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Alright, got into safe mode. However...
There is no "device manager" that you speak of, unless you are talking about "add new hardware", which doesn't work in safe mode, or "add/remove programs", which has nothing in it worth deleting. Sorry to hang up on something so obvious, but I have no idea what you are talking about. I do know what a device manager is but there just doesn't seem to be one on here. "mdp" wrote: During boot, just before the Windows splash screen displays, press the F8 key and you will get a menu of options (during boot you can tap the F8 key to help 'get it' at the right time). Select Safe Mode which will then resume booting. Then go into Device Manager and delete (maybe it's called remove) everything under Sound. Reboot. "Damon" wrote in message ... F8? Safe Mode? What? I am given the option to "hit DELETE to enter setup" during booting, but there is nothing in there that I recognize. I know what you are talking about, but only for our other computer at home. Please elaborate? "mdp" wrote: Somethings wrong with my ISP. I read your response but can only reply to this one. Boot into Safe Mode (press F8 while booting, select Safe Mode). Go into Device Manager and delete everything under Sound. Reboot. If the computer begins to ask for audio drivers - this would be a success. If you have some, point it to the right folder otherwise cancel your way through and you'll see the yellow exclamation marks under Device Manager. Your computer now sees audio HW and the next step is to find the right drivers. If the computer still doesn't see HW, not sure what to do next. "Damon" wrote in message ... Motherboard: Biostar MGTLA, 11/11/97-i440LX-2A69JB09C-00 Chipsets: North Bridge / Intel 82443LX PAC, South Bridge / Intel 82371AB PIIX4 Is that enough? -Damon "mdp" wrote: Post back with the motherboard and chipset info (both under Motherboard using Everest). "Damon" wrote in message ... Hmmm, not sure if I checked up on the INF files. And I neglected to post my system specs, which is usually the first thing I do. It is a Quantex, a company long out of business. GenuineIntel, Pentium(r) II Processor, 96 MB RAM. 9FX Reality 334 graphics card (also very old and out of business.) I gave up and cracked open my case; the sound card IS an ensoniq es1370 card, and since Everest was right about that I am assuming it was right about it being a Creative Sound Blaster PCI 128. That's all I can tell you, I'm not sure what these INF files are that you speak of. I'm clearly only semi-computer literate. Please help, and thanks. -Damon "mdp" wrote: Did you install the latest INF file(s) for your chipset per the previous poster's suggestion (or rule it out)? This is often needed for Win9x on older MBs to enable exactly what you're having problems with, detecting HW. If you're not sure what this is, post back with the computer make/model or motherboard make/model. "Damon" wrote in message ... I don't believe that Everest is wrong. I am quite sure I have the sound card that it indicates. This computer is from early 1999-2000, it is not new. We upgraded the OS from Windows 95 to 98 a long time ago. I'm quite sure there was no software included for the soundcard. Even if there was it would be irrelevant because that is what the internet is for. I have downloaded many drivers for my card off the internet. SBPCI_WebDrvsV5_12_01.exe. SBPCI128Setup_w9x.exe. SPCTAUDIOSetupus.exe. All of them either crashed or asked for missing files. I downloaded all the missing files off the internet from www.soundcard-drivers.com. Still no change. And what the hell is a 56k Speakerphone? "Franc Zabkar" wrote: On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:21:01 -0700, "Damon" put finger to keyboard and composed: When I try to add the sound card driver through Add New Hardware, I get this: "The file 'a3d.dll' on Creative Sound Blaster PCI 128 Driver Disk cannot be found." I don't *have* a driver disk. Why would I? This stuff came with the computer, and never asked for one before. Nice products, Microsoft. You *should* have received a set of discs with your new computer. These discs would have device drivers and user manuals. At the very least you should have been given a CD for your motherboard. Why don't you visually identify your soundcard? Everest may not be identifying it correctly, especially if it one of those odd sound/modem combo cards. "Damon" wrote: I've already done this. The driver I downloaded wouldn't install because it couldn't find the soundcard on my computer. The computer can't even find the damn card! It's (apparently) a Soundblaster PCI128. I've tried at least 30 different drivers in the Device Manager trying to find one that works, and none have. The driver I downloaded doesn't even show up under the Creative menu, either. My speakers are making wierd crackling noises. Fed up. I'm this close to buying a new computer, but I am a college student and have limited funds so I hope it doesn't come to that. Thanks to all of you for your help, though. Really appreciated. "charlie R" wrote: Check out this link, http://www.ehow.com/how_5571_upgrade-drivers-sound.html "Damon" wrote in message ... I downloaded Everest, which informed me that I have a Creative Sound Blaster PCI128 (Ensoniq ES1370) sound card. (This is the card that came with the computer. It always used to work before.) The Everest program led me to the Creative website, where I downloaded the driver and was told that it couldn't install because it could not detect a Sound Blaster card on my computer. "Franc Zabkar" wrote: On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 21:55:03 -0700, "Damon" put finger to keyboard and composed: I don't want to have to crack the case open and look directly; isn't there a way to get Windows to find the sound card so I know what driver to download? Many people recommend Everest Home Edition: http://www.lavalys.hu/products/overv...?pid=1&lang=en Otherwise Windows 98 has msinfo32.exe which will tell you something about your "problem" devices. -- Franc Zabkar Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. -- Franc Zabkar Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. |
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Right click on My Computer. Select Properties.
