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Sound blaster card selection help

Started by os2monkey, 2012.03.24, 01:03:22

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os2monkey

Well I had ordered a used sound blaster live 5.1 card on ebay which I was hoping to make work with ECS and specifically virtual pc.
But unfortunately apparently I got a dell OEM version that doesn't seem detectable on a windows PC never mind ECS.
(reports card not found using the ECS sound blaster live drivers).

So anyways i'm looking now to get another card, and this time want to make sure I avoid any OEM entanglements -
So i'm thinking of getting one obviously in a retail box.

I noticed that when picking which driver to install via the multimedia setup wizard that SB 16 plug and play specifically listed working with audio in virtualpc.

So anyways I was thinking since I would rather not mess around further this might be the safest bet?:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/CREATIVE-Sound-Blaster-16-PCI-Sound-Card-new-other-/280847853144?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4163d62658

It's older but will it work out of the box with the SB 16 drivers and virtual pc? Honestly I don't care that much if the sound is amazing, just that it works on a basic level.

Or I could get either audigy or SB live, with a retail box.

So just wondering what you guys would recommend.



Pete

Hi David

If it is of any help there is a website mentioning various SB cards and the drivers that users report as working with the card here http://www.os2usr.org/os2sound.html


Regards

Pete

os2monkey

#2
Thanks Pete,
That was a helpful link.
This is also a good resource if anyone else is looking:
http://www.os2world.com/soundcards/index.html

Ended up getting a Soundblaster 512 with the EMU10K1 chipset, which is on both of the charts.
Hopefully it does work for me. I'll just have to forget about it if it doesn't since i'm wasting a bit too much time & money on it  ;D
Need to get the technology acquisition disorder under control again.


os2monkey

Just thought I would follow up in case anyone else is looking for a sound card that works with VPC, that the Soundblaster 512 with the EMU10K1 chipset works perfectly for me - I just had to load the multimedia control panel and remove the previous sound settings, and reinstall with
the sound blaster live drivers - and now VPC has sound.

Just make sure you don't buy an OEM branded soundblaster card (Dell, etc).

RobertM

#4
Good tips. Most IBM branded SB solutions will work, though i think those were limited to ancient SB16 and earlier cards (really ancient, as in with all the resource jumpers and one or more ports for the proprietary Creative and/or Sony CD-ROMs).

A variety of non Soundblaster cards that fully (entirely in hardware) emulate a SB16 at the "normal" port and IRQ addresses also often work - but it can be a PITA to figure out which cards those are, and sadly, my memory is very hazy in that area - though I do know I've gotten a couple to work both with VPC and with old DOS stuff that looked for a "true" Soundblaster 16.

Of such cards, better luck can be found in the more ancient cards before such support was partially or fully offloaded to the drivers and CPU. I *think* that a properly set up mWave 2780 will also do this, but it has been a while... and other than embedded in various Thinkpads and non-Intel systems, I doubt many people ever even saw the add-on card for desktops.


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