B-6 SB Emulation in MS-DOS/ Windows 95/98
Determining
Resources
To find the current SB Live! SB16 Emulation resources in Windows 95/98:
1.
Click Start -> Settings -> Control Panel.
2.
In the Control Panel window, double-click the System icon.
3.
In the System Properties dialog box, click the Device Manager tab.
4.
Double-click Creative Miscellaneous Devices, and then double-click Creative SB Live!
SB16 Emulation.
5.
Click the Resources tab.
You can use the information in the resource list to help you configure MS-DOS games for use
with the SB Live! card.
The resource list may show three entries of “Input/Output Range” and two entries of “Direct
Memory Access”. They correspond to the sequence of entries in Table B-1 and Table B-3. If the
number of entries do not match, a good estimate of the identity of the device is its I/O address or
DMA channel.
To find the current SB Live! SB16 Emulation resources in MS-DOS mode:
1.
Switch to your SB Live! DOS driver directory, that is:
C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\SBLIVE\DOSDRV
2.
Type SBECFG and then press <Enter>.
Some older games may have difficulty detecting the SB Live! card at certain resource settings.
Typically, these games expect the card to be at a fixed set of resources and would fail to load if
those resources are not detected. If you have older MS-DOS games that do not work properly,
try changing the SB Live! SB16 Emulation configuration. Use the following as a guide:
Problem: Sound Blaster emulation is not recognized.
Solution: Try switching the SB Emulation IRQ between 5 and 7, use DMA channel 1, use SB
interface port 220.
Problem: The MPU-401emulation is not recognized.
Solution: Try using Port address 330.
The MS-DOS driver
SBEINIT.COM must be running
for SBECFG.EXE to work
properly
.