"Damon" wrote in message ... Alright, got into safe mode. However... There is no "device manager" that you speak of, unless you are talking about "add new hardware", which doesn't work in safe mode, or "add/remove programs", which has nothing in it worth deleting. Sorry to hang up on something so obvious, but I have no idea what you are talking about. I do know what a device manager is but there just doesn't seem to be one on here. "mdp" wrote: During boot, just before the Windows splash screen displays, press the F8 key and you will get a menu of options (during boot you can tap the F8 key to help 'get it' at the right time). Select Safe Mode which will then resume booting. Then go into Device Manager and delete (maybe it's called remove) everything under Sound. Reboot. "Damon" wrote in message ... F8? Safe Mode? What? I am given the option to "hit DELETE to enter setup" during booting, but there is nothing in there that I recognize. I know what you are talking about, but only for our other computer at home. Please elaborate? "mdp" wrote: Somethings wrong with my ISP. I read your response but can only reply to this one. Boot into Safe Mode (press F8 while booting, select Safe Mode). Go into Device Manager and delete everything under Sound. Reboot. If the computer begins to ask for audio drivers - this would be a success. If you have some, point it to the right folder otherwise cancel your way through and you'll see the yellow exclamation marks under Device Manager. Your computer now sees audio HW and the next step is to find the right drivers. If the computer still doesn't see HW, not sure what to do next. "Damon" wrote in message ... Motherboard: Biostar MGTLA, 11/11/97-i440LX-2A69JB09C-00 Chipsets: North Bridge / Intel 82443LX PAC, South Bridge / Intel 82371AB PIIX4 Is that enough? -Damon "mdp" wrote: Post back with the motherboard and chipset info (both under Motherboard using Everest). "Damon" wrote in message ... Hmmm, not sure if I checked up on the INF files. And I neglected to post my system specs, which is usually the first thing I do. It is a Quantex, a company long out of business. GenuineIntel, Pentium(r) II Processor, 96 MB RAM. 9FX Reality 334 graphics card (also very old and out of business.) I gave up and cracked open my case; the sound card IS an ensoniq es1370 card, and since Everest was right about that I am assuming it was right about it being a Creative Sound Blaster PCI 128. That's all I can tell you, I'm not sure what these INF files are that you speak of. I'm clearly only semi-computer literate. Please help, and thanks. -Damon "mdp" wrote: Did you install the latest INF file(s) for your chipset per the previous poster's suggestion (or rule it out)? This is often needed for Win9x on older MBs to enable exactly what you're having problems with, detecting HW. If you're not sure what this is, post back with the computer make/model or motherboard make/model. "Damon" wrote in message ... I don't believe that Everest is wrong. I am quite sure I have the sound card that it indicates. This computer is from early 1999-2000, it is not new. We upgraded the OS from Windows 95 to 98 a long time ago. I'm quite sure there was no software included for the soundcard. Even if there was it would be irrelevant because that is what the internet is for. I have downloaded many drivers for my card off the internet. SBPCI_WebDrvsV5_12_01.exe. SBPCI128Setup_w9x.exe. SPCTAUDIOSetupus.exe. All of them either crashed or asked for missing files. I downloaded all the missing files off the internet from www.soundcard-drivers.com. Still no change. And what the hell is a 56k Speakerphone? "Franc Zabkar" wrote: On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:21:01 -0700, "Damon" put finger to keyboard and composed: When I try to add the sound card driver through Add New Hardware, I get this: "The file 'a3d.dll' on Creative Sound Blaster PCI 128 Driver Disk cannot be found." I don't *have* a driver disk. Why would I? This stuff came with the computer, and never asked for one before. Nice products, Microsoft. You *should* have received a set of discs with your new computer. These discs would have device drivers and user manuals. At the very least you should have been given a CD for your motherboard. Why don't you visually identify your soundcard? Everest may not be identifying it correctly, especially if it one of those odd sound/modem combo cards. "Damon" wrote: I've already done this. The driver I downloaded wouldn't install because it couldn't find the soundcard on my computer. The computer can't even find the damn card! It's (apparently) a Soundblaster PCI128. I've tried at least 30 different drivers in the Device Manager trying to find one that works, and none have. The driver I downloaded doesn't even show up under the Creative menu, either. My speakers are making wierd crackling noises. Fed up. I'm this close to buying a new computer, but I am a college student and have limited funds so I hope it doesn't come to that. Thanks to all of you for your help, though. Really appreciated. "charlie R" wrote: Check out this link, http://www.ehow.com/how_5571_upgrade-drivers-sound.html "Damon" wrote in message ... I downloaded Everest, which informed me that I have a Creative Sound Blaster PCI128 (Ensoniq ES1370) sound card. (This is the card that came with the computer. It always used to work before.) The Everest program led me to the Creative website, where I downloaded the driver and was told that it couldn't install because it could not detect a Sound Blaster card on my computer. "Franc Zabkar" wrote: On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 21:55:03 -0700, "Damon" put finger to keyboard and composed: I don't want to have to crack the case open and look directly; isn't there a way to get Windows to find the sound card so I know what driver to download? Many people recommend Everest Home Edition: http://www.lavalys.hu/products/overv...?pid=1&lang=en Otherwise Windows 98 has msinfo32.exe which will tell you something about your "problem" devices. -- Franc Zabkar Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. -- Franc Zabkar Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. |
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Okay, booting in save mode, went into Device Manager, deleted all the
bogus/phantom Audio entries and rebooted in normal. Windows detected new Audio PCI hardware and attempted to install it. However, when it asks for the driver, I am stumped. I don't have a driver CD and only one of the drivers I've installed has created a folder. I pointed the install program to that folder but it couldn't find what it was looking for. Perhaps I have the wrong driver? I don't see how I could. Specifically "a3d.dll" or something... not sure what that is. So I cancelled and went to reinstall one of the drivers, and as it was installing, the Windows audio PCI detection window came up again and prompted me to point it to the right driver. Again, I had nothing to point it to. I finished installing the driver and it appeared to have no difference at all. If you know of the specific driver and the specific way I am suppose to install it, that would be helpful. I'm so close, I can feel it... Thanks, Damon "mdp" wrote: Right click on My Computer. Select Properties. "Damon" wrote in message ... Alright, got into safe mode. However... There is no "device manager" that you speak of, unless you are talking about "add new hardware", which doesn't work in safe mode, or "add/remove programs", which has nothing in it worth deleting. Sorry to hang up on something so obvious, but I have no idea what you are talking about. I do know what a device manager is but there just doesn't seem to be one on here. "mdp" wrote: During boot, just before the Windows splash screen displays, press the F8 key and you will get a menu of options (during boot you can tap the F8 key to help 'get it' at the right time). Select Safe Mode which will then resume booting. Then go into Device Manager and delete (maybe it's called remove) everything under Sound. Reboot. "Damon" wrote in message ... F8? Safe Mode? What? I am given the option to "hit DELETE to enter setup" during booting, but there is nothing in there that I recognize. I know what you are talking about, but only for our other computer at home. Please elaborate? "mdp" wrote: Somethings wrong with my ISP. I read your response but can only reply to this one. Boot into Safe Mode (press F8 while booting, select Safe Mode). Go into Device Manager and delete everything under Sound. Reboot. If the computer begins to ask for audio drivers - this would be a success. If you have some, point it to the right folder otherwise cancel your way through and you'll see the yellow exclamation marks under Device Manager. Your computer now sees audio HW and the next step is to find the right drivers. If the computer still doesn't see HW, not sure what to do next. "Damon" wrote in message ... Motherboard: Biostar MGTLA, 11/11/97-i440LX-2A69JB09C-00 Chipsets: North Bridge / Intel 82443LX PAC, South Bridge / Intel 82371AB PIIX4 Is that enough? -Damon "mdp" wrote: Post back with the motherboard and chipset info (both under Motherboard using Everest). "Damon" wrote in message ... Hmmm, not sure if I checked up on the INF files. And I neglected to post my system specs, which is usually the first thing I do. It is a Quantex, a company long out of business. GenuineIntel, Pentium(r) II Processor, 96 MB RAM. 9FX Reality 334 graphics card (also very old and out of business.) I gave up and