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Is it an Award BIOS you have?  There's an 'assign IRQ to MIDI' command in my
BIOS, which I disabled some time ago to no effect...

NMD

> try getting a bios update to disable the cmi8330 . i have a txproii
motherboard
> with this chip on board and it can be disabled in the bios
>
> Neil McDougall wrote:
>
> > Before I detail exactly what i'm looking for, I fell it's prudent to
explain
> > *why* I want it, incase you tech heads have any other ideas as to how my
> > problem can be solved...if you don't want to read, just scroll down to
the
> > line of Equals signs :-)
> >
> > My computer, in its orgininal specification worked in perfect harmony
(well,
> > as perfect as you're gonna get with a PC).  But earlier this year, it
had a
> > massive breakdown; nearly everything had to be replaced, from the 3.5"
disk
> > drive to the motherboard.
> >
> > And that, my frends, is at the root of the problem.
> >
> > My old motherboard got on fine with my SBLive! Value, through both DOS
and
> > Windows.  Some programs didn't really like the SB16 emulation, but that
was
> > okay.  The only DOS games I played were things like F1GP2 and my
collection
> > of DOS Emulators.
> >
> > But after the big fix-up session, things changed.  The shop that fixed
it
> > (also where I originally purchased the PC) didn't stock the same
motherboard
> > that was originally in the PC in the first  place, so they got one that
was
> > as close as posible.  But the new MB had one critical difference...
> >
> > ...It came with an internal sound system.
> >
> > The internal sound system (listed by Windows Device Manager as a
CMI8330/C3D
> > Audio Adapter, listed 4 times under 'Other Devices') is preventing DOS
> > programs from detecting the SBLive's SB16 emulation, wether it be
through
> > plain DOS or through a DOS box in windows.  Every single DOS program
refuses
> > to detect the prescence of a soundcard at all, and there's nothing in
the
> > BIOS to disable this rogue sound system.  Jumpers there may be, but
finding
> > them is going to be difficult without a motherboard manual (see below)!
> >
> > Now, due to the somewhat rushed nature of the repair, as well as the
cascade
> > of failures (it was originally a HDD failure that sent it in for
repairs,
> > but then everything else mysteriously died), and the added fact of my
> > employers pestering the shop, the shop didn't include a new motherboar
> > manual or driver CD.  I can't disable the CMI audio adapter, there's no
way
> > to circumvent it, there's no way to change the way DOS programs behave,
so
> > I'm trying to use as many Windows programs as possible (but GP2 sucks
> > without sound, and most Windows emulators are generally slower than
their
> > DOS equivalents).
> >
> >
============================================================================
> > =======
> >
> > MY REQUEST
> >
> > I'm looking for a Windows program (or whatever) that'll take sound from
a
> > program running in a DOS box and shunt the sound output to DirectSound,
> > letting me hear what's going on with my DOS programs.  Most of the DOS
stuff
> > I have will barely stretch my CPU, so I should have more than enough CPU
> > power to spare with something like this beavering away in the
background.
> >
> > if you can help me, you can email me.
> >
> > Thanks for listening.
> >
> > NMD
>
>