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First post, by CaelThunderwing

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i got in the mail today an Phillips Seismic Edge but no CD Sadly
(ignore the one pill was taking meds and didnt both w/ allery pill, and yes i know my desk is Horrible)
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i had one back when these were new, and i remember it came w/ a CD w/ quite a few things. i got the basic drivers off the driver library but if anyone's got the CD could they make an image n upload somewhere?

Reply 1 of 10, by cyclone3d

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Amazingly, Philips still has their page and download up for their old sound cards:

For the PSC705:
https://www.philips.com.sg/c-p/PSC705_17/-

I still have the PSC706 I bought new. Who knows where the box and SPDIF cable went.

I might have the CD around somewhere but was not able to locate it in my stash of CDs so if I still have it, it must be somewhere else.

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Reply 2 of 10, by Repo Man11

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I still had the PSC706 that I bought in the fall of 2001, box, cable and CD - until the fire.

I used that card until the fall of 2008 when I bought an Asus P5Q Pro, and it wouldn't work with it for some reason.

After watching many YouTube videos about older computer hardware, YouTube began recommending videos about trains - are they trying to tell me something?

Reply 3 of 10, by eeJay

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The Philips site no longer has the drivers/downloads for these cards.
They actually went out of their way to also disable it on the WaybackMachine.

I was able to find PSC705_WDM_ENG_V187 drivers, but not the latest 189 betas.

If anyone has the original CD for the card and also the latest available drivers, could you please upload them somewhere.
Thank you.

Reply 4 of 10, by PC Hoarder Patrol

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eeJay wrote on 2026-04-02, 20:57:
The Philips site no longer has the drivers/downloads for these cards. They actually went out of their way to also disable it on […]
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The Philips site no longer has the drivers/downloads for these cards.
They actually went out of their way to also disable it on the WaybackMachine.

I was able to find PSC705_WDM_ENG_V187 drivers, but not the latest 189 betas.

If anyone has the original CD for the card and also the latest available drivers, could you please upload them somewhere.
Thank you.

Try here... https://web.archive.org/web/20030609090057/fi … dm_eng_v189.exe

Reply 5 of 10, by cyclone3d

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I've got the original CD and have already ripped it. Just working on finding all the drivers possible so I can package it all up into a single package and I will upload it to vogonsdrivers and archive.org. I'll post back here once I have it uploaded.

Edit: Think I have gotten everything that still exists for this card now.

Archive.org
https://archive.org/details/psc-705-cd-and-updates

I'll update again when I get a chance to upload to vogonsdrivers.

The CD should have all the latest drivers and software that was released.

CD info text:
Philips PSC705 - Philips Edge Series Audio Installation CD V3.60
Product Model # PSC705
Copyright (C) 2002 Philips Components

AUTORUN: V1.0.0.10
DIRECTX: 8.0a
DOS: V5.26
NT40: V1.11
README: V1.00
S-XYG50 (Win9X): 3.13.56
S-XYG50 (WinNT): 4.23.11
SIREN: 2.0b
USER MANUALS: 01.0312
VIDEOS: V1.00
WDM: V1.89
WIN9X: V2.60

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Reply 6 of 10, by eeJay

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Thank you, guys!
By the way, the card sounds great.
I've played some Quake 3 (unpatched version from the CD, v 1.11) with a3dapi.dll 2.25 copied into the game folder.
While there is a bit of audible popping, the positional accuracy with A3D enabled is great (I'm using headphones).
With this specific game, it only works well on Windows XP, though.
In Windows 98 with the same drivers (WDM v187), sounds play twice.
The 259 VXD driver didn't seem to produce the same level of effects as the WDM driver.

I look forward to testing out the latest drivers and also experiencing the original CD for the first time!

Reply 9 of 10, by cyclone3d

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Thanks. Did a bit of research and had ChatGPT put the changelogs together into a table:

Philips PSC705 / Seismic Edge driver matrix
Source basis: Philips readmes recovered from PSC706 packages, which include PSC705-specific fixes.

NT branch
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Branch  Version  Date       PSC705  Status                  Notes
------  -------  ---------  ------  ----------------------  -----------------------------------------------
NT      1.01     baseline   No      implied baseline        Readme says NT fixes are since NT4 1.01.
NT      1.05     Apr 2001   Yes     changelog only          Update CODEC handling for PSC703/705.
NT      1.06     Apr 2001   Indir.  changelog only          Added license agreement; fixed DMA I/O
                                                            allocation; fixed PSC703 codec issues.
NT      1.11     later pkg  Unknown recovered package       Known later NT4 package from recovered set.