cracked open my case; the sound card IS an ensoniq es1370 card, and since Everest was right about that I am assuming it was right about it being a Creative Sound Blaster PCI 128. That's all I can tell you, I'm not sure what these INF files are that you speak of. I'm clearly only semi-computer literate. Please help, and thanks. -Damon "mdp" wrote: Did you install the latest INF file(s) for your chipset per the previous poster's suggestion (or rule it out)? This is often needed for Win9x on older MBs to enable exactly what you're having problems with, detecting HW. If you're not sure what this is, post back with the computer make/model or motherboard make/model. "Damon" wrote in message ... I don't believe that Everest is wrong. I am quite sure I have the sound card that it indicates. This computer is from early 1999-2000, it is not new. We upgraded the OS from Windows 95 to 98 a long time ago. I'm quite sure there was no software included for the soundcard. Even if there was it would be irrelevant because that is what the internet is for. I have downloaded many drivers for my card off the internet. SBPCI_WebDrvsV5_12_01.exe. SBPCI128Setup_w9x.exe. SPCTAUDIOSetupus.exe. All of them either crashed or asked for missing files. I downloaded all the missing files off the internet from www.soundcard-drivers.com. Still no change. And what the hell is a 56k Speakerphone? "Franc Zabkar" wrote: On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:21:01 -0700, "Damon" put finger to keyboard and composed: When I try to add the sound card driver through Add New Hardware, I get this: "The file 'a3d.dll' on Creative Sound Blaster PCI 128 Driver Disk cannot be found." I don't *have* a driver disk. Why would I? This stuff came with the computer, and never asked for one before. Nice products, Microsoft. You *should* have received a set of discs with your new computer. These discs would have device drivers and user manuals. At the very least you should have been given a CD for your motherboard. Why don't you visually identify your soundcard? Everest may not be identifying it correctly, especially if it one of those odd sound/modem combo cards. "Damon" wrote: I've already done this. The driver I downloaded wouldn't install because it couldn't find the soundcard on my computer. The computer can't even find the damn card! It's (apparently) a Soundblaster PCI128. I've tried at least 30 different drivers in the Device Manager trying to find one that works, and none have. The driver I downloaded doesn't even show up under the Creative menu, either. My speakers are making wierd crackling noises. Fed up. I'm this close to buying a new computer, but I am a college student and have limited funds so I hope it doesn't come to that. Thanks to all of you for your help, though. Really appreciated. "charlie R" wrote: Check out this link, http://www.ehow.com/how_5571_upgrade-drivers-sound.html "Damon" wrote in message ... I downloaded Everest, which informed me that I have a Creative Sound Blaster PCI128 (Ensoniq ES1370) sound card. (This is the card that came with the computer. It always used to work before.) The Everest program led me to the Creative website, where I downloaded the driver and was told that it couldn't install because it could not detect a Sound Blaster card on my computer. "Franc Zabkar" wrote: On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 21:55:03 -0700, "Damon" put finger to keyboard and composed: I don't want to have to crack the case open and look directly; isn't there a way to get Windows to find the sound card so I know what driver to download? Many people recommend Everest Home Edition: http://www.lavalys.hu/products/overv...?pid=1&lang=en Otherwise Windows 98 has msinfo32.exe which will tell you something about your "problem" devices. -- Franc Zabkar Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. -- Franc Zabkar |
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It is now detecting HW - problem one solved. You are close. All you need
now are the right drivers. I'll see what I can find. In the meantime, Google is your friend. "Damon" wrote in message ... Okay, booting in save mode, went into Device Manager, deleted all the bogus/phantom Audio entries and rebooted in normal. Windows detected new Audio PCI hardware and attempted to install it. However, when it asks for the driver, I am stumped. I don't have a driver CD and only one of the drivers I've installed has created a folder. I pointed the install program to that folder but it couldn't find what it was looking for. Perhaps I have the wrong driver? I don't see how I could. Specifically "a3d.dll" or something... not sure what that is. So I cancelled and went to reinstall one of the drivers, and as it was installing, the Windows audio PCI detection window came up again and prompted me to point it to the right driver. Again, I had nothing to point it to. I finished installing the driver and it appeared to have no difference at all. If you know of the specific driver and the specific way I am suppose to install it, that would be helpful. I'm so close, I can feel it... Thanks, Damon "mdp" wrote: Right click on My Computer. Select Properties. "Damon" wrote in message ... Alright, got into safe mode. However... There is no "device manager" that you speak of, unless you are talking about "add new hardware", which doesn't work in safe mode, or "add/remove programs", which has nothing in it worth deleting. Sorry to hang up on something so obvious, but I have no idea what you are talking about. I do know what a device manager is but there just doesn't seem to be one on here. "mdp" wrote: During boot, just before the Windows splash screen displays, press the F8 key and you will get a menu of options (during boot you can tap the F8 key to help 'get it' at the right time). Select Safe Mode which will then resume booting. Then go into Device Manager and delete (maybe it's called remove) everything under Sound. Reboot. "Damon" wrote in message ... F8? Safe Mode? What? I am given the option to "hit DELETE to enter setup" during booting, but there is nothing in there that I recognize. I know what you are talking about, but only for our other computer at home. Please elaborate? "mdp" wrote: Somethings wrong with my ISP. I read your response but can only reply to this one. Boot into Safe Mode (press F8 while booting, select Safe Mode). Go into Device Manager and delete everything under Sound. Reboot. If the computer begins to ask for audio drivers - this would be a success. If you have some, point it to the right folder otherwise cancel your way through and you'll see the yellow exclamation marks under Device Manager. Your computer now sees audio HW and the next step is to find the right drivers. If the computer still doesn't see HW, not sure what to do next. "Damon" wrote in message ... Motherboard: Biostar MGTLA, 11/11/97-i440LX-2A69JB09C-00 Chipsets: North Bridge / Intel 82443LX PAC, South Bridge / Intel 82371AB PIIX4 Is that enough? -Damon "mdp" wrote: Post back with the motherboard and chipset info (both under Motherboard using Everest). "Damon" wrote in message ... Hmmm, not sure if I checked up on the INF files. And I neglected to post my system specs, which is usually the first thing I do. It is a Quantex, a company long out of business. GenuineIntel, Pentium(r) II Processor, 96 MB RAM. 9FX Reality 334 graphics card (also very old and out of business.) I gave up and cracked open my case; the sound card IS an ensoniq es1370 card, and since Everest was right about that I am assuming it was right about it being a Creative Sound Blaster PCI 128. That's all I can tell you, I'm not sure what these INF files are that you speak of. I'm clearly only semi-computer literate. Please help, and thanks. -Damon "mdp" wrote: Did you install the latest INF file(s) for your chipset per the previous poster's suggestion (or rule it out)? This is often needed for Win9x on older MBs to enable exactly what you're having problems with, detecting HW. If you're not sure what this is, post back with the computer make/model or motherboard make/model. "Damon" wrote in message ... I don't believe that Everest is wrong. I am quite sure I have the sound card that it indicates. This computer is from early 1999-2000, it is not new. We upgraded the OS from Windows 95 to 98 a long time ago. I'm quite sure there was no software included for the soundcard. Even if there was it would be irrelevant because that is what the internet is for. I have downloaded many drivers for my card off the internet. SBPCI_WebDrvsV5_12_01.exe. SBPCI128Setup_w9x.exe. SPCTAUDIOSetupus.exe. All of them either crashed or asked for missing files. I downloaded all the missing files off the internet from www.soundcard-drivers.com. Still no change. And what the hell is a 56k Speakerphone? "Franc Zabkar" wrote: On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:21:01 -0700, "Damon" put finger to keyboard and composed: When I try to add the sound card driver through Add New Hardware, I get this: "The file 'a3d.dll' on Creative Sound Blaster PCI 128 Driver Disk cannot be found." I don't *have* a driver disk. Why would I? This stuff came with the computer, and never asked for one before. Nice products, Microsoft. You *should* have received a set of discs with your new computer. These discs would have device drivers and user manuals. At the very least you should have been given a CD for your motherboard. Why don't you visually identify your soundcard? Everest may not be identifying it correctly, especially if it one