Nice to see someone encoding their capture-only videos in a 4:3 aspect ratio instead of upscaling and letterboxing to 16:9 - it actually fills up my entire CRT monitor that I'm watching on!
A fun little tip I learned years ago, when restarting Windows 98 hold down the shift key and it will only restart Windows instead of rebooting the entire computer, so it takes far less time. Thanks for the video, I still have my original SoundBlaster Live! and these drivers will really come in handy in the future.
@@JohnSmith-iu8cj All fun and games for sure. But how do you use internet? Most modern sites doesn't work on Windows 98 browsers, right? Sorry if it's a dumb question.
@@persona83 I think that people need to create new web pages in the 90's style so that they work. I hate what the world has become, and I am rejecting as much of it as I can and trying to go back.
I actually JUST used your package over the weekend on a friend's retro PC! Worked out great with an SB0220 model, SB16 Emu and General MIDI working in DOS. Absolute blessing after struggling with my own Live cards last year.
That answers my question. There used to be big warnings all over Vogons and similar sites that the SB 0220 drivers were unobtanium, so the cards were next to useless to us. Apparently that's no longer true.
...and finding out it’s useful and relevant information (I actually have a PC with Win98 and SB Live! and will definitely be trying this driver trick). It’s like we are in some alternate history where Microsoft didn’t bother making other Windows versions after 98SE :D
@@SpenderD There was Windows update that broke X-Fi support, but Creative released updated drivers few years ago. My X-Fi is working really well in Win 10. Also X-Fi has great support for ASIO that works super stable with 2ms latency and can work with 1ms too with a really rare sound cracking. Also SB X-Fi sound is superior to every integrated audio I've heard. Of course if you're using analog output.
@@Leeki85 yeah but for me i mean not a software problem but hardware. The x fi is not recognized but she was ok last time i use it in other pc. Maybe the motherboard idk 😔
Good ol' Soundblaster Live card, I got one running in my main home PC with windows 10 running and Kx Drivers.... Still sounds better than every modern on-board audio I've ever heard, also less latency than the USB sound card I got too. Also, Kx comes with DSP programming and manipulation goodness ;)
Same. Using a SoundBlaster Audigy 2ZS using the kX drivers for audio broadcasting... still haven't found anything quite as versatile and good sounding for any reasonable price. I went as far as buying a PCI to PCI-Express converter since newer motherboards no longer have PCI ports.
Thanks so much for this video. I hadn't realized how long the second installation could take and thought my installation had halted the first time I tried. I've used this system successfully both SB0060 and SB0200 cards.
Hi Phil, Many many thanks. Bought a SB Live PCI SB0100 off Ebay, followed the guide and now have fully working with DOS emulation on Windows 98SE. Blake Stone sounds soooo good!!
I'm building a Windows 98 retro gaming pc, and I had one of these old sound cards. This tutorial helped a bunch!!! Thanks for making this and providing the files. My uncle found this video for me as well
Now I just need a time machine to get this video and show my past self 6 years ago when I spent a week fighting SB Live to properly work (I won at the end, but later shifted to Audigy 2 ZS as I got it dirt cheap)... IIRC what helped me was actually some vogons discussions mwhere you may have posted.... so thank you from my past self ;-).
Another great vid Phil! I've acquired probably a dozen different Live! cards over the years (including a pre-release review version Creative Labs HQ in Singapore sent me to review in the late 90s when I ran a website dedicated to the SB AWE series of cards.) Finding the right drivers for any Live! model was ALWAYS a challenge. Great work putting this together!
Thank you for all that you do, Phil. I am researching Live! drivers for my W98 build. I sent you a message about the TBPlus package, as I think that it may be a great thing for the retro community, along with rloew's other patches.
Damn, I'm spending way to much rebuying parts to rebuild the pc I had or wanted to have, but it is fun doing so, so thanks for the great channel and inspiring videos. It's good to have a hobby nowadays ;)
I'm just happy everything from my Compaq Armada 7770DMT laptop doesn't need extra drivers, everything works out of the box after installation of windows 98se or ME or Xp
I'm happy to report I followed these instructions and got my SB love working and it's model number is CT4780. Thanks for all the great info and resources Phil.
The VXD drivers + SB16 Emulation I found are the best combo for Win98 if you are using a SB Live 5.1 (SB0060 or SB0100). The SB16 Emulation resources can be set manually in Windows 98, if you uncheckmark 'Use automatic Settings'. On modern motherboards, try to disable USB before setting IRQ 5, Port 220, and DMA 1. These are best for compatibility. Even though Windows 98 reported that 'PCI-to-PCI bridge' was already using IRQ 5, it reports a conflict, however, DOS games within 98 seem to work OK with IRQ5! Another tip, if you are playing Sierra games in a Windows 98 DOS window, you may notice the digital speech breaks or is out-of-sync. Setting the Audio buffer to 8K in the RESOURCE.CFG file seems to overcome this issue, especially on faster more modern motherboards.
I'm gladly surprised nobody's complaining about the video resolution, it shows everybody's watching this the way it should be, i.e. on a proper display! Really, watching tech videos on a phone is a really shabby experience, why do people do that... And btw I do like watching a 1280*1024 Win 98 desktop from time to time just because it's something I would have drooled over back then. I had a not that great CRT back then and that was too much for it. Not out of range, but looked so blurry it was just not an option.
Thanks Phil, I have an OEM live that I’m gonna try this on! I bought it before I knew about how specific the drivers were, and never could find the right ones for my card. Eventually I bought a more common model but will be fun to see if the OEM one works with these drivers.
Very interesting stuff. Those OEM SB Live cards can be a nightmare. If this works for even some of them this could be a real breakthrough. I'll definitely try this next time I mess around with one of these cards.
Funny, I had planned on finishing one of my Win98 vintage computer builds this coming weekend. It has a Audigy 2 ZS Platinum for Windows and AWE64 Gold in it for DOS.
Oh cool! I have a Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 card in one of my parts bins from an old family computer. I'm quite excited to try to get that working again in my Windows 98 retro computer now! It's just got a built in Crystal Audio chip atm.
