacturer n/a ║╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝█████████████████████████████Software Details█████████████████████████████║─ Detected Software ────────────────────────────────────────────────────║║ Microsoft EMM386 or compatible, Mode ON ║║ Virtual Control Program Interface version 1.00 ║║ Mouse Driver ║║ XMS Memory Manager ║║ Expanded Memory Manager ║║ Disabled EMS Manager ║╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝██████████████████████████████Other Details███████████████████████████████║─ Miscellaneous ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────║║ Modem Status Not Found ║║ Modem Type n/a ║║ Scanner Not Found ║║─ PCMCIA Information ───────────────────────────────────────────────────║║ PCMCIA Not Present ║╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