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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