Can anyone help me please with the following problem?
I have just upgraded to a P166 (Intel) with a Triton 430 VX motherboard
and 16 meg EDO ram (my previous spec was P100, triton 1 motherboard and
16 meg normal ram).
Whilst this new system flies, I have found 1 drawback - any sound that
plays from the CD during a full DOS session (ie. not background WIN95),
comes out about half normal quality. It is scratchy and kind of 'gurgly',
and sounds like it is a bit slow and off key (particularly noticeable
with music).
I have an 8bit soundblaster pro and a dual speed CD rom drive (the same
ones I have had for 2 years) and have tried the following -
(1) Need For Speed and GP2 from a full DOS session (because they both
have music playing from the CD rom) - the sound is poor
(2) Need For Speed and GP2 in a WIN95 background DOS session - the sound
is perfect (although, this is obviously the wrong way to play any decent
sim.
Why would the sound be perfect in WIN 95 background dos but not in full
dos session? I have not changed anything in my config.sys or autoexec.bat
(and all necessary drivers etc are there). I have even dug around in the
new BIOS (AWARD) - but nothing seems to help at all.
I have tried replacing all leads between the CD rom and soundcard (1 at a
time) - no change - the sound is still bad.
I have tried swapping the sound card (put in a 16bit sounblaster) - no
change - the sound is still bad.
I have tried swapping the CD ROM drive - no change.
Any sound played from the hard drive is perfect, but anything coming off
the CD in a full DOS session sucks.
If anyone can think of something obvious I am missing - please let me
know, and yes, I know, you don't really need music in a sim - and I
agree, it is just the principle of the matter - I had perfect sound
before the upgrade and now I don't.
Thanks
Scott