Thanks, this makes the instalation pretty easy for me. I wanted to stream original Deus Ex on Windows 98 with period correct hardware, I installed the Live! drivers with the Audigy2 ZS files and works perfect
i like watching your videos cause I have most of this old computer stuff and some more, I wish you lived close to me I had a bunch of fun stuff you could review
Really love the channel. It's inspired me to find a use for some of my old counter parts one of which an Audigy 2 zs. The only thing I'm having a hard time trying to figure out is a agp video card that can run games at 1600x1200 that's not super expensive. Digging through my stuff I have a og Radeon 64 gig ddr but I don't think it's going to cut it. Given today's current market what would you suggest? I may just pick up that Geforce fx 5500 you suggested in one of your other videos for 35 bucks. Thanks again
It does depend a lot on the games but for 1600x1200 a GeForce 4 works well in Windows 98. Voodoo 5 would be needed for Glide games. With Radeon a 9600 type card should do the trick. This is for Windows 98. If the game runs under XP, then you have a lot more options and easier to find cards.
@@philscomputerlab thank you. I will be hunting down a 9600 pro/xt or if I'm lucky maybe a 9800 pro. After watching a lot more of your videos I do like that the 9600 doesn't require the external power connector and the maintenance is much easier. I am noticing that they're 128/256 vram flavors of those cards. For system ram you have recommended 512 megs for 98 but how about vram? Also where do you source those cheap after market coolers? Long story I used to be a slot tech back in the day and they used Ati 9700pro/9800pro video cards on some of the slot machines and we would lose those cards right about two years of service. The fan would usually lockup and the video card just died. When I finally get my hands on one I will just replace it. Need to keep that old hardware alive. Thanks again for all you do. Excellent channel.
This also brings up an issue I came across with my Audigy 2ZS Platinum in Windows ME. Since the driver support is lacking (The drive bay module isn't recognized by official old ME drivers), you need to take the official XP drivers and change the ini and inf to support ME. There was a slick program that automated it. I can't recall what it was called, this was like a decade ago I did this. I'm just putting this out there in case it helps...like maybe one or at best two other people that decide to go down that crazy road.
I had a proper X-FI card. I also had a 18" t-line subwoofer tuned to 20Hz... So what I did was to turn down the subwoofer crossover frequency down to 20Hz and crank it to max with front speakers being at 20% The bass was insanely loud below 25Hz, seriously 400W loud but reasonably quiet turning music, unless the music was with bass below 25Hz... I couldnt love it more. I lived in a small apartment and nobody came to complain. The bass was simply too low to pass concrete walls, 40-70Hz is ear rape which should be deleted from music altogether
I believe it's also possible to install a specific version of Kx open-source driver in 98se. I don't know about its EAX status but it has extensive soundfont support and editing of internal signal routing which is amazing.
Tried it with my system, AMD K6-III 450 with a SB0100 Live! card on an Asus P5A mobo. So far works much better than the retail drivers and was far easier to install, with devices showing up properly on the first try
@@philscomputerlab Hey, just wanted to add a bit more feedback since I've been messing with these drivers. EAX seems to work just fine, but some DOS games are acting weird. After making sure all IRQ, DMA, and port configs were the same across both DOS and Windows, which took a little tinkering to get just right, some games are just acting weird. Wolfenstein 3D is a good example. Playing in Windows 98se, if any other sound is going on when you shoot a gun, it just plays that sound instead of the gun actually firing sound, same goes for if your firing, any other sound effects become the same ass that. In DOS I have another problem, it will not run as there isn't enough memory now. Commander Keen has a similar problem, only the game disables the music to free up memory. Other games like Doom and Duke Nukem 3D work just fine in both Windows and DOS
I assume the driver also works for the regular Audigy 2 ZS? Because on my 2 ZS, the Digital CD input is not detected / listed when using the VXD driver. Maybe I am using the wrong driver. (From the disk)
VXD doesn't support the digital CD input via the IDE cable but should have the option for the digital header pins, may need to enable it in the mixer settings, possibly hidden or muted
@@schreiberstein I have the same problem here. Audigy 1, Windows 98SE SP3 (inofficial by creopard), VxD drivers from phils page. I don't get digital in header running for red book audio...
They work with any Live! whereas with the Live! drivers, you have to have the correct CD for the matching card. And there are many OEM cards with hard to find CDs.
Do you think the Audigy drivers would still work with the Live Drive IR attachment? I love having that little remote... Also, would you happen to know if these DOS drivers allow you to use a sound canvas/mt-32, my current SB16 emulation drivers don't seem to. Great video!
@@philscomputerlab it really just adds inputs/outputs (and gives me a remote controller!). There are a bunch of apps by creative that come with it, and they might not work with the audigy drivers. Was curious as it'd be nice to find dos drivers that support an external synth. Might try it out just to see.
Ovee the weekend I installed a Audigy 2 ZS into my 98 machine using the CD ISO on Vogons. It's installed WDM but haven't had much chance to test it yet. I don't need it for dos. If I use the Vxd drivers, most of Creative software like AudioHQ etc won't work, says a compatible card isn't found. The software works fine with WDM drivers tho. Anyone else found this?
The truth is that I am surprised, the audio with these drivers of my Sound Blaster CT4830 sounds incredible. I decided to embark on the adventure of trying new drivers, since I previously had some Sound Blaster audio drivers that worked fine. And yes, it's like they say... finding the correct drivers for a Sound Blaster is quite a hassle, since there are so many versions and so many LIVE CD's for so many models of Sound Blaster Sound Cards that it's quite an adventure to find them the right ones. Next I am going to leave Pro and Cons of the 2 drivers that I tried: Old drivers I had: Pro: They worked. Unlike Phil's drivers, the old drivers could be heard much louder. Cons: They were heard in Mono format. Phil's new drivers: Pro: They are heard in Stereo. The audio coming out of the speakers feels so professional. Cons: So far I don't have any. The only thing I can emphasize is that these drivers do not recognize my Sound Card as a CT4830 with its EMU10K1, but rather as an E800 (I don't know if that might be a problem in games in the future, for example). Sorry for the text if it is misspelled, I only speak Spanish so I used Google Translate. 😅
The entire emu10kx line was a massive pain back in the day on the Linux side... (Audigy 1 back when that was new so I did this the other way around, running an emu10k2 with emu10k1 kernel modules :P)
@@nneeerrrd Even if that's true, which I'm not sure about thinking about my Dell model SB0220, it might just be some missing connectors for stuff which most people wouldn't even use for retro gaming like that connector to the 5 1/4" drive bay extension.
@@nneeerrrd not 100% true, the Dell OEM cards with the EMU10K1X are limited but some of the OEM cards like the ct4780 have the EMU10K1 chip just like the retail versions and support EAX as well as sound fonts. The issue with these cards is there are so many versions of them and creatives download section is pretty shit. If you find a live! OEM card with the EMU10K1 then you get the same features as a retail live!
