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soundblaster audigy dos driver hangs system at desktop

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First post, by dskiller

Posted on 2014-11-20, 16:42

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specs.

gigabyte ga-bx2000

intel p3 500mhz

300mb ram

windows 98 se

nvidia fx 5500

intel pro nic

soundblaster audigy using this card for full directx and eax and would like it for dos games as well but..

for some reason when I install the dosdrv for the soundblaster 16 emulation. windows 98 will stop responding when it gets to the desktop. mouse moves but nothing else responds

I know this card supports it. because back around 2005. it was working in my compaq computer that I dont have now.

Reply 1 of 3, by alexanrs

Posted on 2014-11-20, 16:53

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Can't you just comment out the driver lines from autoexec.bat, and start them manually when you want to boot in plain DOS?
I.e. say you have these lines in autoexec.bat
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SET BLASTER=???
SET CTSYN=???
(...)\SBEINIT
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You could just cut and paste them in a file called "SOUND.BAT" inside your windows folder. Now when you boot into plain DOS all you have to do is execute SOUND.BAT and you'll have sound.

Reply 2 of 3, by dskiller

Posted on 2014-11-21, 12:47

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its not really the dos program causing problems.
dosdrv installer installs a windows soundblaster 16 emulation driver. and that is what is causing the system to hang when getting to the desktop.

booting to dos works great

Reply 3 of 3, by alexanrs

Posted on 2014-11-21, 13:00

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Perhaps there is a resource conflict? Try switching the "PnP OS installed" option in BIOS to see if it helps. Also, try removing other boards and devices, and disabling unneeded stuff in BIOS (COM/LPT/etc.).
Also PCI slots usually share IRQs with other slots and onboard devices... but usually the last slot has exclusive IRQs (check the MoBo's manual), so try changing the slot as well.

Worst case scenario install the WDM drivers instead of the VXD ones. You'll get the basic SBPro emulation + MIDI that every WDM sound driver gets.

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