MediaForte SF256-PCP, User Manual

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Why are some of the Windows Multimedia Components
(i.e. Media Player) are missing?
If you install the SF256-PCP PCI sound card after Windows 9x is
installed, Windows will not install the sound utilities that you
would expect to find. Features such as the Audio CODEC, the
Media Player, and the Microsoft Mixer may not be present. This
may cause your sound card not to function properly, even when
the drivers are installed. If this is the case, these applications must
be installed onto the system from the Windows 9x installation CD.
I have bought the sound card with Yamaha software
Wavetable synthesizer in the package. But I can not
install Yamaha Wavetable synthesizer in my computer.
You need to install SF256-PCP PCI sound card driver first before
you install Yamaha SoftSynthesizer. Refer Chapter 3 to install
SF256-PCP PCI Sound card driver in Windows 9x or Chapter 4 in
Windows NT4.0. Refer Chapter 5 Installing Yamaha
Softsynthesizer Application to install the Yamaha Wavetable. The
Yamaha 256 SoftSynthesizer for Windows NT is currently not
available yet.
Yamaha soft-synthesizer or Games performance
is slow or there are intermediate pauses.
There is insufficient memory to run Yamaha soft-synthesizer or
some game. Increase memory if you encounter system slow down
when you run games or Yamaha soft-synthesizer. Since the sound
card is HSP (host-based processing), it requires enough memory to
allocate the wavetable samples bank. It is recommended to run the
application in a 32MB RAM system. If you still experience games
performance degrading, turn off the Yamaha driver.
B-9 FAQ and Trouble-Shooting