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Re: Please Help! installation of GUS PnP

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From: Markku Brask
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 00:00
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In article <4rtspm$a3t@hpg30a.csc.cuhk.edu.hk>, s935537@logic.csc.cuhk.edu.hk (Ricky Leung) says:
>
>Hi everyone,
>
>    I got problems in installation of my new soundcard. Please help!
>    
>    My problem is:
>       First, I plug the card into one of the slot and then boot up with 
>WIN95. It said it can find the card and I follow the instructions. It seems to work 
>fine. However, I try Windeck and it can't play *.wav files. I can hear the sound 
>repeating itself. What's wrong? Also, no sound can't be heard in Win95. ( It can 
>play audio CD and midi files )


Repeating sound propably has something to do with PnP cards activation, wich should
be found from your computer's setup in startup. Activation should be FULL.


>       Another problem is: I can't setup the card in DOS/win31. When I asked to 
>install emm386.exe for the optimization of SB emulation, I press "enter" to 
>continue. But all the things just "hang". Installation not complete...I'm sure 
>because no modification of my config.sys or autoexec.bat can be noticed.Why?
>As a result, no sound in either DOS or Win31! 
>
>       Problem again: My computer does not have enough IRQs for my devices. Since 
>GUS PnP occupies three IRQs, there is no room for my modem. How can I solve it? 
>Disable the hardware2 or hardware3? Any problems? I think that is the point 
>for my WIN95 instablity. Right?
>
>       For your reference, my soundcard is GUS PnP (standard) with 8Mb 60ns SIMM 
>RAM installed. My computer is P75 PnP supported MB with 24Mb RAM. 
>
>       Will the problems arise because of bus mastering driver, extra IDE port in 
>the card, or else...?
>
>       Thanks in advance!
>
>Ricky
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From: mbrask@iwn.fi (Markku Brask)
Subject: Re: Please Help! installation of GUS PnP
Date: 1996/07/12
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