Yes its an ESS 1688 IRQ is 2 DMA is 0 Port is 220 but I cant change the port in ESSCFG is there some way to disable the card in the config? I was previously on an old firmware that didnt have soundblaster support. The games ive bern trying to run are Doom and Duke 3D.

NeoG_ wrote on Yesterday, 22:56:

I have an ES1869 with a PicoGUS and can run it is SB mode next to the ESS card without lockups - You mentioned the port and IRQ […]
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swisstoni wrote on Yesterday, 17:27:

Thanks for the new firmware update which flashed fine. My system has an ESS1688 integrated on the motherboard ive changed the port and IRQ in software so it doesnt clash with the Picogus.

I have an ES1869 with a PicoGUS and can run it is SB mode next to the ESS card without lockups - You mentioned the port and IRQ but what about the DMA? Can you list what resources each card is set to use?

Was it working with the older firmware, which game is it? I can test it on my system as well

swisstoni wrote on Yesterday, 17:27:

Also when mounting isos if you have a physical cd drive in your system what drive letter would the iso be?

Drive letters for CD-ROM drives in DOS are controlled by MSCDEX, you supply it multiple /D:<devicename> parameters and they are assigned letters in that order starting with the first free letter. You can also override the drive letter for each drive using /L:<letter> /D:<devicename>

swisstoni wrote on Today, 09:33:

Yes its an ESS 1688 IRQ is 2 DMA is 0 Port is 220 but I cant change the port in ESSCFG is there some way to disable the card in the config? I was previously on an old firmware that didnt have soundblaster support. The games ive bern trying to run are Doom and Duke 3D.

A few things - Since you were on single firmware before things have changed slightly. The PicoGUS now has all the firmwares rolled into one package and the default mode is soundblaster+cdrom but you can change this any time using "PGUSINIT /mode something".

E.G. if you were using the MPU401 firmware before, you would use "PGUSINIT /mode mpu". If you want to have the card start in that mode automatically each start/reset, use pgusinit /save to save the current mode to flash and it will default to whatever mode is currently set when you save.

A full list of modes is available here:
https://github.com/polpo/picogus/wiki/Configu … ng-your-PicoGUS

The ES1688 is not a PnP (that I know of) card so it's either set through the BIOS settings if it's integrated onto the motherboard or set via jumpers on the card if it's an ISA card. But it sounds like you just want the PicoGUS to stop responding as a soundblaster on port 220 which you can do by swapping modes as mentioned to disable soundblaster emulation.

Thanks for replying im going to have to look into disabling the ESS as its integrated on the motherboard. Im actually looking to disable the ESS and use the Soundblaster emulation on the Picogus.

NeoG_ wrote on Today, 10:40:

A few things - Since you were on single firmware before things have changed slightly. The PicoGUS now has all the firmwares roll […]
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swisstoni wrote on Today, 09:33:

Yes its an ESS 1688 IRQ is 2 DMA is 0 Port is 220 but I cant change the port in ESSCFG is there some way to disable the card in the config? I was previously on an old firmware that didnt have soundblaster support. The games ive bern trying to run are Doom and Duke 3D.

A few things - Since you were on single firmware before things have changed slightly. The PicoGUS now has all the firmwares rolled into one package and the default mode is soundblaster+cdrom but you can change this any time using "PGUSINIT /mode something".

E.G. if you were using the MPU401 firmware before, you would use "PGUSINIT /mode mpu". If you want to have the card start in that mode automatically each start/reset, use pgusinit /save to save the current mode to flash and it will default to whatever mode is currently set when you save.

A full list of modes is available here:
https://github.com/polpo/picogus/wiki/Configu … ng-your-PicoGUS

The ES1688 is not a PnP (that I know of) card so it's either set through the BIOS settings if it's integrated onto the motherboard or set via jumpers on the card if it's an ISA card. But it sounds like you just want the PicoGUS to stop responding as a soundblaster on port 220 which you can do by swapping modes as mentioned to disable soundblaster emulation.