Will this also work on the Audigy 1 card? And will this have benefits over the cd on your site? I did plan to make myself an eaay soundblaster audigy lite installer but could not find a good standalone setup for the soundfont bank manager. So i am going to steal that from this live version either way ;)
Hmmm, doesn't work with my CT4830 Live card. Did it on a clean installation of Windows 98SE. The drivers are installed, but all the other software fails when I launch them. The Audio Headquarter for instance. :-(
Hey i have a question about playing DOS games with real old hardware: So i just got the very same Earth Worm Jim 1 & 2 games my dad gave me 15 years ago i remember they played fine on the win98 machine i was using (both sound effects and cd audio music). It´s a DOS game that runs on Windows aswell but still needs a sound blaster compatible audio device. I´ve got my hands on a Compaq Armada M700 which happens to have a ESS Maestro 2E (Ess 1978) which comes with a "DOS FM/Synthesizer" module to enable Sound Blaster Pro/16 compatibility. It´s working so far except for one thing: When launching the mentioned game(s) it goes into a cmd like DOS enviroment in fullscreen, then ejects the CD and asks for the CD at the same time. So when reinserting it, the game will launch, play sound effects but NO CD audio tracks. If i use the WDM drivers provided by Windows Me, the Cd won´t eject and play CD tracks fine in the game but no DOS FM/Synthesizer module and no sound effects enabled. After installing the Ess drivers not provided by Microsoft (i think they´re vxd based, but not sure what it means) and no reboot, both Sound Effects and CD Audio works in the game, no eject of the CD while launching the game. BUT after rebooting the machine, the same happens again: It Ejects the disk, after reinserting it, it launches fine but then no CD audio. I don´t know maybe i can use the Microsoft drivers and use some kind of Sound Blaster Emulation?? The machine runs a Pentium III 500Mhz and 256MB RAM, should be capable of doing so. My older Compaq Armada 7770DMT has an older ESS sound card and uses the WDM microsoft drivers aswell BUT has a "Sound Blaster compatible (WDM)" listed in device manager and in fact plays both sound effects AND CD audio just fine but the machine isn´t fast enough to run Eartworm Jim 2 in full speed (EWj1 is fine though). Armada M700 also has a "Ess Maestro2E sound blaster compatible (WDM)" driver module avaiable but no hardware for this listed in device manager but the driver can be seen if i go to "update driver" and see a list of all avaiable drivers. Do you have any idea?? I really want to play those games and also native on hardware and the Compaq Armada M700 would be excellent if the driver issue would´ve been solved. I tried many different drivers from different OEMs and different versions aswell but none of them seem to work as they should.
I remember issues with Live! drivers. You are not sure, if you have a crap version, or faulty. What do you think about SB0220? It is a really some OEM fake for Dell?
Yes, I installed one recently for a LAN session. I made it work without any issue. Download the drivers for Windows 98 here: vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=809&menustate=0
Awesome video. I have a SB PCI 128 on my retro rig (Windows ME) and while it will play Apogee Raptor with sound, it will not play sound when playing Apogee Blake Stone. Any suggestions please?
@@armorgeddon Thanks for the reply. Scenario 1; I run SETBLAST and when i test, i get the "testing testing 123", i exit, it writes the autoexec file, which adds set blaster etc. When i run the SETBLAST again, it says "error not detected", running the game and all the sound options are greyed out. Scenario 2; I run SETBLAST, test it, but DONT save. So the autoexec file has no set blaster entry. On running the game, there is still no sound, however i can select differnt sound options in game. I just find it wierd that Raptor works no problem and BSTONE is struggling. When i configure Raptor, it doesnt seem to ammend the autoexec file, but works perfectly. Even tried some of the 8MB MIDI music that Philscomputerlabs provied which make it sound so so good. Thanks again.
Got to work but not onthe SB PCI 128. Just bought a SB Live PCI SB0100, installed on Windows ME, stage 5 wouldnt work. However, on Windows 98SE it all worked and now i have fully working sound, even with Blake Stone. Thanks Phil!!!
I have a problem, I have no more resources IRQs that says Sound card cannot be initialized..... :( It on an Aopen Socket 370 Pentium III 768mb ram, Voodoo1+Voodoo2SLI+Voodoo3 2000 AGP, MPU-401 ISA have tried SBlive , SBlive 5.1 , Audigy2 & Audigy2 ZS but they all don't work. Windows 98SE
@@MrAlan1828 Did you accidently disable IRQ Sharing in BIOS? Btw why don't you pull out the Voodoo3 out of the system? I think that will free-up an IRQ.
So I've been playing with windows 98 and every time I try to play a game I get a crash or blue screen with a code referencing "VXD" would love to know what I'm doing wrong!
Hi phil!! these drivers solve my problem!! i have a creative live digital sb220 with 0228 serial number. with these drivers i have perfect sound on windows and finally sb 16 emulation on dos games.
Great tutorial, worked great after a few tries on my SB0100. However I can't load the SoundFont Bank Manager due to the missing MSVCP60.DLL file. Also your .zip file doesn't include the folder "CTShared" as shown in the video. Could you provide a download link to it please? Thanks
Please try again! I added the missing CTShared folder. You have to re-install the Bank Manager, it should see the CTShared folder and install the missing files.
I don't know about OEM Live!, but it did work with my OEM (Dell??) Audigy 2 ZS (SB0350). The Retail CD (linked in the same VOGONS thread) setup did not work with that card, although I was able to make it work by modifying ctcomp.dat inside data1.cab. CD setup is only useful if you like to use the software suite, otherwise your/Joseph_Joestar's method is better (much faster).
@@philscomputerlab Thanks! I tried already, they don't. But I found drivers which do fit. I have a X-Fi as well, but I wanted to have something with a joystick port. I need it for a project I'm currently working on.....
@@necro_ware Yea with XP I don't think the drivers are so picky as under Windows 98? For joystick, have you thought about getting a USB stick? You can use a modern one with 98 and XP...
Sounds cool. But what's the purpose of this? Does this mean that it'll then be possible to use an sb live with an Audigy repack like the Daniel K drivers?
Does anyone have any issues with the sound blaster 16 driver? Mine says the config file is incomplete and the driver won't load on startup of windows or dos.
The driver will not install on the SB0200. The installation process runs like it should but the drivers will not install in device manager. Such a shame.
