Gameport question

I've got an old P-II rig that my kids use for their games. It has a Diamond MX 400 soundcard in it. However, it recently lost it's gameport function. Sound still works fine, gameport is still listed in the device manager, but any controller hooked up to it shows "not connected." Any ideas? Is it possible to for just the gameport function of a sound card to break, but the rest of the card works fine? Thanks. -John

Yup, its possible for the gameport to go poof and everything else be ok. Is it possible to try checking the 'Poll with interrupts enabled' in the Windows | Game controllers setup? I have had to jiggle with this setting in the past to get controllers to work on older gameport/soundcards... John Pancoast <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I've got an old P-II rig that my kids use for their games. > > It has a Diamond MX 400 soundcard in it. However, it recently lost it's > gameport function. Sound still works fine, gameport is still listed inthe

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> device manager, but any controller hooked up to it shows "not connected." > > Any ideas? Is it possible to for just the gameport function of a sound > card to break, but the rest of the card works fine? > > Thanks. > > -John > >

Anythings possible John, but more than likely you have a software/driver problem. A cheap replacemtn card if you can't sort it out can be had for probably $20 or less. -- Biz "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and the....." - Ash John Pancoast <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I've got an old P-II rig that my kids use for their games. > > It has a Diamond MX 400 soundcard in it. However, it recently lost it's > gameport function. Sound still works fine, gameport is still listed in the > device manager, but any controller hooked up to it shows "not connected." > > Any ideas? Is it possible to for just the gameport function of a sound > card to break, but the rest of the card works fine? > > Thanks. > > -John > >

Thanks, that's what I was thinking too, though why it suddenly started, who knows. Think I'll just pick up a cheap Soundblaster and be done with it. Can only take, "Is it fixed yet?" questions for so long<G> -John "Biz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:lQMl8.557$[email hidden]... > Anythings possible John, but more than likely you have a software/driverproblem. A cheap > replacemtn card if you can't sort it out can be had for probably $20 orless.

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> -- > Biz > > "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand > alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and > the....." - Ash > > > John Pancoast <[email hidden]> wrote in message

news:[email hidden]... > > I've got an old P-II rig that my kids use for their games. > > > > It has a Diamond MX 400 soundcard in it. However, it recently lostit's > > gameport function. Sound still works fine, gameport is still listed inthe > > device manager, but any controller hooked up to it shows "notconnected." > > > > Any ideas? Is it possible to for just the gameport function of asound

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> > card to break, but the rest of the card works fine? > > > > Thanks. > > > > -John > > > > > >

I've had that problem and fixed it. Can't tell you how because there is no rhyme or reason to it. I would remove the card, boot up to safe mode. Remove all software and instances in the system proerties of anything to do with sound cards. Leave the card out and reboot. Reinstall DirectX through the windows update/ installed updates and then reboot. Go to the start menu and type in regedit and go to the edit column on top and select search. Do a search for Diamond and MX400 and Aureal and remove most, if no all keys. If you are not sure leave it there but it may not work. If you have Norton System Works you can avoid that by doing a scan, which will remove all entries not needed. Reinstall the card and reinstall software and it may work, notice I said may. (-: -- Michael K. Grandy NonStop East LLC "John Pancoast" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I've got an old P-II rig that my kids use for their games. > > It has a Diamond MX 400 soundcard in it. However, it recently lost it's > gameport function. Sound still works fine, gameport is still listed in the > device manager, but any controller hooked up to it shows "not connected." > > Any ideas? Is it possible to for just the gameport function of a sound > card to break, but the rest of the card works fine? > > Thanks. > > -John > >

Thanks Mike, I'll give that a go too. -John "Mike Grandy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:i4Ol8.121827$[email hidden]... > I've had that problem and fixed it. Can't tell you how because there is no > rhyme or reason to it. I would remove the card, boot up to safe mode.Remove > all software and instances in the system proerties of anything to do with > sound cards. Leave the card out and reboot. Reinstall DirectX through the > windows update/ installed updates and then reboot. Go to the start menuand > type in regedit and go to the edit column on top and select search. Do a > search for Diamond and MX400 and Aureal and remove most, if no all keys.If