of those odd sound/modem combo cards. "Damon" wrote: I've already done this. The driver I downloaded wouldn't install because it couldn't find the soundcard on my computer. The computer can't even find the damn card! It's (apparently) a Soundblaster PCI128. I've tried at least 30 different drivers in the Device Manager trying to find one that works, and none have. The driver I downloaded doesn't even show up under the Creative menu, either. My speakers are making wierd crackling noises. Fed up. I'm this close to buying a new computer, but I am a college student and have limited funds so I hope it doesn't come to that. Thanks to all of you for your help, though. Really appreciated. "charlie R" wrote: Check out this link, http://www.ehow.com/how_5571_upgrade-drivers-sound.html "Damon" wrote in message ... I downloaded Everest, which informed me that I have a Creative Sound Blaster PCI128 (Ensoniq ES1370) sound card. (This is the card that came with the computer. It always used to work before.) The Everest program led me to the Creative website, where I downloaded the driver and was told that it couldn't install because it could not detect a Sound Blaster card on my computer. "Franc Zabkar" wrote: On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 21:55:03 -0700, "Damon" put finger to keyboard and composed: I don't want to have to crack the case open and look directly; isn't there a way to get Windows to find the sound card so I know what driver to download? Many people recommend Everest Home Edition: http://www.lavalys.hu/products/overv...?pid=1&lang=en Otherwise Windows 98 has msinfo32.exe which will tell you something about your "problem" devices. -- Franc Zabkar Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. -- Franc Zabkar |
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Found this. Follow the directions to right click and save. Unzip into its
own folder. Open, double-click on the file setup.exe. Cross your fingers. http://www.files.lt/download.php?Lan...ck=1&RI d=308 "mdp" wrote in message ... It is now detecting HW - problem one solved. You are close. All you need now are the right drivers. I'll see what I can find. In the meantime, Google is your friend. "Damon" wrote in message ... Okay, booting in save mode, went into Device Manager, deleted all the bogus/phantom Audio entries and rebooted in normal. Windows detected new Audio PCI hardware and attempted to install it. However, when it asks for the driver, I am stumped. I don't have a driver CD and only one of the drivers I've installed has created a folder. I pointed the install program to that folder but it couldn't find what it was looking for. Perhaps I have the wrong driver? I don't see how I could. Specifically "a3d.dll" or something... not sure what that is. So I cancelled and went to reinstall one of the drivers, and as it was installing, the Windows audio PCI detection window came up again and prompted me to point it to the right driver. Again, I had nothing to point it to. I finished installing the driver and it appeared to have no difference at all. If you know of the specific driver and the specific way I am suppose to install it, that would be helpful. I'm so close, I can feel it... Thanks, Damon "mdp" wrote: Right click on My Computer. Select Properties. "Damon" wrote in message ... Alright, got into safe mode. However... There is no "device manager" that you speak of, unless you are talking about "add new hardware", which doesn't work in safe mode, or "add/remove programs", which has nothing in it worth deleting. Sorry to hang up on something so obvious, but I have no idea what you are talking about. I do know what a device manager is but there just doesn't seem to be one on here. "mdp" wrote: During boot, just before the Windows splash screen displays, press the F8 key and you will get a menu of options (during boot you can tap the F8 key to help 'get it' at the right time). Select Safe Mode which will then resume booting. Then go into Device Manager and delete (maybe it's called remove) everything under Sound. Reboot. "Damon" wrote in message ... F8? Safe Mode? What? I am given the option to "hit DELETE to enter setup" during booting, but there is nothing in there that I recognize. I know what you are talking about, but only for our other computer at home. Please elaborate? "mdp" wrote: Somethings wrong with my ISP. I read your response but can only reply to this one. Boot into Safe Mode (press F8 while booting, select Safe Mode). Go into Device Manager and delete everything under Sound. Reboot. If the computer begins to ask for audio drivers - this would be a success. If you have some, point it to the right folder otherwise cancel your way through and you'll see the yellow exclamation marks under Device Manager. Your computer now sees audio HW and the next step is to find the right drivers. If the computer still doesn't see HW, not sure what to do next. "Damon" wrote in message ... Motherboard: Biostar MGTLA, 11/11/97-i440LX-2A69JB09C-00 Chipsets: North Bridge / Intel 82443LX PAC, South Bridge / Intel 82371AB PIIX4 Is that enough? -Damon "mdp" wrote: Post back with the motherboard and chipset info (both under Motherboard using Everest). "Damon" wrote in message ... Hmmm, not sure if I checked up on the INF files. And I neglected to post my system specs, which is usually the first thing I do. It is a Quantex, a company long out of business. GenuineIntel, Pentium(r) II Processor, 96 MB RAM. 9FX Reality 334 graphics card (also very old and out of business.) I gave up and cracked open my case; the sound card IS an ensoniq es1370 card, and since Everest was right about that I am assuming it was right about it being a Creative Sound Blaster PCI 128. That's all I can tell you, I'm not sure what these INF files are that you speak of. I'm clearly only semi-computer literate. Please help, and thanks. -Damon "mdp" wrote: Did you install the latest INF file(s) for your chipset per the previous poster's suggestion (or rule it out)? This is often needed for Win9x on older MBs to enable exactly what you're having problems with, detecting HW. If you're not sure what this is, post back with the computer make/model or motherboard make/model. "Damon" wrote in message ... I don't believe that Everest is wrong. I am quite sure I have the sound card that it indicates. This computer is from early 1999-2000, it is not new. We upgraded the OS from Windows 95 to 98 a long time ago. I'm quite sure there was no software included for the soundcard. Even if there was it would be irrelevant because that is what the internet is for. I have downloaded many drivers for my card off the internet. SBPCI_WebDrvsV5_12_01.exe. SBPCI128Setup_w9x.exe. SPCTAUDIOSetupus.exe. All of them either crashed or asked for missing files. I downloaded all the missing files off the internet from www.soundcard-drivers.com. Still no change. And what the hell is a 56k Speakerphone? "Franc Zabkar" wrote: On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:21:01 -0700, "Damon" put finger to keyboard and composed: When I try to add the sound card driver through Add New Hardware, I get this: "The file 'a3d.dll' on Creative Sound Blaster PCI 128 Driver Disk cannot be found." I don't *have* a driver disk. Why would I? This stuff came with the computer, and never asked for one before. Nice products, Microsoft. You *should* have received a set of discs with your new computer. These discs would have device drivers and user manuals. At the very least you should have been given a CD for your motherboard. Why don't you visually identify your soundcard? Everest may not be identifying it correctly, especially if it one of those odd sound/modem combo cards. "Damon" wrote: I've already done this. The driver I downloaded wouldn't install because it couldn't find the soundcard on my computer. The computer can't even find the damn card! It's (apparently) a Soundblaster PCI128. I've tried at least 30 different drivers in the Device Manager trying to find one that works, and none have. The driver I downloaded doesn't even show up under the Creative menu, either. My speakers are making wierd crackling noises. Fed up. I'm this close to buying a new computer, but I am a college student and have limited funds so I hope it doesn't come to that. Thanks to all of you for your help, though. Really appreciated. "charlie R" wrote: Check out this link, http://www.ehow.com/how_5571_upgrade-drivers-sound.html "Damon" wrote in message ... I downloaded Everest, which informed me that I have a Creative Sound Blaster PCI128 (Ensoniq ES1370) sound card. (This is the card that came with the computer. It always used to work before.) The Everest program led me to the Creative website, where I downloaded the driver and was told that it couldn't install because it could not detect a Sound Blaster card on my computer. "Franc Zabkar" wrote: On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 21:55:03 -0700, "Damon" put finger to keyboard and composed: I don't want to have to crack the case open and look directly; isn't there a way to get Windows to find the sound card so I know what driver to download? Many people recommend Everest Home Edition: http://www.lavalys.hu/products/overv...?pid=1&lang=en Otherwise Windows 98 has msinfo32.exe which will tell you something about your "problem" devices. -- Franc Zabkar Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. -- Franc Zabkar |
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Here's another one. It has the file a3d.dll that you mentioned previously.