Hi Phil, Thank you for the broadcasts that you do, it is very helpful. I am trying to put together a small form factor computer with windows Millennium. I managed to find a low-profile video card that works fine, and I am trying to find a sound card... I thought about Audigy SB0570 but I didn't find drivers for WIN 98/ME. Do you know a way to use it - or perhaps you can recommend a low-profile audio card that is compatible??? Thank you 😊
@@philscomputerlab I have made many experiences with installing WIN ME on various new computers, most of them successfully, but this time I am not sure if I will manage to cross the barrier. Anyway, using a USB sound card is practical, but won't meet my challenge to make a whole machine. If you will have information about this, I will highly appreciate if you will inform your followers :)
Hi Phil, I learn a lot of your videos, and I want to thank you for you great service to the community. I work with Windows ME, because the "Cakewalk 3 professional", which is the MIDI software that I am using, runs best with it. As a sound module I use Roland SC-8850 that sounds great, and also has d USB driver for Windows 98/ME, but recently I decided to try the Yamaha MU100 module. I bought one from Ebay assuming that it has a USB driver for Windows 98/ME, because it was manufactured in 1999, but I cannot find a driver. Do you know if there is USB driver that works that I can use? Thank you in advance and bless you
Hi! Devices from that era didn't interface with USB, they connected with plan MIDI cables, so your computer had to have a MIDI interface. Often under the label of MPUI-401 and sound cards have it on the gameport / joystick port through an adapter. You could also buy dedicated MIDI interface cards and maybe a basic USB MIDI interface works in Windows 98, but not sure about that...
Hi phil, I understand your whole channel orientation is going for old hardware and OS, are you willing to expand that into retro emulator for old hardware/os too? there's a lot channel going for retro emulation, but none of them covering it on old hardware.
Hey Phil, sure you saw the comments about Sound Blaster Live and kX drivers on windows10 (I'm using it right now).Could you make a video talking about this card and those drivers in windows 10?, on how to configure the functions such as the DSP or the ASIO driver. It would be awsome if you could explain all those options. Thanks!
Hey Phil, I just had to reinstall Windows along with the drivers for my Soundblaster Live after dealing with an unrelated problem on my PC, and found that while the sound works fine for the most part, it seems to have problems with digitized samples in DOS games, for example digitized sound won't play back at-all in Jill of the Jungle, and in Wolfenstein 3D there's this weird bug where the last sound played will loop for a few seconds when something else is triggered so you'll hear guards yelling or doors opening repeatedly while you're firing your gun and the mixing is just all screwed-up. That a known problem with any specific fix I could apply?
With that card don't expect perfect compatibility. It's strong in windows and has DOS as bonus. Also other factors could be at play, too fast machine, other expansion cards, BIOS. If you can, test with another machine to rule out this.
@@philscomputerlab Too fast machine eh? That might be on me then, seeing as the problem arose after I upgraded the CPU from a 633mhz Celeron to a 1ghz Pentium III (I wasn't able to discover this for some time though as I had an unrelated RAM issue that prevented my PC from being usable for a while which I thought may have also been the culprit but I was able to rule it out once I got a good RAM kit replacement). I might try getting it to play nice in real DOS mode though if I can get the drivers to load properly from there, thanks for the insight!
Hey, Phil. Just wondering if this could work under Windows 95. I'll be using the CT4830, which is confirmed to work with this method, but for DOS I'll be using an Addonics A151-830 with a Dreamblaster X2GS.
Nice to see someone encoding their capture-only videos in a 4:3 aspect ratio instead of upscaling and letterboxing to 16:9 - it actually fills up my entire CRT monitor that I'm watching on!
Hehe thanks
Agreed ♥
A fun little tip I learned years ago, when restarting Windows 98 hold down the shift key and it will only restart Windows instead of rebooting the entire computer, so it takes far less time. Thanks for the video, I still have my original SoundBlaster Live! and these drivers will really come in handy in the future.
Wonderful tip !! Thank you so much!! :D
This reminds me of the nice, clean look and feel of Windows 98. I miss that.
That's why I build and use retro PCs
@@JohnSmith-iu8cj All fun and games for sure. But how do you use internet? Most modern sites doesn't work on Windows 98 browsers, right? Sorry if it's a dumb question.
@@persona83 I think that people need to create new web pages in the 90's style so that they work. I hate what the world has become, and I am rejecting as much of it as I can and trying to go back.
I actually JUST used your package over the weekend on a friend's retro PC! Worked out great with an SB0220 model, SB16 Emu and General MIDI working in DOS. Absolute blessing after struggling with my own Live cards last year.
Great to hear!
That answers my question. There used to be big warnings all over Vogons and similar sites that the SB 0220 drivers were unobtanium, so the cards were next to useless to us.
Apparently that's no longer true.
It works with the 220? Wow
nothing beats a video about windows 98 in 2021
...and finding out it’s useful and relevant information (I actually have a PC with Win98 and SB Live! and will definitely be trying this driver trick). It’s like we are in some alternate history where Microsoft didn’t bother making other Windows versions after 98SE :D
Very much appreciated! You help us keep using retro hardware, also by hosting drivers on your site. Thanks, Phil. Makes life easier
Thanks!
I still use a PCI Audigy 2 ZS on Windows 10! It sounds better than my motherboard audio IMO
Same !
same by me zs on win 10 , but idk why my x-fi extreme audio dont work on my pc, the 2zs does.
@@SpenderD There was Windows update that broke X-Fi support, but Creative released updated drivers few years ago. My X-Fi is working really well in Win 10.
Also X-Fi has great support for ASIO that works super stable with 2ms latency and can work with 1ms too with a really rare sound cracking.
Also SB X-Fi sound is superior to every integrated audio I've heard. Of course if you're using analog output.
@@Leeki85 yeah but for me i mean not a software problem but hardware. The x fi is not recognized but she was ok last time i use it in other pc. Maybe the motherboard idk 😔
@@SpenderD I bet CSM is disabled. The card doesn't have a uefi bios. Just one thing to think about.
The Audigy 2 ZS card always looked luxury and well engineered
Considering for its age. Probably one of the best engineered Sound Cards Creative ever put out.
I remember having issues finding sound drivers or ethernet drivers in 98 for sure! I found that doing things like this sometimes worked
Good ol' Soundblaster Live card, I got one running in my main home PC with windows 10 running and Kx Drivers.... Still sounds better than every modern on-board audio I've ever heard, also less latency than the USB sound card I got too.
Also, Kx comes with DSP programming and manipulation goodness ;)
Same. Using a SoundBlaster Audigy 2ZS using the kX drivers for audio broadcasting... still haven't found anything quite as versatile and good sounding for any reasonable price. I went as far as buying a PCI to PCI-Express converter since newer motherboards no longer have PCI ports.
Thanks so much for this video. I hadn't realized how long the second installation could take and thought my installation had halted the first time I tried. I've used this system successfully both SB0060 and SB0200 cards.