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> you are not sure leave it there but it may not work. If you have Norton > System Works you can avoid that by doing a scan, which will remove all > entries not needed. Reinstall the card and reinstall software and it may > work, notice I said may. (-: > > > -- > Michael K. Grandy > NonStop East LLC > "John Pancoast" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > I've got an old P-II rig that my kids use for their games. > > > > It has a Diamond MX 400 soundcard in it. However, it recently lost

it's > > gameport function. Sound still works fine, gameport is still listed in > the > > device manager, but any controller hooked up to it shows "notconnected." > > > > Any ideas? Is it possible to for just the gameport function of asound

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> > card to break, but the rest of the card works fine? > > > > Thanks. > > > > -John > > > > > >

there's always a fresh windows install too. that can take care of lots of little problems. "John Pancoast" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Thanks Mike, I'll give that a go too. > > -John > > > "Mike Grandy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:i4Ol8.121827$[email hidden]... > > I've had that problem and fixed it. Can't tell you how because there is

no > > rhyme or reason to it. I would remove the card, boot up to safe mode. > Remove > > all software and instances in the system proerties of anything to dowith > > sound cards. Leave the card out and reboot. Reinstall DirectX throughthe

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> > windows update/ installed updates and then reboot. Go to the start menu > and > > type in regedit and go to the edit column on top and select search. Do a > > search for Diamond and MX400 and Aureal and remove most, if no all keys. > If > > you are not sure leave it there but it may not work. If you have Norton > > System Works you can avoid that by doing a scan, which will remove all > > entries not needed. Reinstall the card and reinstall software and it may > > work, notice I said may. (-: > > > > > > -- > > Michael K. Grandy > > NonStop East LLC > > "John Pancoast" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > I've got an old P-II rig that my kids use for their games. > > > > > > It has a Diamond MX 400 soundcard in it. However, it recently lost > it's > > > gameport function. Sound still works fine, gameport is still listed

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> > the > > > device manager, but any controller hooked up to it shows "not > connected." > > > > > > Any ideas? Is it possible to for just the gameport function of a > sound > > > card to break, but the rest of the card works fine? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > -John > > > > > > > > > > > >

Tried that one Doug, thanks. Both 95 and 98. -John "Doug Hook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:tDPl8.48577$[email hidden]...

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> there's always a fresh windows install too. that can take care of lots of > little problems. > > "John Pancoast" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Thanks Mike, I'll give that a go too. > > > > -John > > > > > > "Mike Grandy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:i4Ol8.121827$[email hidden]... > > > I've had that problem and fixed it. Can't tell you how because there

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> no > > > rhyme or reason to it. I would remove the card, boot up to safe mode. > > Remove > > > all software and instances in the system proerties of anything to do > with > > > sound cards. Leave the card out and reboot. Reinstall DirectX through > the > > > windows update/ installed updates and then reboot. Go to the start

menu > > and > > > type in regedit and go to the edit column on top and select search. Doa > > > search for Diamond and MX400 and Aureal and remove most, if no allkeys. > > If > > > you are not sure leave it there but it may not work. If you haveNorton > > > System Works you can avoid that by doing a scan, which will remove all > > > entries not needed. Reinstall the card and reinstall software and itmay

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> > > work, notice I said may. (-: > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Michael K. Grandy > > > NonStop East LLC > > > "John Pancoast" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > > news:[email hidden]... > > > > I've got an old P-II rig that my kids use for their games. > > > > > > > > It has a Diamond MX 400 soundcard in it. However, it recently

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> > it's > > > > gameport function. Sound still works fine, gameport is still listed > in > > > the > > > > device manager, but any controller hooked up to it shows "not > > connected." > > > > > > > > Any ideas? Is it possible to for just the gameport function of a > > sound > > > > card to break, but the rest of the card works fine? > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > -John > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

Did you fix it yet? David G Fisher "John Pancoast" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Thanks, that's what I was thinking too, though why it suddenly started, > who knows. Think I'll just pick up a cheap Soundblaster and be done with > it. > Can only take, "Is it fixed yet?" questions for so long<G> > > -John > > > "Biz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:lQMl8.557$[email hidden]... > > Anythings possible John, but more than likely you have a software/driver > problem. A cheap > > replacemtn card if you can't sort it out can be had for probably $20 or > less. > > -- > > Biz > > > > "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand > > alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular

structures,....and

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> > the....." - Ash > > > > > > John Pancoast <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > > I've got an old P-II rig that my kids use for their games. > > > > > > It has a Diamond MX 400 soundcard in it. However, it recently lost > it's > > > gameport function. Sound still works fine, gameport is still listed

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> the > > > device manager, but any controller hooked up to it shows "not > connected." > > > > > > Any ideas? Is it possible to for just the gameport function of a > sound > > > card to break, but the rest of the card works fine? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > -John > > > > > > > > > > > >

Eat your peas and go to bed<G> -John "David G Fisher" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:bbRl8.1179$[email hidden]...

