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Failed to setup ISA soundcard on new Commell P4LA mobo (Announce)

posted by Japheth , Germany (South), 06.12.2007, 14:08

> Currently I have problem with this ISA soundcard under DOS. When I run the
> ESS configuration utility it successfully recognize it and set proper IO,
> DMA, IRQ but I cannot hear sound. All programs hangs when playback should
> start (I can hear only a silent pop/click sound when DSP was initialized)
> or don't recognize soudcard. It seems that I/O ports decoding works fine
> because I can set mixer options and other things in DSP. But maybe problem
> in IRQ/DMA.
> What I tried:
> a) use various DMA 0,1,3 and IRQs 5,7
> b) set IRQ 5/7 to be reserved for legacy card in SETUP/Plug&Play options
> (to prevent other PCI devices use this IRQ)
> c) disable APIC in SETUP
> d) disable ACPI in SETUP
> e) under Windows98 works only sound from windows apps not from DOS apps
> f) I tried original Creative SoundBlaster AWE64 ISA but with same result
> (driver initialization OK but hangs/no sound)
>
> Any idea what to try else?

Is the card fully SB16 compatible, or is it just SB Pro?

Does Win98 device manager confirm that the expected IRQ and DMA resources are assigned to your sound card?

> Maybe this simply mean that P4 and later systems are not compatible for DOS
> sound anymore

If your legacy card works in Win98 it must also work in DOS. Is there no low-level test program supplied with the card?

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Complete thread:

• Failed to setup ISA soundcard on new Commell P4LA mobo - RayeR, 06.12.2007, 12:50 (Announce)
  • Failed to setup ISA soundcard on new Commell P4LA mobo - Japheth, 06.12.2007, 14:08
    • Failed to setup ISA soundcard on new Commell P4LA mobo - RayeR, 06.12.2007, 14:55
  • Failed to setup ISA soundcard on new Commell P4LA mobo - tikbalang, 06.12.2007, 14:26
    • Failed to setup ISA soundcard on new Commell P4LA mobo - RayeR, 06.12.2007, 15:01
      • Failed to setup ISA soundcard on new Commell P4LA mobo - tikbalang, 09.12.2007, 07:05