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First post, by iVirtualZero

Posted on 2020-11-10, 12:01

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Fixed: Aweflsh help “Plug in Drive A”Solved

Hi i have a dual boot Pentium 3 system with 98SE and XP SP3. And everything works except for the ISA Card AWE64 . Even with the drivers installed. And i read this card is natively supported. But i only get a static sound from the card in both 98, XP and DOS when running DOS games. I’ve tried multiple drivers, i’ve reinstalled the OS and it makes no difference. I enabled plug and play support in the bios and nothing even after reinstalling the OS. The value driver cd requires me to make some changes to the System.ini files in Windows 98 but then i get “This program has performed an illegal operation” error in Windows 98. I can’t even run any games/installs after making those changes. Is the Soundcard at fault? I also have a PCI Soundblaster Audigy installed which works just fine. I’m new to building and setting up old rigs. So is there a mistake i made? Perhaps an extra cable or a part/addon that attaches to the sound card or the ram installed wrong? Or is there an issue with the capacitors or the voltage regulator?

Manual https://www.manualslib.com/manual/350428/Crea … ?page=14#manual

Specs
Epox D3VA
Dual Pentium III Tualatins
1gb of ram will try reinstalling 98SE with 512mb of ram. To see if that fixes it.
Geforce 4 4600
Matrox Mellenium 2
SoundBlaster Audigy
SoundBlaster AWE64
Modern EGA 450watt PSU 80 Plus Bronze
120gb hdd with 98SE installed
160gb hdd woth XP S3 32bit installed

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Reply 1 of 11, by Tronix

Posted on 2020-11-10, 14:18

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Broken EEPROM - often issue with awe32, awe64, sb live and audigy. Try google something like “awe64 eeprom fix”, it may be helpful for you.

https://github.com/Tronix286/

Reply 2 of 11, by iVirtualZero

Posted on 2020-11-10, 14:41

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Thanks a lot for your help. Do you know how the fix is performed? Will i need to hook up the EEPROM to a PC and can it be replaced?

Reply 3 of 11, by iVirtualZero

Posted on 2020-11-10, 15:01

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Tronix wrote on 2020-11-10, 14:18:

Broken EEPROM - often issue with awe32, awe64, sb live and audigy. Try google something like “awe64 eeprom fix”, it may be helpful for you.

I Googled it and read that i will need a software like AWEFlsh.exe to fix the eeprom. But there is also a chance that the eeprom has gone bad. On the card, where is the eeprom chip? and also i can’t seem to find that flash utility.

Reply 4 of 11, by darry

Posted on 2020-11-10, 15:05

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iVirtualZero wrote on 2020-11-10, 15:01:

Tronix wrote on 2020-11-10, 14:18:

Broken EEPROM - often issue with awe32, awe64, sb live and audigy. Try google something like “awe64 eeprom fix”, it may be helpful for you.

I Googled it and read that i will need a software like AWEFlsh.exe to fix the eeprom. But there is also a chance that the eeprom has gone bad. On the card, where is the eeprom chip? and also i can’t seem to find that flash utility.

Have a look here :
Re: SB2AWE EEPROM flasher utility.

Reply 5 of 11, by iVirtualZero

Posted on 2020-11-10, 15:11

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Thanks found another on this Dell site. https://www.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php … ZeX6bX&frmist=1

Reply 6 of 11, by iVirtualZero

Posted on 2020-11-10, 15:12

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Now i just need to know where the eeprom chip is. Just in case that doesn't work.

Reply 7 of 11, by iVirtualZero

Posted on 2020-11-10, 15:14

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Also, do i run that software within Windows? Do i need any extra cables/accessories to use that software?

Reply 8 of 11, by darry

Posted on 2020-11-10, 15:32

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iVirtualZero wrote on 2020-11-10, 15:14:

Also, do i run that software within Windows? Do i need any extra cables/accessories to use that software?

The Dell flasher should be run from DOS. No other requirements .

Reply 9 of 11, by iVirtualZero

Posted on 2020-11-10, 15:46

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darry wrote on 2020-11-10, 15:32:

iVirtualZero wrote on 2020-11-10, 15:14:

Also, do i run that software within Windows? Do i need any extra cables/accessories to use that software?

The Dell flasher should be run from DOS. No other requirements .

Can i use WIndows 98?

Reply 10 of 11, by darry

Posted on 2020-11-10, 15:52

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iVirtualZero wrote on 2020-11-10, 15:46:

darry wrote on 2020-11-10, 15:32:

iVirtualZero wrote on 2020-11-10, 15:14:

Also, do i run that software within Windows? Do i need any extra cables/accessories to use that software?

The Dell flasher should be run from DOS. No other requirements .

Can i use WIndows 98?

Yes, as long as you use Windows 98's DOS mode (not a command prompt running under Windows). AFAICR, the Dell flasher creates a bootable DOS floppy anyway .

Reply 11 of 11, by iVirtualZero

Posted on 2020-11-10, 15:53

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Ok thanks will give it a go.

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