Thanks for testing it and reporting back :)
Hi Phil,
Many many thanks. Bought a SB Live PCI SB0100 off Ebay, followed the guide and now have fully working with DOS emulation on Windows 98SE. Blake Stone sounds soooo good!!
I'm building a Windows 98 retro gaming pc, and I had one of these old sound cards. This tutorial helped a bunch!!! Thanks for making this and providing the files. My uncle found this video for me as well
Now I just need a time machine to get this video and show my past self 6 years ago when I spent a week fighting SB Live to properly work (I won at the end, but later shifted to Audigy 2 ZS as I got it dirt cheap)... IIRC what helped me was actually some vogons discussions mwhere you may have posted.... so thank you from my past self ;-).
Yey finally SB Live can be used for something lol, thanks again Phil and vogons for helping out the community ;)
Another great vid Phil! I've acquired probably a dozen different Live! cards over the years (including a pre-release review version Creative Labs HQ in Singapore sent me to review in the late 90s when I ran a website dedicated to the SB AWE series of cards.) Finding the right drivers for any Live! model was ALWAYS a challenge. Great work putting this together!
Thank you for all that you do, Phil. I am researching Live! drivers for my W98 build. I sent you a message about the TBPlus package, as I think that it may be a great thing for the retro community, along with rloew's other patches.
Damn, I'm spending way to much rebuying parts to rebuild the pc I had or wanted to have, but it is fun doing so, so thanks for the great channel and inspiring videos. It's good to have a hobby nowadays ;)
Nice! You've just inspired me on how to spend Saturday, especially that my current vxd drivers for Live are from 2000.
I am definitely going to try this on my windows 98 PC! Thanks Phil!
I'll try too
Love all of your videos about sound cards. Pc sound cards are quite the rabbit hole.
I'm just happy everything from my Compaq Armada 7770DMT laptop doesn't need extra drivers, everything works out of the box after installation of windows 98se or ME or Xp
I'm happy to report I followed these instructions and got my SB love working and it's model number is CT4780. Thanks for all the great info and resources Phil.
Thank you for this!
The lack of drivers is the only bad thing about Creative.
The VXD drivers + SB16 Emulation I found are the best combo for Win98 if you are using a SB Live 5.1 (SB0060 or SB0100). The SB16 Emulation resources can be set manually in Windows 98, if you uncheckmark 'Use automatic Settings'. On modern motherboards, try to disable USB before setting IRQ 5, Port 220, and DMA 1. These are best for compatibility. Even though Windows 98 reported that 'PCI-to-PCI bridge' was already using IRQ 5, it reports a conflict, however, DOS games within 98 seem to work OK with IRQ5! Another tip, if you are playing Sierra games in a Windows 98 DOS window, you may notice the digital speech breaks or is out-of-sync. Setting the Audio buffer to 8K in the RESOURCE.CFG file seems to overcome this issue, especially on faster more modern motherboards.
Great information, thank you 😁
Would've been nice seeing some custom soundfonts with Doom in action there
The default one used was pretty stinky, and not in a good way.
I'm gladly surprised nobody's complaining about the video resolution, it shows everybody's watching this the way it should be, i.e. on a proper display! Really, watching tech videos on a phone is a really shabby experience, why do people do that... And btw I do like watching a 1280*1024 Win 98 desktop from time to time just because it's something I would have drooled over back then. I had a not that great CRT back then and that was too much for it. Not out of range, but looked so blurry it was just not an option.
This actually worked after days of head-scratching. Thank you.
I have an Audigy 2 & an AWE32 installed simultaneously.
Awesome 👍
Thanks Phil, I have an OEM live that I’m gonna try this on! I bought it before I knew about how specific the drivers were, and never could find the right ones for my card. Eventually I bought a more common model but will be fun to see if the OEM one works with these drivers.
Awesome vid - found the silence followed by a jump cut absolutely hilarious - thanks for leaving that in! :D
Very interesting stuff. Those OEM SB Live cards can be a nightmare. If this works for even some of them this could be a real breakthrough.
I'll definitely try this next time I mess around with one of these cards.
This actually fixed a weird sound issue I was having in Soldier of Fortune with my SB Live where certain gun fire sounds wouldn't always play.
Worked well on my CT4830. I previously had WDM drivers installed that garbled the sound in windows.
sorry for the late reply but could you get sound working in dos?
This is fantastic. I just got a Live card -- I'll definitely be trying this.
Funny, I had planned on finishing one of my Win98 vintage computer builds this coming weekend. It has a Audigy 2 ZS Platinum for Windows and AWE64 Gold in it for DOS.
Oh cool! I have a Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 card in one of my parts bins from an old family computer. I'm quite excited to try to get that working again in my Windows 98 retro computer now! It's just got a built in Crystal Audio chip atm.
Thanks, this makes the instalation pretty easy for me. I wanted to stream original Deus Ex on Windows 98 with period correct hardware, I installed the Live! drivers with the Audigy2 ZS files and works perfect
Welcome back :o)
i like watching your videos cause I have most of this old computer stuff and some more, I wish you lived close to me I had a bunch of fun stuff you could review
Where was this video 2 years ago when I was building a W98SE pc? I spent a whole week trying to get them to work.
Windows 7 and SB Live! here, right now! I love this card.
Heck yeah this is gonna be great! Thx Phil!
Got my soundblaster live card (SB0100) ordered, trying this as soon as it arrives!
another great video~ thanks. I will check this out. so I guess this driver is more compatible to Win 98SE ?
This worked awesomely with my SB0160, Thank you!
Really love the channel. It's inspired me to find a use for some of my old counter parts one of which an Audigy 2 zs. The only thing I'm having a hard time trying to figure out is a agp video card that can run games at 1600x1200 that's not super expensive. Digging through my stuff I have a og Radeon 64 gig ddr but I don't think it's going to cut it. Given today's current market what would you suggest? I may just pick up that Geforce fx 5500 you suggested in one of your other videos for 35 bucks. Thanks again
It does depend a lot on the games but for 1600x1200 a GeForce 4 works well in Windows 98. Voodoo 5 would be needed for Glide games. With Radeon a 9600 type card should do the trick. This is for Windows 98. If the game runs under XP, then you have a lot more options and easier to find cards.
@@philscomputerlab thank you. I will be hunting down a 9600 pro/xt or if I'm lucky maybe a 9800 pro. After watching a lot more of your videos I do like that the 9600 doesn't require the external power connector and the maintenance is much easier. I am noticing that they're 128/256 vram flavors of those cards. For system ram you have recommended 512 megs for 98 but how about vram? Also where do you source those cheap after market coolers? Long story I used to be a slot tech back in the day and they used Ati 9700pro/9800pro video cards on some of the slot machines and we would lose those cards right about two years of service. The fan would usually lockup and the video card just died. When I finally get my hands on one I will just replace it. Need to keep that old hardware alive. Thanks again for all you do. Excellent channel.
