Soundblaster tech support... Help!

Youghford · Post by **Youghford** » Fri Mar 01, 2002 9:35 pm

I have a Soundblaster Live 5.1... I was trying to play an old "King's Quest" game, but in the setup it kept telling me it could detect no soundblaster card, even though the live card comes with soundblaster 16 emulation... Does anybody have any suggestions on how to fix it? I have already tried checking the address of the card.

fable · Post by **fable** » Fri Mar 01, 2002 10:23 pm

I'm going to move this over to the Tech Support category, where (hopefully) somebody can help you.

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Fri Mar 01, 2002 11:15 pm

How old a version of King's Quest do you have? Is it for DOS or Windows? If it is for DOS, the setup may not detect the Soundblaster16 emulator because the emulator drivers are for Windows, while the hardware shows a Soundblaster 5.1 card.

Youghford · Post by **Youghford** » Sat Mar 02, 2002 12:29 pm

First of all, thanks Fable! Didn't see that category... Also, it would be King's Quest 5, which is for windows. I think the problem may be with the sb16 emulation, which probably isn't of the best quality. Maybe I'll just buy a 486, it can't be more then 75 dollars for a system of that age...

Quark · Post by **Quark** » Wed Mar 06, 2002 9:28 am

Can you set the confiquration manually?

Check the IRQ and DMA of the Sound Blaster 16 emulation and try to force those two in the setup program.

Also, KQ5 is a midi game, do you have midi enabled?

That's all I can think about right now ...

Youghford · Post by **Youghford** » Wed Mar 06, 2002 3:23 pm

I do have midi on, but I haven't tried stuffing the addresses down setup's throat yet. Maybe that will work...

Moleman · Post by **Moleman** » Sat Mar 16, 2002 1:44 pm

OT

@Youghford I see you are from the Land of the Mole-People. That sounds really great! I definetily have to come there for a visit some day! Can you give me directions, how do I find there?!?

Back to the topic; what OS are you running (95/98/ME/2k/XP)?

Demis · Post by **Demis** » Sat Mar 16, 2002 9:02 pm

SB 16 emulator does not load in either win2k and winME as far as i know and i definetely doubt it on Win XP.

Youghford · Post by **Youghford** » Sun Mar 17, 2002 10:36 am

98, but it's moot point now. It's strange but yesterday I popped in the kq5 cd just for kicks, and it worked! I suppose I must have done SOMEthing, but I have no clue as to what it was.

Youghford · Post by **Youghford** » Sun Mar 17, 2002 10:38 am

As to Mr. Moleman person, that would classicaly be the New York subway system, on a track 2 miles south of Grand Central Station.

Moleman · Post by **Moleman** » Sun Mar 17, 2002 2:42 pm

Originally posted by Youghford
As to Mr. Moleman person, that would classicaly be the New York subway system, on a track 2 miles south of Grand Central Station.

Thank you dear Mr. Youghford. That is where I'm heading then. Tataa...

Youghford · Post by **Youghford** » Thu Mar 21, 2002 9:59 pm

Don't drink the water! Take it from one who knows, it's not as clean as it looks...

Moleman · Post by **Moleman** » Thu Mar 21, 2002 11:11 pm

???

Ehh... I won't. Thanks for the tip...

Youghford · Post by **Youghford** » Fri Mar 22, 2002 2:25 pm

And considering how the water looks, that's saying something...

Moleman · Post by **Moleman** » Fri Mar 22, 2002 3:20 pm

That bad, eh?

Youghford · Post by **Youghford** » Sun Mar 24, 2002 11:22 am

Oh yes. The mental trauma forbade me from eating or drinking anything brown for weeks! Yes I know, that's rather gross...