This download is a lot larger (23MB) than the other file I pointed you to because it has Win95, NT, and other programs all compressed into a .rar file. Your unzip program should be able to decompress it by double-clicking on it. ftp://ftp.320-8080.ru/pub/driver/sou...ES1370_pci.rar What I'm searching on are drivers for your chipset, ES1370. That's the key. "mdp" wrote in message ... It is now detecting HW - problem one solved. You are close. All you need now are the right drivers. I'll see what I can find. In the meantime, Google is your friend. "Damon" wrote in message ... Okay, booting in save mode, went into Device Manager, deleted all the bogus/phantom Audio entries and rebooted in normal. Windows detected new Audio PCI hardware and attempted to install it. However, when it asks for the driver, I am stumped. I don't have a driver CD and only one of the drivers I've installed has created a folder. I pointed the install program to that folder but it couldn't find what it was looking for. Perhaps I have the wrong driver? I don't see how I could. Specifically "a3d.dll" or something... not sure what that is. So I cancelled and went to reinstall one of the drivers, and as it was installing, the Windows audio PCI detection window came up again and prompted me to point it to the right driver. Again, I had nothing to point it to. I finished installing the driver and it appeared to have no difference at all. If you know of the specific driver and the specific way I am suppose to install it, that would be helpful. I'm so close, I can feel it... Thanks, Damon "mdp" wrote: Right click on My Computer. Select Properties. "Damon" wrote in message ... Alright, got into safe mode. However... There is no "device manager" that you speak of, unless you are talking about "add new hardware", which doesn't work in safe mode, or "add/remove programs", which has nothing in it worth deleting. Sorry to hang up on something so obvious, but I have no idea what you are talking about. I do know what a device manager is but there just doesn't seem to be one on here. "mdp" wrote: During boot, just before the Windows splash screen displays, press the F8 key and you will get a menu of options (during boot you can tap the F8 key to help 'get it' at the right time). Select Safe Mode which will then resume booting. Then go into Device Manager and delete (maybe it's called remove) everything under Sound. Reboot. "Damon" wrote in message ... F8? Safe Mode? What? I am given the option to "hit DELETE to enter setup" during booting, but there is nothing in there that I recognize. I know what you are talking about, but only for our other computer at home. Please elaborate? "mdp" wrote: Somethings wrong with my ISP. I read your response but can only reply to this one. Boot into Safe Mode (press F8 while booting, select Safe Mode). Go into Device Manager and delete everything under Sound. Reboot. If the computer begins to ask for audio drivers - this would be a success. If you have some, point it to the right folder otherwise cancel your way through and you'll see the yellow exclamation marks under Device Manager. Your computer now sees audio HW and the next step is to find the right drivers. If the computer still doesn't see HW, not sure what to do next. "Damon" wrote in message ... Motherboard: Biostar MGTLA, 11/11/97-i440LX-2A69JB09C-00 Chipsets: North Bridge / Intel 82443LX PAC, South Bridge / Intel 82371AB PIIX4 Is that enough? -Damon "mdp" wrote: Post back with the motherboard and chipset info (both under Motherboard using Everest). "Damon" wrote in message ... Hmmm, not sure if I checked up on the INF files. And I neglected to post my system specs, which is usually the first thing I do. It is a Quantex, a company long out of business. GenuineIntel, Pentium(r) II Processor, 96 MB RAM. 9FX Reality 334 graphics card (also very old and out of business.) I gave up and cracked open my case; the sound card IS an ensoniq es1370 card, and since Everest was right about that I am assuming it was right about it being a Creative Sound Blaster PCI 128. That's all I can tell you, I'm not sure what these INF files are that you speak of. I'm clearly only semi-computer literate. Please help, and thanks. -Damon "mdp" wrote: Did you install the latest INF file(s) for your chipset per the previous poster's suggestion (or rule it out)? This is often needed for Win9x on older MBs to enable exactly what you're having problems with, detecting HW. If you're not sure what this is, post back with the computer make/model or motherboard make/model. "Damon" wrote in message ... I don't believe that Everest is wrong. I am quite sure I have the sound card that it indicates. This computer is from early 1999-2000, it is not new. We upgraded the OS from Windows 95 to 98 a long time ago. I'm quite sure there was no software included for the soundcard. Even if there was it would be irrelevant because that is what the internet is for. I have downloaded many drivers for my card off the internet. SBPCI_WebDrvsV5_12_01.exe. SBPCI128Setup_w9x.exe. SPCTAUDIOSetupus.exe. All of them either crashed or asked for missing files. I downloaded all the missing files off the internet from www.soundcard-drivers.com. Still no change. And what the hell is a 56k Speakerphone? "Franc Zabkar" wrote: On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:21:01 -0700, "Damon" put finger to keyboard and composed: When I try to add the sound card driver through Add New Hardware, I get this: "The file 'a3d.dll' on Creative Sound Blaster PCI 128 Driver Disk cannot be found." I don't *have* a driver disk. Why would I? This stuff came with the computer, and never asked for one before. Nice products, Microsoft. You *should* have received a set of discs with your new computer. These discs would have device drivers and user manuals. At the very least you should have been given a CD for your motherboard. Why don't you visually identify your soundcard? Everest may not be identifying it correctly, especially if it one of those odd sound/modem combo cards. "Damon" wrote: I've already done this. The driver I downloaded wouldn't install because it couldn't find the soundcard on my computer. The computer can't even find the damn card! It's (apparently) a Soundblaster PCI128. I've tried at least 30 different drivers in the Device Manager trying to find one that works, and none have. The driver I downloaded doesn't even show up under the Creative menu, either. My speakers are making wierd crackling noises. Fed up. I'm this close to buying a new computer, but I am a college student and have limited funds so I hope it doesn't come to that. Thanks to all of you for your help, though. Really appreciated. "charlie R" wrote: Check out this link, http://www.ehow.com/how_5571_upgrade-drivers-sound.html "Damon" wrote in message ... I downloaded Everest, which informed me that I have a Creative Sound Blaster PCI128 (Ensoniq ES1370) sound card. (This is the card that came with the computer. It always used to work before.) The Everest program led me to the Creative website, where I downloaded the driver and was told that it couldn't install because it could not detect a Sound Blaster card on my computer. "Franc Zabkar" wrote: On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 21:55:03 -0700, "Damon" put finger to keyboard and composed: I don't want to have to crack the case open and look directly; isn't there a way to get Windows to find the sound card so I know what driver to download? Many people recommend Everest Home Edition: http://www.lavalys.hu/products/overv...?pid=1&lang=en Otherwise Windows 98 has msinfo32.exe which will tell you something about your "problem" devices. -- Franc Zabkar Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. -- Franc Zabkar |
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What do you know, I have sound!