This also brings up an issue I came across with my Audigy 2ZS Platinum in Windows ME. Since the driver support is lacking (The drive bay module isn't recognized by official old ME drivers), you need to take the official XP drivers and change the ini and inf to support ME. There was a slick program that automated it. I can't recall what it was called, this was like a decade ago I did this. I'm just putting this out there in case it helps...like maybe one or at best two other people that decide to go down that crazy road.
i had similar trouble and soultion with audigy 2zs plat pro under ME
@@evergreengamer5767 My doppleganger! o.0
Thx for this , just fixed the crackling on my OEM SB Live! in Win 98 , sounds great now.
I had a proper X-FI card. I also had a 18" t-line subwoofer tuned to 20Hz... So what I did was to turn down the subwoofer crossover frequency down to 20Hz and crank it to max with front speakers being at 20%
The bass was insanely loud below 25Hz, seriously 400W loud but reasonably quiet turning music, unless the music was with bass below 25Hz... I couldnt love it more.
I lived in a small apartment and nobody came to complain. The bass was simply too low to pass concrete walls, 40-70Hz is ear rape which should be deleted from music altogether
Good to know this, however of the 2 SB Live! cards I have I never had any troubles with the drivers off the CD
Interesting, thanks! Does this driver enable any extra functionality?
Nope, nothing extra I'm afraid ..
@@philscomputerlab neat trick nevertheless. Thanks again 👍
But it says it does: Soundfont General Midi in DOS games inside Windows 98.
I believe it's also possible to install a specific version of Kx open-source driver in 98se. I don't know about its EAX status but it has extensive soundfont support and editing of internal signal routing which is amazing.
Very nice channel! Greetings from Germany! Also consider creating more retro content. LIKE!
THAT'S A GAWD DAMNED JOJO REFERENCE!!!
Hang on fella....you can add a SB0220 Card to that working list too! Nice one.
Thanks for testing this!
Tried it with my system, AMD K6-III 450 with a SB0100 Live! card on an Asus P5A mobo. So far works much better than the retail drivers and was far easier to install, with devices showing up properly on the first try
Thanks for testing them and feedback!
@@philscomputerlab Hey, just wanted to add a bit more feedback since I've been messing with these drivers. EAX seems to work just fine, but some DOS games are acting weird. After making sure all IRQ, DMA, and port configs were the same across both DOS and Windows, which took a little tinkering to get just right, some games are just acting weird. Wolfenstein 3D is a good example. Playing in Windows 98se, if any other sound is going on when you shoot a gun, it just plays that sound instead of the gun actually firing sound, same goes for if your firing, any other sound effects become the same ass that. In DOS I have another problem, it will not run as there isn't enough memory now. Commander Keen has a similar problem, only the game disables the music to free up memory. Other games like Doom and Duke Nukem 3D work just fine in both Windows and DOS
Klasse Tutorial 👍 Danke
Haha I chuckled at 3:34. Rolling with the punches!
I assume the driver also works for the regular Audigy 2 ZS? Because on my 2 ZS, the Digital CD input is not detected / listed when using the VXD driver. Maybe I am using the wrong driver. (From the disk)
VXD doesn't support the digital CD input via the IDE cable but should have the option for the digital header pins, may need to enable it in the mixer settings, possibly hidden or muted
@@TheSynrgy1987 I tried! I connected the two-pin header. But it is greyed out. Registry hacks did not work either. Only analog CD worked.
Gonna have a look at my system n play around with that
@@schreiberstein I have the same problem here. Audigy 1, Windows 98SE SP3 (inofficial by creopard), VxD drivers from phils page. I don't get digital in header running for red book audio...
@@Miguel_Sanchez69 Great! So I am not alone with this. But in Phil‘s videos I see the Digital CD input for some reason. Or is he using WDM drivers?
What was the point of using A2 ZS drivers on SB Live! ?
They work with any Live! whereas with the Live! drivers, you have to have the correct CD for the matching card. And there are many OEM cards with hard to find CDs.
Do you think the Audigy drivers would still work with the Live Drive IR attachment? I love having that little remote... Also, would you happen to know if these DOS drivers allow you to use a sound canvas/mt-32, my current SB16 emulation drivers don't seem to. Great video!
I don't know what the Live Drive IR does, so I don't know is my answer :D But the digital inputs and outputs will work just fine.
@@philscomputerlab it really just adds inputs/outputs (and gives me a remote controller!). There are a bunch of apps by creative that come with it, and they might not work with the audigy drivers. Was curious as it'd be nice to find dos drivers that support an external synth. Might try it out just to see.
Ovee the weekend I installed a Audigy 2 ZS into my 98 machine using the CD ISO on Vogons. It's installed WDM but haven't had much chance to test it yet. I don't need it for dos. If I use the Vxd drivers, most of Creative software like AudioHQ etc won't work, says a compatible card isn't found. The software works fine with WDM drivers tho. Anyone else found this?
The truth is that I am surprised, the audio with these drivers of my Sound Blaster CT4830 sounds incredible. I decided to embark on the adventure of trying new drivers, since I previously had some Sound Blaster audio drivers that worked fine. And yes, it's like they say... finding the correct drivers for a Sound Blaster is quite a hassle, since there are so many versions and so many LIVE CD's for so many models of Sound Blaster Sound Cards that it's quite an adventure to find them the right ones. Next I am going to leave Pro and Cons of the 2 drivers that I tried:
Old drivers I had:
Pro: They worked. Unlike Phil's drivers, the old drivers could be heard much louder.
Cons: They were heard in Mono format.
Phil's new drivers:
Pro: They are heard in Stereo. The audio coming out of the speakers feels so professional.
Cons: So far I don't have any. The only thing I can emphasize is that these drivers do not recognize my Sound Card as a CT4830 with its EMU10K1, but rather as an E800 (I don't know if that might be a problem in games in the future, for example).
Sorry for the text if it is misspelled, I only speak Spanish so I used Google Translate. 😅
The entire emu10kx line was a massive pain back in the day on the Linux side... (Audigy 1 back when that was new so I did this the other way around, running an emu10k2 with emu10k1 kernel modules :P)
Wish I hadn't chucked my one SB Live at multiple walls the other night now. Guess I can try my Dell OEM
@@nneeerrrd Even if that's true, which I'm not sure about thinking about my Dell model SB0220, it might just be some missing connectors for stuff which most people wouldn't even use for retro gaming like that connector to the 5 1/4" drive bay extension.
