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Mike Ashby <mike@ashby.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>I think I will be very lucky to find anyone who can help, but I 
>live in hope......

>I have 486 DX2 66, Adaptec 2742T EISA bus mastering SCSI 2 Controller
>driving 2 x HDD, HP DAT, Toshiba CD ROM.
>I am running MS-DOS 6.2, Windows 3.1, and am using the ASPI drivers
>for the CD ROM and HP DAT. It all works well.

>I have tried to install a Soundblaster AWE 32, and failed, despite
>a couple of hours to SB Tech support, who do not know of any
>problems with the above setup.
>Now I am trying a Yamaha Sound Edge, which apparently emulates a SB,
>but I hoped maybe it would work differently (better!).
>Yamaha also say they know of no problems with the above setup.

>What happens is that it installs OK, but crashes when I use it in
>either DOS or windows.

>Replacing the Adaptec with a cheap "No-Name" SCSI controller, using
>the same IRQ (14) as the Adaptec was configured for, lets the sound
>card work in all modes, but I cannot then access the DAT or CD Rom
>as they need the ASPI utilities, which won't work with the "NoName"
>and disk performance is dismal.

>I have the latest Adaptec drivers.  Adaptec tech support have not 
>been helpful - "...symptom you have there is a incompatabilty issue, 
>or Yamaha sound card issue." 

>I have tried all the available combinations of IRQ, DMA channel,
>I/O port settings for the soundcard.  The only relevant options 
>the EISA setup offers me for the Adaptec card are IRQ number and 
>BIOS base address.  Anyone know if the 2742T uses I/O ports? 
>Which ones?  - There's nothing in the manual, and Adaptec Tech 
>support are silent.

>Has _anyone_ managed to get _any_ soundcard to work with this
>Adaptec SCSI controller?  Any other Adaptec SCSI controller?

>Thanks

>-- 
>Mike Ashby

Mike:

I was using the exact same setup with the SB card. My Adaptec was
configured to IRQ 11. No problems at all.  My SB card was set up to
IRQ 10. All else was default.

Norm