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Article #3522Soundblaster installation question.
From: davis_d
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 21:26
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 21:26
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Question: My brother received SOUNDBLASTER for Christmas and seems to be having some trouble installing it. I hope I have all the details right - but any help would be greatly appreciated. The problem is this: When he runs the Test program that came with SOUNDBLASTER on his Packard Bell 386sx, (PB300sx) it tells him he has "an error with the DMA channel". The manual says that SOUNDBLASTER has to use DMA channel 1, channel 2 is used by the disk controller, and 0 & 3 are free. It has a Seagate hard drive on it. Could this be the problem? Could the controller be set for channel 1 instead of 2? We found 4 jumpers on the controller but have no documentation to show which jumpers do what. Any suggestion or ideas? Oh yes, this is *not* the SOUNDBLASTER PRO model. I would also appreciate direct responses to DAVIS_D@AB.WVNET.EDU Thanks.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!wvnvms.wvnet.edu!ab.wvnet.edu!davis_d Newsgroups: comp.music Subject: Soundblaster installation question. Message-ID: <1993Jan7.162636.786@ab.wvnet.edu> From: davis_d@ab.wvnet.edu Date: 7 Jan 93 16:26:36 -0500 Organization: Alderson-Broaddus College Lines: 21