@@nneeerrrd not 100% true, the Dell OEM cards with the EMU10K1X are limited but some of the OEM cards like the ct4780 have the EMU10K1 chip just like the retail versions and support EAX as well as sound fonts. The issue with these cards is there are so many versions of them and creatives download section is pretty shit. If you find a live! OEM card with the EMU10K1 then you get the same features as a retail live!
Will this also work on the Audigy 1 card?
And will this have benefits over the cd on your site?
I did plan to make myself an eaay soundblaster audigy lite installer but could not find a good standalone setup for the soundfont bank manager. So i am going to steal that from this live version either way ;)
It should, yes.
Hmmm, doesn't work with my CT4830 Live card. Did it on a clean installation of Windows 98SE. The drivers are installed, but all the other software fails when I launch them. The Audio Headquarter for instance. :-(
I have wonder for ages what is the point of comparison of a sound blaster live with the modern "hd audio" from realtek in terms of sound quality
So what is the difference these drivers and the ones for my SB Live 5.1 card? I still got the discs for the gamer card.
Hey i have a question about playing DOS games with real old hardware:
So i just got the very same Earth Worm Jim 1 & 2 games my dad gave me 15 years ago i remember they played fine on the win98 machine i was using (both sound effects and cd audio music).
It´s a DOS game that runs on Windows aswell but still needs a sound blaster compatible audio device.
I´ve got my hands on a Compaq Armada M700 which happens to have a ESS Maestro 2E (Ess 1978) which comes with a "DOS FM/Synthesizer" module to enable Sound Blaster Pro/16 compatibility.
It´s working so far except for one thing:
When launching the mentioned game(s) it goes into a cmd like DOS enviroment in fullscreen, then ejects the CD and asks for the CD at the same time.
So when reinserting it, the game will launch, play sound effects but NO CD audio tracks.
If i use the WDM drivers provided by Windows Me, the Cd won´t eject and play CD tracks fine in the game but no DOS FM/Synthesizer module and no sound effects enabled.
After installing the Ess drivers not provided by Microsoft (i think they´re vxd based, but not sure what it means) and no reboot, both Sound Effects and CD Audio works in the game, no eject of the CD while launching the game.
BUT after rebooting the machine, the same happens again: It Ejects the disk, after reinserting it, it launches fine but then no CD audio.
I don´t know maybe i can use the Microsoft drivers and use some kind of Sound Blaster Emulation??
The machine runs a Pentium III 500Mhz and 256MB RAM, should be capable of doing so.
My older Compaq Armada 7770DMT has an older ESS sound card and uses the WDM microsoft drivers aswell BUT has a "Sound Blaster compatible (WDM)" listed in device manager and in fact plays both sound effects AND CD audio just fine but the machine isn´t fast enough to run Eartworm Jim 2 in full speed (EWj1 is fine though).
Armada M700 also has a "Ess Maestro2E sound blaster compatible (WDM)" driver module avaiable but no hardware for this listed in device manager but the driver can be seen if i go to "update driver" and see a list of all avaiable drivers.
Do you have any idea??
I really want to play those games and also native on hardware and the Compaq Armada M700 would be excellent if the driver issue would´ve been solved.
I tried many different drivers from different OEMs and different versions aswell but none of them seem to work as they should.
I remember issues with Live! drivers. You are not sure, if you have a crap version, or faulty. What do you think about SB0220? It is a really some OEM fake for Dell?
Yes, I installed one recently for a LAN session. I made it work without any issue. Download the drivers for Windows 98 here: vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=809&menustate=0
Awesome video. I have a SB PCI 128 on my retro rig (Windows ME) and while it will play Apogee Raptor with sound, it will not play sound when playing Apogee Blake Stone. Any suggestions please?
Change soundcard settings in Blake Stone's setup?
@@armorgeddon Thanks for the reply.
Scenario 1;
I run SETBLAST and when i test, i get the "testing testing 123", i exit, it writes the autoexec file, which adds set blaster etc.
When i run the SETBLAST again, it says "error not detected", running the game and all the sound options are greyed out.
Scenario 2;
I run SETBLAST, test it, but DONT save. So the autoexec file has no set blaster entry.
On running the game, there is still no sound, however i can select differnt sound options in game.
I just find it wierd that Raptor works no problem and BSTONE is struggling. When i configure Raptor, it doesnt seem to ammend the autoexec file, but works perfectly. Even tried some of the 8MB MIDI music that Philscomputerlabs provied which make it sound so so good.
Thanks again.
@PhilsComputerLab Fancy giving Blake Stone a try? ;)
Got to work but not onthe SB PCI 128. Just bought a SB Live PCI SB0100, installed on Windows ME, stage 5 wouldnt work. However, on Windows 98SE it all worked and now i have fully working sound, even with Blake Stone.
Thanks Phil!!!
I have a problem, I have no more resources IRQs that says Sound card cannot be initialized..... :( It on an Aopen Socket 370 Pentium III 768mb ram, Voodoo1+Voodoo2SLI+Voodoo3 2000 AGP, MPU-401 ISA have tried SBlive , SBlive 5.1 , Audigy2 & Audigy2 ZS but they all don't work. Windows 98SE
DIsable all mainboard features you don't need like parallel port and serial ports.
@@armorgeddon I have already, all turned off, no comms no lpt, no sound, no gameport Puzzling.
@@MrAlan1828 Did you accidently disable IRQ Sharing in BIOS? Btw why don't you pull out the Voodoo3 out of the system? I think that will free-up an IRQ.
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So I've been playing with windows 98 and every time I try to play a game I get a crash or blue screen with a code referencing "VXD" would love to know what I'm doing wrong!
Hi phil!! these drivers solve my problem!! i have a creative live digital sb220 with 0228 serial number. with these drivers i have perfect sound on windows and finally sb 16 emulation on dos games.
Hehe awesome!
Which DOS games?
@@adam6759 prince of persia, duke nukem 3d, duke nukem 2, commander keen 4 &5 , doom1 & 2 , heretic, hexen, lemmings
Great tutorial, worked great after a few tries on my SB0100. However I can't load the SoundFont Bank Manager due to the missing MSVCP60.DLL file. Also your .zip file doesn't include the folder "CTShared" as shown in the video. Could you provide a download link to it please? Thanks
Please try again! I added the missing CTShared folder. You have to re-install the Bank Manager, it should see the CTShared folder and install the missing files.
@@philscomputerlab It worked, thanks a lot!
This worked on a CT4780 (Dell OEM?)
