🚀 go-pugleaf

Give this a try and see if anything changes:

    Try completely removing and reinstalling the sound card
drivers by doing the following steps:

 1. Get the file SBW9XUP.EXE from
    http://www.creativehelp.com/files/download.asp?search=sbw9xup.exe

 2. Run the file in an empty directory to unzip it.

 3. Go to the Control Panel > System > Device Manager.

 4. Go to the Sound, video and game controllers group.

 5. Remove any listings for the sound card.

 6. Go to Start > Shut Down > Restart in MS-DOS Mode.

 7. Go to the "c:\windows" directory.

 8. Rename awe*.*.

 9. Go to the "c:\windows\system" directory.

10. Rename sb*.*, wfm*.*, csp*.*, and cif*.*

11. Go to the "c:\windows\inf" directory.

12. Rename *.bin to *.cli

13. Reboot the computer and hold down the left CTRL key as
      the computer boots.  This will bring up the Boot-Up Menu.

14. Pick safe mode.

15. Once booted go to Start > Find > Files or folders and do a
      search for the following files and rename any that you find:

      WFM0200.ACV
      WFM0201.ACV
      WFM0202.ACV
      WFM0203.ACV
      SB16SND.DRV
      SBFM.DRV
      SB16.VXD
      CSPMAN.DLL
      CIFMAN.CRL
      CIFMAN.DLL
      AWEMAN.DLL
      AWEMAN32.DLL
      SBAWE32.DRV
      SBAWE.VXD

16. Go back to the device manager and see if you can find any
      listings for the sound card in ANY of the expandable
      sections.  If you find any, remove them.

17. Reboot the computer.

18. When it asks for win98 cd or diskette, do not insert it and
      hit ok.

19. Then browse to the directory where you placed the
      SBW9XUP.EXE and unzipped it.

20. Let it pull the drivers from there.

Once it pulls the drivers and finishes booting to windows, you
should have everything installed correctly.



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Mark Kahrs
Creative Labs
Technical Support
www.soundblaster.com