sierra games sound

sevenlittleduffs · Post by **sevenlittleduffs** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 11:31 am

i just upgraded my old pentium 1 from a windows 95 to 98se. I immediatly installed kings quest V (possibly my favorite game ever) and was dissapointed to see that the message "unable to initate audio hardware" came up. i did not have this problem with windows 95. i tried to install that gosierrav2 patch, but it didnt work. maybe i didnt do it right. any suggestions? btw, this audio doesnt work on any sierra games i installed. Thanks

Post by **dosraider** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 12:29 pm

soundcard??does your system sounds works??
check it in your config panel.If they works check in your system settings for irq,dma channel..

sevenlittleduffs · Post by **sevenlittleduffs** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 7:53 pm

yes, the sound works fine. it is an ess 1869 3d sound card. how do i check the irq, dma channel. thanks for the help

dosraider wrote:soundcard??does your system sounds works??
check it in your config panel.If they works check in your system settings for irq,dma channel..

Post by **dosraider** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 6:00 am

i'm not sure anymore about this,but don't siera games have a setsound or setmain executable?

So you find your settings:
start-> settings -> contol panel ->system -> device manager ->
look for sound,video and games controllers ->
look for tab "resources"
there you find interrupt request (IRQ) and others.DON'T alter them if your system sounds are working!Just write them down and exit by hitting the <cancel> tab.
it will give you the info needed to configure your dos games(irq-dma)
usual the irq is 5,dma channel 1,but sometimes can be irq 7.
If the IRQ is set above 7 you will prob need to change it on your sndcard's
settings by alter a jumper setting.Most dosgames will not go above irq 7.

EDIT
forgot this one:
look on the web at : http://www.lavalys.com/
look for everest home (it's freeware) and download it,install it and it will give you full info on all your system's hardware, settings and performances.Also included a mem/sys benchmark.

sevenlittleduffs · Post by **sevenlittleduffs** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 11:20 am

thanks for the help, ill check this out when i get home today(im at work, hehe). anyway, i just bought a soundblaster 16 on ebay, this should solve all my sound problems right? thanks

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dosraider wrote:i'm not sure anymore about this,but don't siera games have a setsound or setmain executable?

So you find your settings:
start-> settings -> contol panel ->system -> device manager ->
look for sound,video and games controllers ->
look for tab "resources"
there you find interrupt request (IRQ) and others.DON'T alter them if your system sounds are working!Just write them down and exit by hitting the <cancel> tab.
it will give you the info needed to configure your dos games(irq-dma)
usual the irq is 5,dma channel 1,but sometimes can be irq 7.
If the IRQ is set above 7 you will prob need to change it on your sndcard's
settings by alter a jumper setting.Most dosgames will not go above irq 7.

EDIT
forgot this one:
look on the web at : http://www.lavalys.com/
look for everest home (it's freeware) and download it,install it and it will give you full info on all your system's hardware, settings and performances.Also included a mem/sys benchmark.

Post by **dosraider** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 12:26 pm

sb16?nice that will indeed resolve a lot

.
take a look at
http://list.driverguide.com/
for the most apropiate drivers for your sb16.

sevenlittleduffs · Post by **sevenlittleduffs** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 6:59 pm

Thank God!! best 20 bucks i ever spent. should i use the disc i get with the card or download a driver from that site. thanks

dosraider wrote:sb16?nice that will indeed resolve a lot .
take a look at
http://list.driverguide.com/
for the most apropiate drivers for your sb16.

Post by **dosraider** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 6:46 am

Disk or not ?
If the drivers on the disk you got with the sb16 are win98se suitable (look for a readme on the disk) use these.If not you will still prob' have to use the disk to install and initiate the card on w98se and then upgrade the drivers with the one you'll find at dosdrivercom.
I don't believe that sb16 upgrade'drivers will install without a first disk install on your pc,but you always can try.
Good luck with it.