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Dutchdosgamer wrote:I have yes.I'v followed the instructions that come with the relevant driver to the letter but the result is that my games still run without audio (even tho there are no errors)Which mode does the initializer show, DDMA, TDMA or PC/PCI? Do you boot directly to DOS (F8 or edited MSDOS.SYS to BootGUI=0) or do you exit to DOS after booting Windows first?You can also try the DOS mixer utility for the ES186x cards after initialazion to see if the audio are muted (utility worked on my Solo-1/ES1938S for adjusting volume). Dutchdosgamer wrote:I'v tried booting it in all the ways you mentioned (using F8 at startup, in windows its self and after quiting from windows)As for the mode it says its 'DMA Mode is TDMA'Not sure if the chipset of your motherboard works with the sound'card' in TDMA mode, but DDMA is out of the question. Too bad the thread starter doesn't hang around.You can try this modified INI file, I changed the Sound Blaster IRQ from 5 to 7.
Just a shot in the dark. Attachments (98 Bytes) Downloaded 102 times. Thanks again for your help but sadly that didn't result in any sound output eitherOn the bright side however i struck gold at an other flea market today and got myself a Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600 laptop for which i had the exact same problem and found out about the VMDSound sound blaster emulator.I ended up fixing the dos sound for both of them using that which i found here:Only downside is that it only works while running in windows but at least it works so i can enjoy my quake and other dos games properly with sound Newbie Posts: 4 Joined: 2017-2-14 @ 21:54.