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Article #1565Update: Re: SB16 files bad?
From: Mark R
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 23:46
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 23:46
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Well, as it goes, it seems the MB for this old PC is about to croak. The files would unzip just fine on another PC, but not that one. Similar to a PC at work that had problems installing software properly and finally wouldn't even POST beacause it wasn't handling data as it should. Thanks! Mark "Mark R" <mryan@copper.net> wrote in message news:9l55jt$bps$1@news.creativelabs.com... > Greetings- > > I have an old SB16 PnP ISA card that I put into an old DOS-based PC. I > downloaded the files I need from Creative's site - PnP Configuation Manager > and SB Basic (drivers). When I execute the files, I get warnings that some > of the files "fail CRC check" and the software doesn't install properly. I > tried 3 separate downloads and transferred to different floppies and get the > same problems. I checked my 'good' PC (my P3-733) for viruses and found none > thinking the files may have been corrupted on my end when downloading them > onto this particular machine. I'm thinking either the files from Creative > themselves are bad or I'm doing something crazy that I can't figure out. > Any thoughts or has anyone come across the same thing? I know DOS is old > but its still a good OS, especially when you want to play those old games! > > Thanks > Mark > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10b5d6,d8288ba5c0ef52a7 X-Google-Attributes: gid10b5d6,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-13 16:50:30 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!novia!novia!intgwlon.nntp.telstra.net!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!news.creativelabs.com!not-for-mail From: "Mark R" <mryan@copper.net> Newsgroups: creative.misc Subject: Update: Re: SB16 files bad? Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 19:46:40 -0400 Organization: Creative Labs, Inc. Lines: 33 Message-ID: <9l7lc0$k0e$1@news.creativelabs.com> References: <9l55jt$bps$1@news.creativelabs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: d90.copper.net X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200