Creative Sound Blaster Live!, Getting Started

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Checking System
Requirements
For Creative software, your cards require at
least:
❑
Intel Pentium
®
class 133 MHz or
equivalent processor
❑
Windows 95, 98 or Windows NT 4.0
❑
16 MB RAM for Windows 95/98
(32 MB RAM recommended),
32 MB RAM for Windows NT 4.0
❑
72 MB of free hard disk space
for Windows 95/98;
55 MB for Windows NT 4.0
❑
1 free PCI bus slot for the main card and 1
free bracket for the Audio Extension card
❑
Powered speakers or external amplifier
(recommended: Cambridge SoundWorks
speakers)
Bundled software may require an optimum
system configuration in excess of the above.
Refer to their individual online documentation
or specifications on the outer box for details.
Before You Begin
The README file on the installation
CD-ROM contains information and changes
not available at the time of printing. Read the
file before you continue. The following
sections are also recommended:
❑
Using This Guide
❑
Getting More Information
❑
Document Conventions
Using This Guide
Chapter 1 shows you how to install the audio
cards into your computer. Chapters 2 and 3
discuss the installation procedures of the
audio software in Windows 95/98 and
Windows NT 4.0 respectively.
For information on installation and
troubleshooting, see the appendices.
Getting More Information
See the online User’s Guide for MIDI
specifications and connector pin assignments,
as well as instructions on using the various
applications in your audio package.
Document Conventions
This guide uses the following conventions to
help you locate and identify the information
you need:
Table i: Text conventions.
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.