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- From: wsaker01@starbase.spd.louisville.edu (Willard S. Akers)
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- Subject: Re: 486 too fast for Sound Blaster Pro?
- Message-ID: <wsaker01.727987451@starbase.spd.louisville.edu>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 18:44:11 GMT
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- In <mortenk.182.727557040@dhhalden.no> mortenk@dhhalden.no (MORTEN KNUDSEN) writes:
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- >>I have not been able to get my Sound Blaster Pro to work in my Gateway
- >>486DX2/66. The TEST-SBP program works correctly and the card IS
- >>configured correctly, but it keeps playing bits and pieces of sound
- >>after applications exit. It also starts playing random sounds and noise
- >>both during and after the use of a program containing sound.
- >>
- >>I called Creative Labs (yes, it took a long time to get through!) and
- >>they said that the bus speed of the 486 is too fast for the SB Pro
- >>which causes the card to not be reset properly. They also said that
- >>they are working on a software fix that should be available in a couple
- >>of weeks.
-
- I had a problem with a SBPRO and a 486/33. It kept causing the system to
- crash. We set the jumpers to share the IRQ lines and it works ok now. knock
- on wood...
-
- Byron
-