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6 About Your Creative Sound Blaster PCI Compact Card

To Install Audio Drivers

For Version (4.00.950/A)

1. In the audio card’s New Hardware Found dialog box, select the Driver From Disk 

Provided By Hardware Manufacturer option and click the OK button.

2. Insert the installation CD into the CD-ROM drive.

3. In the Install From Disk dialog box, type D:\AUDIO\Language\DRIVERS\WIN9XDRV 

(where D: represents your CD-ROM drive and Language represents the language of the software 
that you want to install) 
and click the OK button.

4. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the audio driver installation. 

For Version 4.00.950B/C 

1. Insert the installation CD into the CD-ROM drive.

2. In the Update Device Driver Wizard dialog box, click the Next button.

3. Click the Other Locations option.

4. Type the path or click the Browse button to select the path of the drivers’ location (that is, 

D:\AUDIO\Language\DRIVERS\WIN9XDRV, where D: represents your CD-ROM drive and 
Language represents the language of the software that you want to install) 
and click the OK button.

5. Click the Finish button.

If the system prompts you for the installation CD again, click the OK button and repeat from 
Step 4.
The audio drivers are copied to your system.

For Windows 98/ME

1. Insert the Creative Sound Blaster PCI Compact installation CD and click the Next button.

2. Select the Search For The Best Driver For Your Device (Recommended) option and click 

the Next button.

Summary of Contents for Sound Blaster

Page 1: ... Blaster PCI Compact audio card With its high PCI bus speed and high quality audio performance Creative Sound Blaster PCI Compact is the ideal choice for your computer Featuring 128 voice wave table synthesis with high sample rate convertors Creative Sound Blaster PCI Compact ensures a high level of audio quality and performance In addition Creative Sound Blaster PCI Compact supports localized thr...

Page 2: ...s 90MHz or 166MHz recommended computer with a free PCI slot for Windows NT 4 0 and Windows 95 Pentium 166MHz and above computer with a free PCI slot for Windows 2000 and Millennium Edition ME 16 MB RAM for Windows NT 4 0 and Windows 95 98 ME 32 RAM recommended 64 MB RAM for Windows 2000 Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 or Windows 95 98 ME Passive or amplified speakers Cambridge SoundWorks speakers reco...

Page 3: ...To find your Windows version number 1 Switch on your computer 2 Click the Start button point to Settings and then click Control Panel Text In Represents bold Text that must be entered exactly as it appears italic Title of a book or a placeholder which represents the information you must provide UPPERCASE Directory name file name or acronym Symbols letters and key names on the keyboard The notepad ...

Page 4: ...ts external devices such as cassette DAT or Minidisc player for playback and recording Line Out or SPDIF Out jack Green Lime Connects powered speakers or digital devices Refer to the online Help for the SPDIF Out mode selection Microphone In jack Red Pink Connects an external microphone for voice input CD Audio connector Connects a CD ROM drive using an MPC 3 CD audio cable Telephone Answering Dev...

Page 5: ...he outside of the computer Ensure that the bus connector has been pressed in as far as it will go and is sitting firmly inside the expansion slot 6 Plug the CD ROM audio cable into the CD Audio connector and plug the speakers into the Line Out SPDIF Out jack see Figure 1 Make any other internal connections applicable for your computer including modem or video card connections 7 Replace the compute...

Page 6: ...00 950B C 1 Insert the installation CD into the CD ROM drive 2 In the Update Device Driver Wizard dialog box click the Next button 3 Click the Other Locations option 4 Type the path or click the Browse button to select the path of the drivers location that is D AUDIO Language DRIVERS WIN9XDRV where D represents your CD ROM drive and Language represents the language of the software that you want to...

Page 7: ...tart your system when prompted To Install Software 1 Make sure that the installation CD is in your CD ROM drive Double click the My Computer icon on your Windows Desktop then double click on your CD ROM drive icon 2 The Creative Sound Blaster PCI Compact installation screen appears Click the OK button 3 Follow the instructions on screen to complete the installation 4 Restart your system when promp...

Page 8: ...lation To Uninstall Creative Sound Blaster PCI Compact Windows NT 4 0 1 Click Start Settings Control Panel 2 Double click the Multimedia icon 3 From the Audio Devices tabbed page select any existing audio devices and then click Remove Click Yes when prompted to remove the driver 4 Close the Multimedia Properties window and restart your computer Windows 2000 1 Click Start Settings Control Panel 2 I...

Page 9: ...ct card The drivers of the removed audio card cannot locate the card To solve this problem 1 Log on to your computer as Administrator 2 Click Start Settings Control Panel 3 Double click the Multimedia icon and then click the Devices tab 4 In the list under these entries Audio Devices MIDI Devices And Instruments remove all items except Audio for Creative Sound Blaster PCI Compact MIDI for Creative...

Page 10: ...chnology Support for Microsoft DirectSound and DirectSound3D audio technology in two speaker mode Multi Algorithm reverb and chorus Memory Subsystem Utilizes system RAM for wave table samples User configurable for 2MB 4MB or 8MB On Board Connectors Line In Microphone In Line Out SPDIF Out Telephone Answering Device In Out CD Audio In TV Tuner Works With The Following Standards General MIDI Plug an...

Page 11: ...pact Card 11 Creative Mixer 6 Channel Mixer control for access to CD TV Tuner Microphone Line Music Synthesizer and Digital Audio Spatial audio 3D control for Digital Audio and Music Synthesizer Reverb and Chorus control for Music Synthesizer ...

Page 12: ...gust 2000 Sound Blaster and Blaster are registered trademarks and the Sound Blaster Live logo the Sound Blaster PCI logo Environmental Audio Creative Multi Speaker Surround are trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd in the United States and or other countries Microsoft MS DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation All other products are trademarks or registered trademarks of...

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