🚀 go-pugleaf

Stuart Hungerford (stuarth@canis) wrote:
: My SoundBlaster 16 card recently stopped working properly and the bundled
: test program claims that it can't access any DMA channels.

: What I want to know is, how can I tell if this is a system problem or
: a sound card problem?  Is there some way I can test the DMA setup on the
: system so I can prove or disprove that it's a sound card problem only?

: Everything else seems to be still working ok.


i have never found a cheap way to do this...but you might be able to isolate 
the problem by finding someone, perhaps in a pc user group, that would let 
you install the card in another computer, to see if it still works - if there 
is a problem with the card, there is, of course, the problem of it causing a 
problem with another computer, but i have tried a lot of bad cards in other 
computers as a way to troubleshoot, and have yet to hurt another pc - 
course, now that i said that, i'll probably blow one through the roof tomorrow
:) good luck