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Hi Jerry -

   I had a complete system crash after which I had to reformat and build
everything back from the ground up.  One of the things I experienced was
quite similar to what you described, complete with the yellow "?".  In the
process of removing the yellow "?" and correcting the problem, I found a
Microsoft bulletin entitled: "Sound Blaster Mode Not Detected on Media
Vision PAS16."  That bulletin is found at
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q139/5/23.asp and the
problem it addresses is:  "After you install Windows 95, sound may not be
available on a system equipped with the Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum 16
sound card because Sound Blaster compatibility mode is not detected or not
listed in Device Manager".  It then describes how to enable "basic
configuration 2", which solved my problem and restored my PSA16 Sound
Blaster compatibility mode.

   I hope this proves to be a help to you ... If you are unable to access
the site, let me know and I will enumerate the steps so you can easily
follow.

Red Erickson in Sacramento, CA
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Jerry Jones <jjones@wolfenet.com> wrote in message
news:7fqtn0$740$1@sparky.wolfe.net...
> I'm trying to install a Soundblaster 16 P'n'P (Model #CT 2980) onto a VESA
> mainboard with an Intel DX2/66 CPU W/16megs of ram and a WD 610meg HD;
with
> Windows '95B as the operating system.
>
> The card works but in the device manager there are extra entries.  Each
has a
> yellow question mark.
>
> It seems to find two Soundblaster cards.  It finds a Sb16 P'n'P and
installs
> the drivers and then it finds a SB32 AWE card and tries to install the
drivers
> but it isn't able to find the correct drivers so I have to just click on
"OK"
> and the boot-up finishes and I have sound but I still have the entries
with the
> yellow flags.
>
> A couple of times, when I checked the device manager, there were also
entries
> under "other devices."  These also had the yellow question marks.
>
> I've removed all the entries and rebooted and of course it finds new
hardware
> and installs the software; again, installing everything at least twice and
not
> being able to find the drivers for some.
> Can anybody point me in the right direction?
> Thanks in advance.
> Jerry
>

Get into SAFE Mode and remove the items with the question marks. Then reboot
and let the system find the cards etc.
If you have a conflict still ie., IRQ you may need to change some settings
to make a choice which items / hardware you want to run. For example I would
like to have 4 serial ports but don't have enough IRQ's so have disabled
some to have my sound card work.

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        ,-._|\           L. Peter Stacey
      /  Oz  \          Melbourne, Australia
      \_,--.x/          petersta@melbpc.org.au
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Jerry Jones <jjones@wolfenet.com> wrote in message
news:7fqtn0$740$1@sparky.wolfe.net...
> I'm trying to install a Soundblaster 16 P'n'P (Model #CT 2980) onto a VESA
> mainboard with an Intel DX2/66 CPU W/16megs of ram and a WD 610meg HD;
with
> Windows '95B as the operating system.
>
> The card works but in the device manager there are extra entries.  Each
has a
> yellow question mark.
>
> It seems to find two Soundblaster cards.  It finds a Sb16 P'n'P and
installs
> the drivers and then it finds a SB32 AWE card and tries to install the
drivers
> but it isn't able to find the correct drivers so I have to just click on
"OK"
> and the boot-up finishes and I have sound but I still have the entries
with the
> yellow flags.
>
> A couple of times, when I checked the device manager, there were also
entries
> under "other devices."  These also had the yellow question marks.
>
> I've removed all the entries and rebooted and of course it finds new
hardware
> and installs the software; again, installing everything at least twice and
not
> being able to find the drivers for some.
> Can anybody point me in the right direction?
> Thanks in advance.
> Jerry
>