The first link you sent me didn't work, just sent me to the homepage of that File site, where I searched for the drivers but couldn't find one with the same address as the ones you linked me too, so I just downloaded the 23 MB one, extracted it, picked a file, opened it, ran setup. It installed the drivers for a PCI64, not 128, but it's working just fine. (were there 128 ones in that file as well? or just the 64 because they matched my chipset?) I can't get sound to work in my games yet, but games can wait (music is more important in college). Sound was working before the program had even finished installing, as it made exclamation noises, but when it prompted me to restart and I agreed, there was a system error and the program crashed, however the computer restarted and everything appears to be in working order... i'm just a little worried about having PCI 64 drivers installed when i'm not sure if that's the card i have. i'm afraid if i tried anything else though, i would damage something, and ruin this sense of relief. Thank you immeasurably for all your help, but hang around just in case, Damon "mdp" wrote: Here's another one. It has the file a3d.dll that you mentioned previously. This download is a lot larger (23MB) than the other file I pointed you to because it has Win95, NT, and other programs all compressed into a .rar file. Your unzip program should be able to decompress it by double-clicking on it. ftp://ftp.320-8080.ru/pub/driver/sou...ES1370_pci.rar What I'm searching on are drivers for your chipset, ES1370. That's the key. "mdp" wrote in message ... It is now detecting HW - problem one solved. You are close. All you need now are the right drivers. I'll see what I can find. In the meantime, Google is your friend. "Damon" wrote in message ... Okay, booting in save mode, went into Device Manager, deleted all the bogus/phantom Audio entries and rebooted in normal. Windows detected new Audio PCI hardware and attempted to install it. However, when it asks for the driver, I am stumped. I don't have a driver CD and only one of the drivers I've installed has created a folder. I pointed the install program to that folder but it couldn't find what it was looking for. Perhaps I have the wrong driver? I don't see how I could. Specifically "a3d.dll" or something... not sure what that is. So I cancelled and went to reinstall one of the drivers, and as it was installing, the Windows audio PCI detection window came up again and prompted me to point it to the right driver. Again, I had nothing to point it to. I finished installing the driver and it appeared to have no difference at all. If you know of the specific driver and the specific way I am suppose to install it, that would be helpful. I'm so close, I can feel it... Thanks, Damon "mdp" wrote: Right click on My Computer. Select Properties. "Damon" wrote in message ... Alright, got into safe mode. However... There is no "device manager" that you speak of, unless you are talking about "add new hardware", which doesn't work in safe mode, or "add/remove programs", which has nothing in it worth deleting. Sorry to hang up on something so obvious, but I have no idea what you are talking about. I do know what a device manager is but there just doesn't seem to be one on here. "mdp" wrote: During boot, just before the Windows splash screen displays, press the F8 key and you will get a menu of options (during boot you can tap the F8 key to help 'get it' at the right time). Select Safe Mode which will then resume booting. Then go into Device Manager and delete (maybe it's called remove) everything under Sound. Reboot. "Damon" wrote in message ... F8? Safe Mode? What? I am given the option to "hit DELETE to enter setup" during booting, but there is nothing in there that I recognize. I know what you are talking about, but only for our other computer at home. Please elaborate? "mdp" wrote: Somethings wrong with my ISP. I read your response but can only reply to this one. Boot into Safe Mode (press F8 while booting, select Safe Mode). Go into Device Manager and delete everything under Sound. Reboot. If the computer begins to ask for audio drivers - this would be a success. If you have some, point it to the right folder otherwise cancel your way through and you'll see the yellow exclamation marks under Device Manager. Your computer now sees audio HW and the next step is to find the right drivers. If the computer still doesn't see HW, not sure what to do next. "Damon" wrote in message ... Motherboard: Biostar MGTLA, 11/11/97-i440LX-2A69JB09C-00 Chipsets: North Bridge / Intel 82443LX PAC, South Bridge / Intel 82371AB PIIX4 Is that enough? -Damon "mdp" wrote: Post back with the motherboard and chipset info (both under Motherboard using Everest). "Damon" wrote in message ... Hmmm, not sure if I checked up on the INF files. And I neglected to post my system specs, which is usually the first thing I do. It is a Quantex, a company long out of business. GenuineIntel, Pentium(r) II Processor, 96 MB RAM. 9FX Reality 334 graphics card (also very old and out of business.) I gave up and cracked open my case; the sound card IS an ensoniq es1370 card, and since Everest was right about that I am assuming it was right about it being a Creative Sound Blaster PCI 128. That's all I can tell you, I'm not sure what these INF files are that you speak of. I'm clearly only semi-computer literate. Please help, and thanks. -Damon "mdp" wrote: Did you install the latest INF file(s) for your chipset per the previous poster's suggestion (or rule it out)? This is often needed for Win9x on older MBs to enable exactly what you're having problems with, detecting HW. If you're not sure what this is, post back with the computer make/model or motherboard make/model. "Damon" wrote in message ... I don't believe that Everest is wrong. I am quite sure I have the sound card that it indicates. This computer is from early 1999-2000, it is not new. We upgraded the OS from Windows 95 to 98 a long time ago. I'm quite sure there was no software included for the soundcard. Even if there was it would be irrelevant because that is what the internet is for. I have downloaded many drivers for my card off the internet. SBPCI_WebDrvsV5_12_01.exe. SBPCI128Setup_w9x.exe. SPCTAUDIOSetupus.exe. All of them either crashed or asked for missing files. I downloaded all the missing files off the internet from www.soundcard-drivers.com. Still no change. And what the hell is a 56k Speakerphone? "Franc Zabkar" wrote: On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:21:01 -0700, "Damon" put finger to keyboard and composed: When I try to add the sound card driver through Add New Hardware, I get this: "The file 'a3d.dll' on Creative Sound Blaster PCI 128 Driver Disk cannot be found." I don't *have* a driver disk. Why would I? This stuff came with the computer, and never asked for one before. Nice products, Microsoft. You *should* have received a set of discs with your new computer. These discs would have device drivers and user manuals. At the very least you should have been given a CD for your motherboard. Why don't you visually identify your soundcard? Everest may not be identifying it correctly, especially if it one of those odd sound/modem combo cards. "Damon" wrote: I've already done this. The driver I downloaded wouldn't install because it couldn't find the soundcard on my computer. The computer can't even find the damn card! It's (apparently) a Soundblaster PCI128. I've tried at least 30 different drivers in the Device Manager trying to find one that works, and none have. The driver I downloaded doesn't even show up under the Creative |
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Not sure of the difference between PCI64 and PCI128. Apparently the
