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Reply 560 of 567, by AaronS

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Indeed, I tried installing Audigy drivers before installing the graphics drivers and had issues with soundfonts. For me, I do this order: DX9 > Nvidia > Audigy.

RE: Audigy 1, that's interesting, do these games otherwise work fine if digital is used or do certain games only support analog audio?

Reply 561 of 567, by Joseph_Joestar

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AaronS wrote on 2025-11-23, 23:56:

RE: Audigy 1, that's interesting, do these games otherwise work fine if digital is used or do certain games only support analog audio?

In this context, digital audio is referring to sound effects and speech in DOS games. That's how various setup programs called it back in the day.

Not to be confused with SPDIF, which doesn't work at all on Audigy cards in pure DOS, due to how Creative coded their drivers.

PC#1: Pentium MMX 166 / Soyo SY-5BT / S3 Trio64V+ / Voodoo1 / YMF719 / AWE64 Gold / SC-155
PC#2: AthlonXP 2100+ / ECS K7VTA3 / Voodoo3 / Audigy2 / Vortex2
PC#3: Core 2 Duo E8600 / Foxconn P35AX-S / X800 / Audigy2 ZS
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Reply 562 of 567, by Joseph_Joestar

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DustyShinigami wrote on 2025-11-23, 23:55:

Yep. Did that, too. Just the other day, in fact.

Afraid I'm completely out of ideas then.

Maybe you just happen to have a rare hardware combination which causes some unknown incompatibility. Or you're experiencing stability problems which only come to light under certain circumstances. I can't help with either of those.

PC#1: Pentium MMX 166 / Soyo SY-5BT / S3 Trio64V+ / Voodoo1 / YMF719 / AWE64 Gold / SC-155
PC#2: AthlonXP 2100+ / ECS K7VTA3 / Voodoo3 / Audigy2 / Vortex2
PC#3: Core 2 Duo E8600 / Foxconn P35AX-S / X800 / Audigy2 ZS
PC#4: i5-3570K / MSI Z77A-G43 / GTX 980Ti / X-Fi Titanium

Reply 563 of 567, by DustyShinigami

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Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2025-11-24, 00:02:
DustyShinigami wrote on 2025-11-23, 23:55:

Yep. Did that, too. Just the other day, in fact.

Afraid I'm completely out of ideas then.

Maybe you just happen to have a rare hardware combination which causes some unknown incompatibility. Or you're experiencing stability problems which only come to light under certain circumstances. I can't help with either of those.

Okay, no worries. Thanks anyway. I'll try starting a new thread at some point. See if something can be dug up.

OS: Windows 98 SE
CPU: Slot 1 Pentium III Coppermine 933MHz (SL448)
RAM: Kingston 256MB 133MHz
GPU: Nvidia 16MB Riva TNT/128MB Geforce 4 Ti 4200
Motherboard: ABit AB-BE6-II Intel 440BX
HDD: C, D - IDE 1, CD-ROM - IDE 2, E - IDE 3

Reply 564 of 567, by asdf53

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DustyShinigami wrote on 2025-11-24, 00:07:
Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2025-11-24, 00:02:
DustyShinigami wrote on 2025-11-23, 23:55:

Yep. Did that, too. Just the other day, in fact.

Afraid I'm completely out of ideas then.

Maybe you just happen to have a rare hardware combination which causes some unknown incompatibility. Or you're experiencing stability problems which only come to light under certain circumstances. I can't help with either of those.

Okay, no worries. Thanks anyway. I'll try starting a new thread at some point. See if something can be dug up.

https://www.sharkyforums.com/showthread.php?5 … ighPoint-HPT366
https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/need-he … -sblive.992290/

If you are still using the onboard HPT IDE controller on your Abit board, it's known to cause problems with Soundblaster Live cards. I know you have an Audigy but it sounds similar to what you're experiencing. Not using the HPT controller, lowering UDMA speeds or downgrading the HPT windows drivers seems to help.

Unplug all drives from the HPT controller and disable it in BIOS, then see if any of this keeps happening.

Reply 565 of 567, by DustyShinigami

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asdf53 wrote on 2025-11-24, 04:49:
https://www.sharkyforums.com/showthread.php?5 … ighPoint-HPT366 https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/need-he … -sblive.992290/ […]
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DustyShinigami wrote on 2025-11-24, 00:07:
Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2025-11-24, 00:02:

Afraid I'm completely out of ideas then.

Maybe you just happen to have a rare hardware combination which causes some unknown incompatibility. Or you're experiencing stability problems which only come to light under certain circumstances. I can't help with either of those.

Okay, no worries. Thanks anyway. I'll try starting a new thread at some point. See if something can be dug up.

https://www.sharkyforums.com/showthread.php?5 … ighPoint-HPT366
https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/need-he … -sblive.992290/

If you are still using the onboard HPT IDE controller on your Abit board, it's known to cause problems with Soundblaster Live cards. I know you have an Audigy but it sounds similar to what you're experiencing. Not using the HPT controller, lowering UDMA speeds or downgrading the HPT windows drivers seems to help.

Unplug all drives from the HPT controller and disable it in BIOS, then see if any of this keeps happening.

Ohh, okay. Interesting. I’ve yet to read through the thread, but is there any mention of DirectX 9 being a problem?

I’m not sure if I’m able to downgrade…? Would it even let me now that 1.25 is installed? Worst case I can just revert to an earlier image. But instead of downgrading, I’d probably just settle for disabling the whole lot and sticking everything on IDE 1 and 2. Thanks.

OS: Windows 98 SE
CPU: Slot 1 Pentium III Coppermine 933MHz (SL448)
RAM: Kingston 256MB 133MHz
GPU: Nvidia 16MB Riva TNT/128MB Geforce 4 Ti 4200
Motherboard: ABit AB-BE6-II Intel 440BX
HDD: C, D - IDE 1, CD-ROM - IDE 2, E - IDE 3

Reply 566 of 567, by smax

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Just ran through this guide to install my SB0090 in Windows 98SE. I haven't tested extensively yet, but everything seems to be working well so far. Thanks for pulling this together!

Dell Dimension 4100
Windows 98SE
733 MHz P3 Coppermine
ATI Radeon 9600XT
Sound Blaster Audigy SB0090
Samsung 850 EVO SSD

Reply 567 of 567, by Joseph_Joestar

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smax wrote on 2025-12-02, 02:38:

Just ran through this guide to install my SB0090 in Windows 98SE. I haven't tested extensively yet, but everything seems to be working well so far. Thanks for pulling this together!

Glad to hear it. Enjoy!

PC#1: Pentium MMX 166 / Soyo SY-5BT / S3 Trio64V+ / Voodoo1 / YMF719 / AWE64 Gold / SC-155
PC#2: AthlonXP 2100+ / ECS K7VTA3 / Voodoo3 / Audigy2 / Vortex2
PC#3: Core 2 Duo E8600 / Foxconn P35AX-S / X800 / Audigy2 ZS
PC#4: i5-3570K / MSI Z77A-G43 / GTX 980Ti / X-Fi Titanium