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> Did you fix it yet? > > David G Fisher > > "John Pancoast" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Thanks, that's what I was thinking too, though why it suddenly

started, > > who knows. Think I'll just pick up a cheap Soundblaster and be donewith

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> > it. > > Can only take, "Is it fixed yet?" questions for so long<G> > > > > -John > > > > > > "Biz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:lQMl8.557$[email hidden]... > > > Anythings possible John, but more than likely you have a

software/driver > > problem. A cheap > > > replacemtn card if you can't sort it out can be had for probably $20or

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> > less. > > > -- > > > Biz > > > > > > "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand > > > alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular > structures,....and > > > the....." - Ash > > > > > > > > > John Pancoast <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > > I've got an old P-II rig that my kids use for their games. > > > > > > > > It has a Diamond MX 400 soundcard in it. However, it recently

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> > it's > > > > gameport function. Sound still works fine, gameport is still listed > in > > the > > > > device manager, but any controller hooked up to it shows "not > > connected." > > > > > > > > Any ideas? Is it possible to for just the gameport function of a > > sound > > > > card to break, but the rest of the card works fine? > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > -John > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

I've had similar problems with the game port on Creative sound cards..............so it is possible for the sound to work fine, and not the game port. Dave Trager http://home.webuniverse.net/dtrager "John Pancoast" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I've got an old P-II rig that my kids use for their games. > > It has a Diamond MX 400 soundcard in it. However, it recently lost it's > gameport function. Sound still works fine, gameport is still listed inthe

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> device manager, but any controller hooked up to it shows "not connected." > > Any ideas? Is it possible to for just the gameport function of a sound > card to break, but the rest of the card works fine? > > Thanks. > > -John > >

There is a joystick test program available the lets you test the port from dos. It is a great way to check out a port and it's functionality. Go to http://www.chproducts.com/retail/tech_support_pc.html "John Pancoast" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I've got an old P-II rig that my kids use for their games. > > It has a Diamond MX 400 soundcard in it. However, it recently lost it's > gameport function. Sound still works fine, gameport is still listed inthe

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> device manager, but any controller hooked up to it shows "not connected." > > Any ideas? Is it possible to for just the gameport function of a sound > card to break, but the rest of the card works fine? > > Thanks. > > -John > >

Thanks Dave and Andrew. -John "Andrew Wright" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3c987fc4$[email hidden]...

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> There is a joystick test program available the lets you test the port from > dos. It is a great way to check out a port and it's functionality. Go to > http://www.chproducts.com/retail/tech_support_pc.html > > "John Pancoast" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > I've got an old P-II rig that my kids use for their games. > > > > It has a Diamond MX 400 soundcard in it. However, it recently lost

it's > > gameport function. Sound still works fine, gameport is still listed in > the > > device manager, but any controller hooked up to it shows "notconnected." > > > > Any ideas? Is it possible to for just the gameport function of asound

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> > card to break, but the rest of the card works fine? > > > > Thanks. > > > > -John > > > > > >

I 've had the same problem and it turned out to be Windows not assigning the correct I/O addresses. In device manager/resources, make sure that it is using at least I/O's 0201-0207, and not just 0201-0201 and 0207-0207. Good luck, -Phasor "John Pancoast" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I've got an old P-II rig that my kids use for their games. > > It has a Diamond MX 400 soundcard in it. However, it recently lost it's > gameport function. Sound still works fine, gameport is still listed inthe

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> device manager, but any controller hooked up to it shows "not connected." > > Any ideas? Is it possible to for just the gameport function of a sound > card to break, but the rest of the card works fine? > > Thanks. > > -John > >