Hello Bob,

Friday, September 24, 1999, 4:00:33 PM, you wrote:

BW> At 11:43 PM 09/23/1999 , you wrote:
>>Hi,
>>Installed a Yamaha Sound Card (ymf719e-s ISA), Can play audio CD's, but
>>cannot get sound from game CD's! Removed this card through device manager
>>and installed a PCI Sound Blaster 16...same thing! All suggestions much
>>appreciated! Thanks. Jim Phillips


BW> Often this is an issue with the IRQs assigned to the sound card.  Since
BW> the advent of plugNplay, Windows will hand sound cards on just any
BW> available IRQ, often even IRQ9 or 10.  Games do not particularly
BW> like such assignments, as games are rarely written with specific IRQ
BW> assignments in mind.  Try manually assigning your sound card with
BW> IRQ5 or 7, DMA 1&5.   Often this will solve all your problems... as
BW> game manufacturers design games with these preset for the sound
BW> card.

Some games, Creative SoundBlaster 64PCI for example, should not be
installed on SB IRQ's, namely 5 and 7, since they work in different
way and use special driver called Creative SoundBlaster Legacy Driver
to emulate SB for older games, with the standard settings of A220 I7
D1 or A220 I5 D1.

Oddly enough, while the card is capable of 16-bit output and music on
level high enough to emulate General MIDI and Roland cards, from
Soundblaster family it only emulates a SB PRO. I think Creative should
emulate at least a SB16.

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