Super easy! Would this provide any advantages with a Live! 5.1 Platinum? Or is the functionality more or less the same than with the original driver?
I don't know about OEM Live!, but it did work with my OEM (Dell??) Audigy 2 ZS (SB0350). The Retail CD (linked in the same VOGONS thread) setup did not work with that card, although I was able to make it work by modifying ctcomp.dat inside data1.cab. CD setup is only useful if you like to use the software suite, otherwise your/Joseph_Joestar's method is better (much faster).
I used Kx project drivers on those cards
What a coincidence! I'm currently trying to get my Live! SB0100 in XP working. Do this drivers also work for the Live! under Windows XP?
Not sure, for XP I use XFi cards!
@@philscomputerlab Thanks! I tried already, they don't. But I found drivers which do fit. I have a X-Fi as well, but I wanted to have something with a joystick port. I need it for a project I'm currently working on.....
@@necro_ware Yea with XP I don't think the drivers are so picky as under Windows 98? For joystick, have you thought about getting a USB stick? You can use a modern one with 98 and XP...
@@philscomputerlab I have one USB joystick as well, but for the project I mentioned, I need a good old joystick port :D
Sounds cool. But what's the purpose of this? Does this mean that it'll then be possible to use an sb live with an Audigy repack like the Daniel K drivers?
@PhilsComputerLab
Do those dos drivers work in Pure Dos Mode?
Yes, but remember, compatibility is hit and miss
Yes it works with oem cards. Tried it with sb0220 and it works like a charm.
I used the hacked E-mu APS drivers. Had two SBLives in my system. Good times.
Sure that it does not damage the soundcard?
How would it?
Drivers can never damage hardware, unless you overclock things. (Which technically doesn't have anything to do with drivers)
Does anyone have any issues with the sound blaster 16 driver? Mine says the config file is incomplete and the driver won't load on startup of windows or dos.
The driver will not install on the SB0200. The installation process runs like it should but the drivers will not install in device manager. Such a shame.
Hi Phil, Thank you for the broadcasts that you do, it is very helpful. I am trying to put together a small form factor computer with windows Millennium. I managed to find a low-profile video card that works fine, and I am trying to find a sound card...
I thought about Audigy SB0570 but I didn't find drivers for WIN 98/ME.
Do you know a way to use it - or perhaps you can recommend a low-profile audio card that is compatible???
Thank you
😊
Hmm I've never has this question or someone doing a SFF Windows 98 machine. What about a USB sound card, maybe this gives you more options?
@@philscomputerlab
I have made many experiences with installing WIN ME on various new computers, most of them successfully, but this time I am not sure if I will manage to cross the barrier.
Anyway, using a USB sound card is practical, but won't meet my challenge to make a whole machine. If you will have information about this, I will highly appreciate if you will inform your followers :)
Hi Phil,
I learn a lot of your videos, and I want to thank you for you great service to the community.
I work with Windows ME, because the "Cakewalk 3 professional", which is the MIDI software that I am using, runs best with it.
As a sound module I use Roland SC-8850 that sounds great, and also has d USB driver for Windows 98/ME, but recently I decided to try the Yamaha MU100 module. I bought one from Ebay assuming that it has a USB driver for Windows 98/ME, because it was manufactured in 1999, but I cannot find a driver. Do you know if there is USB driver that works that I can use?
Thank you in advance and bless you
Hi! Devices from that era didn't interface with USB, they connected with plan MIDI cables, so your computer had to have a MIDI interface. Often under the label of MPUI-401 and sound cards have it on the gameport / joystick port through an adapter. You could also buy dedicated MIDI interface cards and maybe a basic USB MIDI interface works in Windows 98, but not sure about that...
Have you ever used the creative alchemy workaround solution for hardware eax sound in windows vista + on non creative soundcards?
Nope and I don't think I will look into it. Just get a Creative card! They are cheap and plentiful...
@@philscomputerlab Not really an option on a notebook. 😀
@@snakeplissken1754 There are USB sound cards from Creative!
Good job 😊
Thanks 😅
Used it on windows xp works really well On my Lenovo.
Thanks!
Hi phil, I understand your whole channel orientation is going for old hardware and OS, are you willing to expand that into retro emulator for old hardware/os too? there's a lot channel going for retro emulation, but none of them covering it on old hardware.
I've done a bit of DOSBox, but yea, not excited to be honest LOL Prefer playing with the parts.
BTW, I have the original SB Live! CD with drivers for: 98SE, NT4.0, Millenium and 2000. I can upload an ISO if it's of some interest.
Hey Phil, sure you saw the comments about Sound Blaster Live and kX drivers on windows10 (I'm using it right now).Could you make a video talking about this card and those drivers in windows 10?, on how to configure the functions such as the DSP or the ASIO driver. It would be awsome if you could explain all those options.
Thanks!
I've never used KX drivers I'm afraid.
@@philscomputerlab uh! thats sad 😥 thanks anyway 😉
Hey Phil, I just had to reinstall Windows along with the drivers for my Soundblaster Live after dealing with an unrelated problem on my PC, and found that while the sound works fine for the most part, it seems to have problems with digitized samples in DOS games, for example digitized sound won't play back at-all in Jill of the Jungle, and in Wolfenstein 3D there's this weird bug where the last sound played will loop for a few seconds when something else is triggered so you'll hear guards yelling or doors opening repeatedly while you're firing your gun and the mixing is just all screwed-up. That a known problem with any specific fix I could apply?
With that card don't expect perfect compatibility. It's strong in windows and has DOS as bonus. Also other factors could be at play, too fast machine, other expansion cards, BIOS. If you can, test with another machine to rule out this.
@@philscomputerlab Too fast machine eh? That might be on me then, seeing as the problem arose after I upgraded the CPU from a 633mhz Celeron to a 1ghz Pentium III (I wasn't able to discover this for some time though as I had an unrelated RAM issue that prevented my PC from being usable for a while which I thought may have also been the culprit but I was able to rule it out once I got a good RAM kit replacement). I might try getting it to play nice in real DOS mode though if I can get the drivers to load properly from there, thanks for the insight!
Hey, Phil. Just wondering if this could work under Windows 95.
I'll be using the CT4830, which is confirmed to work with this method, but for DOS I'll be using an Addonics A151-830 with a Dreamblaster X2GS.
I never tried as I always go with 98, but I don't see why not and certainly worth trying.
OK, cool. I'll try it out tomorrow and let you know what happens.
Well, it wasn't quite 'tomorrow' as I said, but I tried it and it turns out I need more RAM than I have in my Win95 machine. Oh well.