an exteremely weird sb16 problem

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#388

Author: briansheehanXXX
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 1997 00:00

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If anyone can crack the following problem they will have my undying
gratitude.

I have just tried moving my SB16 SCSI from one computer to the other,
the only problem is that in the process of doing so I seem to have
lost the ability to run sound effects or play wav files. However, if I
try and play music either from a CD or within a program such as
Wolfenstein it still works OK.

I'm using Win95 and all setting have been put to SB standards (I've
tried changing the interrupt)

The stupid thing is that when I try and play a wav file in Win95, I
can visually see it being played, but nothing comes out of the
speakers. 

I thought I might have disturbed a couple of jumpers, I found a couple
on the floor, but when I checked the card against the normal setup on
the Creative site, it all looks ok.

Is it possible for a part of a card to die, or is this some weird
configuration error. 

Help appreciated - to put it mildly


Brian


Brian Sheehan
Bristol, England
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Re: an exteremely weird sb16 problem

#387

Author: Harry Broomhall
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 1997 00:00

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On Sat, 11 Oct 1997 14:25:47 GMT, briansheehanXXX@hotmail.com wrote:

>If anyone can crack the following problem they will have my undying
>gratitude.
>
>I have just tried moving my SB16 SCSI from one computer to the other,
>the only problem is that in the process of doing so I seem to have
>lost the ability to run sound effects or play wav files. However, if I
>try and play music either from a CD or within a program such as
>Wolfenstein it still works OK.
>
    Wolfenstein 3D uses FM for the music (I seem to remember).

    You *have* checked that the mixer settings have the faders up for
wave, and that the wave channel is enabled?

    The other thing to check is that the IRQ for the card in Win95
matches that set by the DOS drivers.

    Regards,
           Harry.

Re: an exteremely weird sb16 problem

#389

Author: Harry Broomhall
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 1997 00:00

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On Sat, 11 Oct 1997 19:51:11 GMT, briansheehanXXX@hotmail.com wrote:

>On Sat, 11 Oct 1997 17:29:23 GMT, haeb@pc60.demon.co.uk (Harry
>Broomhall) wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 11 Oct 1997 14:25:47 GMT, briansheehanXXX@hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>>>If anyone can crack the following problem they will have my undying
>>>gratitude.
>>>
>>>I have just tried moving my SB16 SCSI from one computer to the other,
>>>the only problem is that in the process of doing so I seem to have
>>>lost the ability to run sound effects or play wav files. However, if I
>>>try and play music either from a CD or within a program such as
>>>Wolfenstein it still works OK.
>>>
>>    Wolfenstein 3D uses FM for the music (I seem to remember).
>>
>>    You *have* checked that the mixer settings have the faders up for
>>wave, and that the wave channel is enabled?
>
>I think so on this - but since I installed win95 on a clean machine I
>would have thought that they would be enabled - maybe I'm missing
>something!
>
>
  Yes - its Win95, and there's no telling how its going to set the
mixer.  If it failed to detect the wave device it could even disable
it.

>>
>>    The other thing to check is that the IRQ for the card in Win95
>>matches that set by the DOS drivers.
>
>
>As far as I can tell the IRQs are right - it's certainly the obvious
>thing to be wrong though.
>
>
     There is no substitute for actualy checking the values against
each other.  Win95 has a nasty habit of claiming that IRQs and
suchlike are right on soundcards, when they are manifestly wrong.

    Regards,
          Harry.

Re: an exteremely weird sb16 problem

#390

Author: briansheehanXXX
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 1997 00:00

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On Sat, 11 Oct 1997 17:29:23 GMT, haeb@pc60.demon.co.uk (Harry
Broomhall) wrote:

>On Sat, 11 Oct 1997 14:25:47 GMT, briansheehanXXX@hotmail.com wrote:
>
>>If anyone can crack the following problem they will have my undying
>>gratitude.
>>
>>I have just tried moving my SB16 SCSI from one computer to the other,
>>the only problem is that in the process of doing so I seem to have
>>lost the ability to run sound effects or play wav files. However, if I
>>try and play music either from a CD or within a program such as
>>Wolfenstein it still works OK.
>>
>    Wolfenstein 3D uses FM for the music (I seem to remember).
>
>    You *have* checked that the mixer settings have the faders up for
>wave, and that the wave channel is enabled?

I think so on this - but since I installed win95 on a clean machine I
would have thought that they would be enabled - maybe I'm missing
something!


>
>    The other thing to check is that the IRQ for the card in Win95
>matches that set by the DOS drivers.


As far as I can tell the IRQs are right - it's certainly the obvious
thing to be wrong though.




Brian Sheehan
Bristol, England
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briansheehanXXX.hotmail.com
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Re: an exteremely weird sb16 problem

#386

Author: Paul Francis
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 00:00

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Harry Broomhall wrote:

> >>    The other thing to check is that the IRQ for the card in Win95
> >>matches that set by the DOS drivers.
> >
> >As far as I can tell the IRQs are right - it's certainly the obvious
> >thing to be wrong though.
> >
>      There is no substitute for actualy checking the values against
> each other.  Win95 has a nasty habit of claiming that IRQs and
> suchlike are right on soundcards, when they are manifestly wrong.
> 

How do you do this?  where are they found?

cheers
Paul Francis

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