WDM branch
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Branch  Version  Date        PSC705  Status                   Notes
------  -------  ----------  ------  -----------------------  ----------------------------------------------
WDM     1.19     baseline    No      implied baseline         Readme says WDM fixes are since 1.19.
WDM     1.20     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only           Performance; Motorcross Madness; Half-Life;
                                                              volume/pan fixes.
WDM     1.21     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only           Media Player, MM2, mixer/recording fixes.
WDM     1.22     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only           Control panel, recording sliders, SPDIF
                                                              record slider.
WDM     1.23     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only           Headphone algorithm fix.
WDM     1.24     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only           Added DVD SSM mode.
WDM     1.25     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only           Combined note with 1.24.
WDM     1.26     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only           Forsaken, Half-Life, Rogue Spear,
                                                              SPDIF/mixer/control panel fixes.
WDM     1.27     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only           DVD crackling/distortion, Thief II,
                                                              Motorcross Madness fixes.
WDM     1.28     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only           Uninstall cleanup, control panel
                                                              fader/balance fix.
WDM     1.29     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only           One-channel-only fix in 2-speaker mode.
WDM     1.30     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only           Added QSurround support and global help.
WDM     1.31     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only           Launcher/install changes, headphone
                                                              right-channel fix.
WDM     1.32     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only           Hardware acceleration slider integration,
                                                              co-installer fix.
WDM     1.33     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only           Internal change.
WDM     1.34     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only           Internal change.
WDM     1.35     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only           A3D 1.0 support, PowerDVD/QFE269601 note,
                                                              CPL/SPDIF/help/uninstall fixes.
WDM     1.36     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only           5.1 mode CD/DVD and Mic/Aux/Line-in fixes.
WDM     1.37     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only           Additional 5.1 QMSS speaker-mode
                                                              correction.
WDM     1.38     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only           Rear phase correction; implements 5.0
                                                              speaker mode.
WDM     1.39     Apr 2001    Yes     changelog only           PSC705 SPDIF buzzing fix; effects fixes;
                                                              5.0 mode control panel tweaks.
WDM     1.40     Apr 2001    Unk.    changelog only           Placeholder only, no details.
WDM     1.41     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only           Added external AC3/SPDIF support;
                                                              QFE269601 note.
WDM     1.42     Apr 2001    Yes     changelog only           AC3/PSC705 corrections; record gain fix;
                                                              known AC3/QFE issues.
WDM     1.43     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only           DMA corruption of AC3 packets fix.
WDM     1.44     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only           Appended help file.
WDM     1.57     later ref   Unk.    referenced/unrecovered   Likely real earlier public package; not in
                                                              uploaded changelog window.
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WDM     1.87     later ref   Unk.    recovered package        Later WDM package in recovered set.
WDM     1.89     2002-06-28  Unk.    recovered package        Late downloadable WDM package.

VxD branch
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Branch  Version  Date        PSC705  Status                  Notes
------  -------  ----------  ------  ----------------------  -----------------------------------------------
VxD     2.17     baseline    No      implied baseline        Gold release baseline.
VxD     2.18     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only          MIDI effects loss fix.
VxD     2.19     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only          QEM, SPDIF record, reverb stop fixes.
VxD     2.20     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only          Default global setting fix.
VxD     2.21     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only          Auto-install/help/mouse icon/stall fixes.
VxD     2.22     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only          EAX1.0 effects/headphone mode fix.
VxD     2.23     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only          Tone controls + SPDIF distortion fix.
VxD     2.24     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only          3D-LFE panning; AC3 decode loss fix.
VxD     2.25     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only          Headphone algorithm; video-in slider
                                                              removal.
VxD     2.26     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only          Combined note with 2.25.
VxD     2.27     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only          Added DVD SSM; headphone icon.
VxD     2.28     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only          Combined note with 2.27.
VxD     2.33     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only          Up sample SRC for SPDIF recording.
VxD     2.34     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only          Reduced CPL resource requirements.
VxD     2.35     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only          Added DVD AC3/DTS Pass-thru label.
VxD     2.36     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only          Device enable/disable fix.
VxD     2.37     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only          5.0 mode groundwork.
VxD     2.38     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only          CPL size reduction.
VxD     2.39     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only          Directory structure install changes.
VxD     2.40     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only          Rear phase inversion fix.
VxD     2.41     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only          Added 5.0 bass management mode.
VxD     2.42     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only          5.0 helpfile and SPDIF disabled fix.
VxD     2.43     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only          CPL cosmetic changes.
VxD     2.44     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only          MIC/QMSS and license copy changes.
VxD     2.45     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only          MIC +20dB default ON; QMSS default CD.
VxD     2.46     Apr 2001    Indir.  changelog only          Added DVD playback mode help topic.
VxD     2.47     01.0427     Indir.  changelog only          INF version bump; PSC703 mic operation fix.
VxD     2.48     01.0508     Indir.  changelog only          Internationalization changes.
VxD     2.49     01.0510     Indir.  changelog only          More internationalization changes.
VxD     2.50     01.0517     Indir.  changelog only          INF generation/template changes.
VxD     2.51     01.0531     Indir.  changelog only          License/help path and internationalization
                                                              changes.
VxD     2.52     01.0606     Indir.  changelog only          More internationalization changes.
VxD     2.53     01.0618     Indir.  changelog only          More internationalization changes.
VxD     2.54     01.0619     Indir.  changelog only          More CPL internationalization changes.
VxD     2.55     01.0702     Indir.  changelog only          Launcher thread-model changes plus INF
                                                              support.
VxD     2.56     01.0703     Yes     changelog only          New control panel fixes 5.0 speaker mode
                                                              issues on PSC705 and PSC706.
VxD     2.57     01.0713     Indir.  changelog only          Build environment changes for downloadable
                                                              drivers.
VxD     2.58     01.0726     Indir.  changelog only          More build environment changes for
                                                              downloadable drivers.
VxD     2.59     2001-08-07  Indir.  recovered package       Released as downloadable drivers.
VxD     2.60     later pkg   Unk.    recovered package       Later package, not in Aug 2001 readme.

Still sought / unresolved
=========================

WDM gap after 1.44:
- referenced/recovered later: 1.57
- missing possible intermediates: 1.45-1.56, 1.58-1.86, possibly 1.88

Legend
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Indir. = indirect mention
Unk.   = unknown

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