documentation isn't consistent either. In one of the the help files it lists PCI128 and shows at the top of a window to configure sound the model PCI128 even though the text description describes the PCI64. At least it works. Regarding the other link, make sure you didn't load (or click) on just a piece of it, e.g. if it word wrapped to another line. Just paste in the rest and you'll get the full link. Note, however, I did not find the a3d.dll file anywhere in that download nor do I see any reference to PCI128. You might be better off leaving well enough alone. "Damon" wrote in message ... What do you know, I have sound! The first link you sent me didn't work, just sent me to the homepage of that File site, where I searched for the drivers but couldn't find one with the same address as the ones you linked me too, so I just downloaded the 23 MB one, extracted it, picked a file, opened it, ran setup. It installed the drivers for a PCI64, not 128, but it's working just fine. (were there 128 ones in that file as well? or just the 64 because they matched my chipset?) I can't get sound to work in my games yet, but games can wait (music is more important in college). Sound was working before the program had even finished installing, as it made exclamation noises, but when it prompted me to restart and I agreed, there was a system error and the program crashed, however the computer restarted and everything appears to be in working order... i'm just a little worried about having PCI 64 drivers installed when i'm not sure if that's the card i have. i'm afraid if i tried anything else though, i would damage something, and ruin this sense of relief. Thank you immeasurably for all your help, but hang around just in case, Damon "mdp" wrote: Here's another one. It has the file a3d.dll that you mentioned previously. This download is a lot larger (23MB) than the other file I pointed you to because it has Win95, NT, and other programs all compressed into a .rar file. Your unzip program should be able to decompress it by double-clicking on it. ftp://ftp.320-8080.ru/pub/driver/sou...ES1370_pci.rar What I'm searching on are drivers for your chipset, ES1370. That's the key. "mdp" wrote in message ... It is now detecting HW - problem one solved. You are close. All you need now are the right drivers. I'll see what I can find. In the meantime, Google is your friend. "Damon" wrote in message ... Okay, booting in save mode, went into Device Manager, deleted all the bogus/phantom Audio entries and rebooted in normal. Windows detected new Audio PCI hardware and attempted to install it. However, when it asks for the driver, I am stumped. I don't have a driver CD and only one of the drivers I've installed has created a folder. I pointed the install program to that folder but it couldn't find what it was looking for. Perhaps I have the wrong driver? I don't see how I could. Specifically "a3d.dll" or something... not sure what that is. So I cancelled and went to reinstall one of the drivers, and as it was installing, the Windows audio PCI detection window came up again and prompted me to point it to the right driver. Again, I had nothing to point it to. I finished installing the driver and it appeared to have no difference at all. If you know of the specific driver and the specific way I am suppose to install it, that would be helpful. I'm so close, I can feel it... Thanks, Damon "mdp" wrote: Right click on My Computer. Select Properties. "Damon" wrote in message ... Alright, got into safe mode. However... There is no "device manager" that you speak of, unless you are talking about "add new hardware", which doesn't work in safe mode, or "add/remove programs", which has nothing in it worth deleting. Sorry to hang up on something so obvious, but I have no idea what you are talking about. I do know what a device manager is but there just doesn't seem to be one on here. "mdp" wrote: During boot, just before the Windows splash screen displays, press the F8 key and you will get a menu of options (during boot you can tap the F8 key to help 'get it' at the right time). Select Safe Mode which will then resume booting. Then go into Device Manager and delete (maybe it's called remove) everything under Sound. Reboot. "Damon" wrote in message ... F8? Safe Mode? What? I am given the option to "hit DELETE to enter setup" during booting, but there is nothing in there that I recognize. I know what you are talking about, but only for our other computer at home. Please elaborate? "mdp" wrote: Somethings wrong with my ISP. I read your response but can only reply to this one. Boot into Safe Mode (press F8 while booting, select Safe Mode). Go into Device Manager and delete everything under Sound. Reboot. If the computer begins to ask for audio drivers - this would be a success. If you have some, point it to the right folder otherwise cancel your way through and you'll see the yellow exclamation marks under Device Manager. Your computer now sees audio HW and the next step is to find the right drivers. If the computer still doesn't see HW, not sure what to do next. "Damon" wrote in message ... Motherboard: Biostar MGTLA, 11/11/97-i440LX-2A69JB09C-00 Chipsets: North Bridge / Intel 82443LX PAC, South Bridge / Intel 82371AB PIIX4 Is that enough? -Damon "mdp" wrote: Post back with the motherboard and chipset info (both under Motherboard using Everest). "Damon" wrote in message ... Hmmm, not sure if I checked up on the INF files. And I neglected to post my system specs, which is usually the first thing I do. It is a Quantex, a company long out of business. GenuineIntel, Pentium(r) II Processor, 96 MB RAM. 9FX Reality 334 graphics card (also very old and out of business.) I gave up and cracked open my case; the sound card IS an ensoniq es1370 card, and since Everest was right about that I am assuming it was right about it being a Creative Sound Blaster PCI 128. That's all I can tell you, I'm not sure what these INF files are that you speak of. I'm clearly only semi-computer literate. Please help, and thanks. -Damon "mdp" wrote: Did you install the latest INF file(s) for your chipset per the previous poster's suggestion (or rule it out)? This is often needed for Win9x on older MBs to enable exactly what you're having problems with, detecting HW. If you're not sure what this is, post back with the computer make/model or motherboard make/model. "Damon" wrote in message ... I don't believe that Everest is wrong. I am quite sure I have the sound card that it indicates. This computer is from early 1999-2000, it is not new. We upgraded the OS from Windows 95 to 98 a long time ago. I'm quite sure there was no software included for the soundcard. Even if there was it would be irrelevant because that is what the internet is for. I have downloaded many drivers for my card off the internet. SBPCI_WebDrvsV5_12_01.exe. SBPCI128Setup_w9x.exe. SPCTAUDIOSetupus.exe. All of them either crashed or asked for missing files. I downloaded all the missing files off the internet from www.soundcard-drivers.com. Still no change. And what the hell is a 56k Speakerphone? "Franc Zabkar" wrote: On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:21:01 -0700, "Damon" put finger to keyboard and composed: When I try to add the sound card driver through Add New Hardware, I get this: "The file 'a3d.dll' on Creative Sound Blaster PCI 128 Driver Disk cannot be found." I don't *have* a driver disk. Why would I? This stuff came with the computer, and never asked for one before. Nice products, Microsoft. You *should* have received a set of discs with your new computer. These discs would have device drivers and user manuals. At the very least you should have been given a CD for your motherboard. Why don't you visually identify your soundcard? Everest may not be identifying it correctly, especially if it one of those odd sound/modem combo cards. "Damon" wrote: I've already done this. The driver I downloaded wouldn't install because it couldn't find the soundcard on my computer. The computer can't even find the damn card! It's (apparently) a Soundblaster PCI128. I've tried at least 30 different drivers in the Device Manager trying to find one that works, and none have. The driver I downloaded doesn't even show up under the Creative |
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One other note. Games often require what's called "legacy support". You
