HELP: Sound Blaster 16 PCI not working :(

dhruba.bandopadhyay · Post by **dhruba.bandopadhyay** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 7:00 am

I just bought a Sound Blaster 16 PCI off eBay. I used Windows 98SE and boot into native DOS mode.

When I try to run Creative SB16 drivers, it keeps on saying that it's detected am in Windows 95 mode.

How???

Anyway, I manage to get "already-installed" drivers from:

http://easymamecab.mameworld.net/html/snddosdr.htm

I run the C:\dosdrv\sbcfg.exe and it displays my settings 220, IRQ5, DMA1, DMA7 (16bit).

When I set up Duke Nukem 3D with these settings, it fails for digital sound, but I got music working. It says DMA conflicts.

Anyway got any ideas why I can't get sound working?

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 7:08 am

use general midi for music.... and soundblaster for sound fx.... (you cant have both at soundblaster [but then again you got a soundblaster 16 so yea i dunno.....])

dhruba.bandopadhyay · Post by **dhruba.bandopadhyay** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 4:11 am

The SET BLASTER also has 2 extra parameters.

SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6

I got drivers from:

http://easymamecab.mameworld.net/html/snddosdr.htm

EAPCI.zip didn't work, even though I got the Ensoniq SB16PCI (I think). But SBPCI.zip one loads.

Yep, I disabled the internal sound card too.

PS: What does the T parameter mean? You specified T7. SBPCI.zip file specifies T6. EAPCI.zip file specifies SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T2.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:23 pm

i didnt specify T7, altho T6 or T4 should work fine... its what soundcard you have... T6 is soundblaster 16 and T4 is soundblaster pro... T1 is soundblaster... T2 is either soundblaster again or it is soundblaster v2.0