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- COMMON QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
- ==========================
-
- This file contains answers to some commonly-asked questions. Please
- go through all the sections below when you encounter a problem before
- calling Technical Support.
-
- This file contains the following sections:
-
- 1. Installing Windows 3.1 Drivers for Sound Blaster Pro
- 1.1 Setup Windows 3.1 Drivers Again
- 1.2 Using DRIVER applet in Control Panel (OEMSETUP.INF)
- 1.3 General
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- 2. DOS drivers
- 2.1 Bypass loading of DOS drivers
-
- 3. General
- 3.1 Eliminating Unwanted Noises
- 3.2 Audio Sources Setting
- 3.3 Playback Digitized Sound Smoothly
- 3.4 Error message appears when WINSETUP.EXE runs
-
-
- 1. INSTALLING WINDOWS 3.1 DRIVERS FOR SOUND BLASTER PRO
-
- 1.1 SETUP WINDOWS 3.1 DRIVERS AGAIN
-
- Q1. How can I setup my Windows 3.1 drivers again?
-
- A1. You may setup Windows 3.1 drivers again by running INSTALL from
- your Sound Blaster directory at the DOS prompt. Select "Setup
- Windows" and follow the instructions on the screen to complete
- the setup.
-
-
- 1.2 USING DRIVER APPLET IN CONTROL PANEL (OEMSETUP.INF)
-
- Q1. My drivers are not installed when I use the driver applet in
- Control Panel to add the drivers. What do I do?
-
- A1. Before you choose to add any Sound Blaster Pro drivers, you
- should first remove all the existing Sound Blaster drivers
- shown in the "Installed Drivers List" and then restart Windows.
- Chances are existing versions of Sound Blaster drivers are
- installed when you start-up Windows and cannot be over-written.
- You must also restart Windows after adding all the drivers for
- these new drivers to take effect. Refer to your Windows User
- Reference Manual for more detail on the Driver applet.
-
-
- 1.3 GENERAL
-
- Q1. No matter what I try, I can't get sound in Windows. What
- should I do to fix it?
-
- A1. Here are some points you can check:
-
- a. If you installed Windows 3.1 using the "Express Installation",
- Windows scanned your hard disk for programs to be installed.
- As a result, older versions of the Sound Blaster applications
- may have been installed if they were on your hard disk at the
- time of installation. Please remove these icons. To do this,
- click on the icon once to select it, then press the delete key.
- Windows will ask you for confirmation. Repeat the above
- procedure for each icon.
-
- b. Open the Driver applet in Control panel. You should at least
- have the following driver names in the Installed Drivers list:
-
- Voyetra / Sound Blaster SuperSAPI FM Driver
- Creative Sound Blaster Pro Auxiliary Audio
- Creative Sound Blaster Pro Wave and MIDI
- MIDI Mapper
- Timer
- [MCI] CD Audio ;this is only for owners of CD-ROM drives
- [MCI] MIDI Sequencer
- [MCI] Sound
-
- If one or more of the drivers do not exist, you must install the
- driver(s) using the Driver applet in Control Panel (See your
- Windows manual for more details).
-
- c. Check your SYSTEM.INI by choosing RUN from the File menu of the
- Program Manager and typing NOTEPAD SYSTEM.INI in the command
- line box. Examine the [drivers] and [sndblst.drv] sections.
- They should look something like this:
-
- [drivers]
- Timer=timer.drv
- Midimapper=midimap.drv
- Aux=sbpaux.drv
- MIDI=sbp2fm.drv
- Wave=sbpsnd.drv
- MIDI1=sbpsnd.drv
-
- [sndblst.drv]
- port=220
- int=5
- dmachannel=1
-
- d. If Windows refuses to install a device driver or if you get the
- error message "Device not found" when playing a Wave or MIDI
- file, or a CD, be sure that you have the following settings in
- the [mci] section of SYSTEM.INI.
-
- [mci]
- WaveAudio=mciwave.drv
- Sequencer=mciseq.drv
- CDAudio=mcicda.drv; this is only for owners of CD-ROM drives
-
- If one or more of the drivers do not exist, you must install the
- driver(s) using the Driver applet in Control Panel (See your
- Windows manual for instructions). Do not type in the entries
- into the SYSTEM.INI because the files have to be expanded and
- installed into your SYSTEM directory by Windows.
-
-
- 2. DOS DRIVERS
-
- 2.1 BYPASS LOADING OF DOS DRIVERS
-
- Q1. I do not want to load the DOS drivers at system startup. What
- should I do?
-
- A1. To bypass the loading of the DOS drivers CTMMSYS.SYS and
- CTSBPRO.SYS, press the ALT key during system starts up until
- the driver prompts you for confirmation.
-
-
- 3. GENERAL
-
- 3.1 ELIMINATING UNWANTED NOISES
-
- Q1. When I record in either Windows or DOS, it hisses a lot. What
- can I do?
-
- A1. Using the mixer, adjust the recording volume for your input
- source to the optimal level. Bringing the record level close
- to maximum will help to produce noise-free recordings. Also,
- set the record level for other input sources to zero. This
- ensures that the only recording is from sources that you want
- to record.
-
- 3.2 AUDIO SOURCE SETTINGS
-
- Q1. I can't hear anything from the speakers, but when I run the
- diagnostic program, it sounds okay. What do I do?
-
- A1. Check the mixer settings for the various sources. Use the
- programs SBPSET.EXE in DOS or CTMIXER.EXE in Windows to adjust
- the settings to a higher level.
-
-
- 3.3 ELIMINATING JERKY DIGITIZED SOUND PLAYBACK
-
- Q1. The playback sounds jerky. Is my card defective ?
-
- A1. If you are in Windows, this may be due to your choice of
- Windows swap file. Temporary swap file tends to be fragmented
- causing jerky playback. If possible, use a permanent swap file
- to eliminate this problem. Refer to your Windows manual for
- instructions on creating a permanent swap file.
-
- Loading a disk cache program such as SMARTDRV will also
- eliminate this problem. To load SMARTDRV, refer to your DOS or
- Windows manual for instructions.
-
-
- 3.4 ERROR MESSAGE APPEARS WHEN WINSETUP.EXE RUNS
-
- Q1. When I start Windows and WINSETUP runs, it gives me a dialog
- box saying it can't find the environment.
-
- A1. The BLASTER environment is not set or is incorrectly set. This
- program requires that your BLASTER environment is set correctly
- and tallies with your Sound Blaster Pro card. You can type
- "SET" at DOS prompt to check the environment settings. For
- more details on the BLASTER environment, refer to your Getting
- Started manual.
-
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