have a help file from your download called SBP64L.HLP located in: ES1370_pci\WIN95DRV which addresses games. I pulled some text but you might want to browse through the help file some more. You can probably get to all the help files by clicking on one of your sound apps listed under Control Panel. I opened it by double-clicking directly on the file (I'm not running Win98). Good luck. ------------------------------------------------------- The Sound Blaster PCI64 card is compatible with popular audio standards in the market. Games that support the following sound modes will operate on the Sound Blaster PCI64 card: AudioPCI, DirectX, Ensoniq Soundscape, SoundBlaster Pro, and MPU401/Roland (Sound Canvas/General MIDI or MT32/LAPC-1). Three Operating Modes You will use one of these modes when using the Sound Blaster PCI64 card in Windows 95/98: 1 Windows 95/98 Mode 2 Windows 95/98 MS-DOS Prompt 3 Windows 95/98 MS-DOS Mode Windows 95/98 Mode Windows 95/98 Mode is the native mode of the Sound Blaster PCI64 card. Games that indicate that they are for Windows 95/98 use this mode. In general, the only thing required to play a game under Windows 95/98 is to install the game. Some Windows 95/98 games will use DirectX. Sound Blaster PCI64 is fully compatible with DirectX. Windows 95/98 MS-DOS Prompt The majority of games currently out in the market are designed for MS-DOS only. The Sound Blaster PCI64 card fully supports MS-DOS games. The recommended method for playing MS-DOS games is to open an MS-DOS virtual machine (also known as MS-DOS Prompt or MS-DOS Box), and then to install and run the MS-DOS game. The icon, MS-DOS Prompt, should appear in the Start Menu under Programs. This will give you an MS-DOS Prompt. The Sound Blaster PCI64 Legacy Device must be enabled in order for MS-DOS Prompt games to function. Windows 95/98 MS-DOS Mode There could be times when you may not be able or do not want to run a game in an MS-DOS prompt. The game may be incompatible with Windows 95/98, or you may not have enough system resources to play the game with Windows 95/98 loaded. When this happens, you can use a mechanism called MS-DOS Mode, which loads only the real-mode portions of the operating system. Copyright © 1998 Creative Technology Ltd. "Damon" wrote in message ... What do you know, I have sound! The first link you sent me didn't work, just sent me to the homepage of that File site, where I searched for the drivers but couldn't find one with the same address as the ones you linked me too, so I just downloaded the 23 MB one, extracted it, picked a file, opened it, ran setup. It installed the drivers for a PCI64, not 128, but it's working just fine. (were there 128 ones in that file as well? or just the 64 because they matched my chipset?) I can't get sound to work in my games yet, but games can wait (music is more important in college). Sound was working before the program had even finished installing, as it made exclamation noises, but when it prompted me to restart and I agreed, there was a system error and the program crashed, however the computer restarted and everything appears to be in working order... i'm just a little worried about having PCI 64 drivers installed when i'm not sure if that's the card i have. i'm afraid if i tried anything else though, i would damage something, and ruin this sense of relief. Thank you immeasurably for all your help, but hang around just in case, Damon "mdp" wrote: Here's another one. It has the file a3d.dll that you mentioned previously. This download is a lot larger (23MB) than the other file I pointed you to because it has Win95, NT, and other programs all compressed into a .rar file. Your unzip program should be able to decompress it by double-clicking on it. ftp://ftp.320-8080.ru/pub/driver/sou...ES1370_pci.rar What I'm searching on are drivers for your chipset, ES1370. That's the key. "mdp" wrote in message ... It is now detecting HW - problem one solved. You are close. All you need now are the right drivers. I'll see what I can find. In the meantime, Google is your friend. "Damon" wrote in message ... Okay, booting in save mode, went into Device Manager, deleted all the bogus/phantom Audio entries and rebooted in normal. Windows detected new Audio PCI hardware and attempted to install it. However, when it asks for the driver, I am stumped. I don't have a driver CD and only one of the drivers I've installed has created a folder. I pointed the install program to that folder but it couldn't find what it was looking for. Perhaps I have the wrong driver? I don't see how I could. Specifically "a3d.dll" or something... not sure what that is. So I cancelled and went to reinstall one of the drivers, and as it was installing, the Windows audio PCI detection window came up again and prompted me to point it to the right driver. Again, I had nothing to point it to. I finished installing the driver and it appeared to have no difference at all. If you know of the specific driver and the specific way I am suppose to install it, that would be helpful. I'm so close, I can feel it... Thanks, Damon "mdp" wrote: Right click on My Computer. Select Properties. "Damon" wrote in message ... Alright, got into safe mode. However... There is no "device manager" that you speak of, unless you are talking about "add new hardware", which doesn't work in safe mode, or "add/remove programs", which has nothing in it worth deleting. Sorry to hang up on something so obvious, but I have no idea what you are talking about. I do know what a device manager is but there just doesn't seem to be one on here. "mdp" wrote: During boot, just before the Windows splash screen displays, press the F8 key and you will get a menu of options (during boot you can tap the F8 key to help 'get it' at the right time). Select Safe Mode which will then resume booting. Then go into Device Manager and delete (maybe it's called remove) everything under Sound. Reboot. "Damon" wrote in message ... F8? Safe Mode? What? I am given the option to "hit DELETE to enter setup" during booting, but there is nothing in there that I recognize. I know what you are talking about, but only for our other computer at home. Please elaborate? "mdp" wrote: Somethings wrong with my ISP. I read your response but can only reply to this one. Boot into Safe Mode (press F8 while booting, select Safe Mode). Go into Device Manager and delete everything under Sound. Reboot. If the computer begins to ask for audio drivers - this would be a success. If you have some, point it to the right folder otherwise cancel your way through and you'll see the yellow exclamation marks under Device Manager. Your computer now sees audio HW and the next step is to find the right drivers. If the computer still doesn't see HW, not sure what to do next. "Damon" wrote in message ... Motherboard: Biostar MGTLA, 11/11/97-i440LX-2A69JB09C-00 Chipsets: North Bridge / Intel 82443LX PAC, South Bridge / Intel 82371AB PIIX4 Is that enough? -Damon "mdp" wrote: Post back with the motherboard and chipset info (both under Motherboard using Everest). "Damon" wrote in message ... Hmmm, not sure if I checked up on the INF files. And I neglected to post my system specs, which is usually the first thing I do. It is a Quantex, a company long out of business. GenuineIntel, Pentium(r) II Processor, 96 MB RAM. 9FX Reality 334 graphics card (also very old and out of business.) I gave up and cracked open my case; the sound card IS an ensoniq es1370 card, and since Everest was right about that I am assuming it was right about it being a Creative Sound Blaster PCI 128. That's all I can tell you, I'm not sure what these INF files are that you speak of. I'm clearly only semi-computer literate. Please help, and thanks. -Damon "mdp" wrote: Did you install the latest INF file(s) for your chipset per the previous poster's suggestion (or rule it out)? This is often needed for Win9x on older MBs to enable exactly what you're having problems with, detecting HW. If you're not sure what this is, post back with the computer make/model or motherboard make/model. "Damon" wrote in message ... I don't believe that Everest is wrong. I am quite sure I have the sound card that it indicates. This computer is from early 1999-2000, it is not new. We upgraded the OS from Windows 95 to 98 a long time ago. I'm quite sure there was no software included for the soundcard. Even if there was it would be irrelevant because that is what the internet is for. I have downloaded many drivers for my card off the internet. SBPCI_WebDrvsV5_12_01.exe. SBPCI128Setup_w9x.exe. SPCTAUDIOSetupus.exe. All of them either crashed or asked for missing files. I downloaded all the missing files off the internet from www.soundcard-drivers.com. Still no change. And what the hell is a 56k Speakerphone? "Franc Zabkar" wrote: On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:21:01 -0700, "Damon" put finger to keyboard and composed: When I try to add the sound card driver through Add New Hardware, I get this: "The file 'a3d.dll' on Creative Sound Blaster PCI 128 Driver Disk cannot be found." I don't *have* a driver disk. Why would I? This stuff came with the computer, and never asked for one before. Nice products, Microsoft. You *should* have received a set of discs with your new computer. These discs would have device drivers and user manuals. At the very least you should have been given a CD for your motherboard. Why don't you visually identify your soundcard? Everest may not be identifying it correctly, especially if it one of those odd sound/modem combo cards. "Damon" wrote: I've already done this. The driver I downloaded wouldn't install because it couldn't find the soundcard on my computer. The computer can't even find the damn card! It's (apparently) a Soundblaster PCI128. I've tried at least 30 different drivers in the Device Manager trying to find one that works, and none have. The driver I downloaded doesn't even show up under the Creative |
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