Help With SBLive Wanted

Can anyone offer me any advice regarding some problems I am having with my new SBLive card. Firstly, I run the DOS version of ICR2 \ CART but for some reason it doesn't seem to recognise that I have a card at all. It uses the PC speaker for sounds and when I try to calibrate my Thrustmaster Formula 1 wheel and pedals the arrows don't budge at all. It simply doesn't appear to be recognising that a card is installed. Now, correct me if I am wrong but I was under the impression that the SBLive used SB16 emulation mode when in DOS. I have checked the devices and SB16 does appear there and I have matched the IRQ, DMA, etc settings with those in the ICR2 \ CART setup but still no joy. Anybody else experienced anything similar?. Does this card not operate under DOS? I am desperate for help here as I still enjoy some time in this sim but no sound and no wheel & pedals mean no go.... It ran fine using my bog standard on board game port and previous sound card. Secondly, I am finding that the card intermittently mutes itself for no apparent reason. Initially I thought this was just in GP500 and GPL but I have since noticed it occassionally happening on Windows startup. In the 2 sims mentioned I can be driving around and the sound will suddenly disappear, after a further half a lap or so it returns and then somtimes disappears again later. If I exit to Windows whilst the sound is still missing I find that the volume control applet in the system tray is muted. I can un-mute it without problem but am struggling to come up with a reason for why it is happening. Occasionally this muting will also occur at Windows startup, I have the default Windows sound set for when Windows open and this sometimes starts to cut out and that is when the muting happens. This really is getting frustrating, I never had any of these problems with my previous card but after reading so many good reports of the SBLive I opted to change over to that. I'm really not too keen on taking it back as there is so much that I like about it but obviously these problems are the deciding factor at the moment. EB have given me and extension on my 10 days money back guarantee so that I can try to resolve the problem so would appreciate any help that can be given. Many Thanks Peter Hooper

Peter Hooper wrote in message ... >Can anyone offer me any advice regarding some problems I am having with my >new SBLive card. You should be able to run the game out of W98 (in a DOS box). Then W98 will use your card's windows settings in the game. I have ICR2 setup to run out of Windows. You should find some DOS compatibility settings in the Device Manager which the sound settings in the game have to be set to. If you have to reboot into DOS, the card probably has a device driver which you have to load to activate the soundcard (especially a PCI soundcard). My SBPCI64 needs a driver if I reboot into DOS. -- Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. cisko [AT] ix [DOT] netcom [DOT] com

>I have checked the devices and SB16 >does appear there You might try uninstalling the card and devices then reinstall the card AND the sb live software and drivers for the general sound problems, as for the icr2, it's luck imo JM

Are you using the original (1.0) drivers? LiveWare 2 is on Creative's site and LiveWare 3 should be there within hours (it's shown as available but the link still goes to LW2 or if I try it another way I get 3 download sites that don't work). Worth a try. FWIW, I've found that some games just can't handle an emulated SB by a PCI sound card. I haven't tried DOS with my SB yet but I had no end of troubles with a PCI Crystal chipset. Dale. -- ----------------------------------------------------------- - Return address invalid - Please share your reply with the newsgroup - If you must reply: remove SPORK ------------------------------------------------------- Peter Hooper <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Fy5P3.1707$[email hidden]... > Can anyone offer me any advice regarding some problems I am having with my > new SBLive card. > > Firstly, I run the DOS version of ICR2 \ CART but for some reason it doesn't > seem to recognise that I have a card at all. It uses the PC speaker for > sounds and when I try to calibrate my Thrustmaster Formula 1 wheel and > pedals the arrows don't budge at all. It simply doesn't appear to be > recognising that a card is installed. > > Now, correct me if I am wrong but I was under the impression that the SBLive > used SB16 emulation mode when in DOS. I have checked the devices and SB16 > does appear there and I have matched the IRQ, DMA, etc settings with those > in the ICR2 \ CART setup but still no joy. > > Anybody else experienced anything similar?. Does this card not operate under > DOS? I am desperate for help here as I still enjoy some time in this sim but > no sound and no wheel & pedals mean no go.... > > It ran fine using my bog standard on board game port and previous sound > card. > > Secondly, I am finding that the card intermittently mutes itself for no > apparent reason. Initially I thought this was just in GP500 and GPL but I > have since noticed it occassionally happening on Windows startup. In the 2 > sims mentioned I can be driving around and the sound will suddenly > disappear, after a further half a lap or so it returns and then somtimes > disappears again later. If I exit to Windows whilst the sound is still > missing I find that the volume control applet in the system tray is muted. I > can un-mute it without problem but am struggling to come up with a reason > for why it is happening. Occasionally this muting will also occur at Windows > startup, I have the default Windows sound set for when Windows open and > this sometimes starts to cut out and that is when the muting happens. > > This really is getting frustrating, I never had any of these problems with > my previous card but after reading so many good reports of the SBLive I > opted to change over to that. I'm really not too keen on taking it back as > there is so much that I like about it but obviously these problems are the > deciding factor at the moment. EB have given me and extension on my 10 days > money back guarantee so that I can try to resolve the problem so would > appreciate any help that can be given. > > Many Thanks > > Peter Hooper > >

I have the exact same problem, i have yet to find an answer i downloaded the win95 upgrade patch for icr2 but that didnt work for me either. I also had the muting problem but after downloading the newest driver and completely reformating my machine to get a totally clean operating system to start from ,(dont get me wrong i am not suggesting you reformat, just that i was completely stuck and had nothing to loose) I reinstalled everything again all with fresh new drivers i downloaded. everything from my sound drivers, to directx6.1, to my Video drivers(why i dont know)it seems to have calmed down. Robocat Peter Hooper wrote in message ... >Can anyone offer me any advice regarding some problems I am having with my >new SBLive card. > >Firstly, I run the DOS version of ICR2 \ CART but for some reason itdoesn't >seem to recognise that I have a card at all. It uses the PC speaker for >sounds and when I try to calibrate my Thrustmaster Formula 1 wheel and >pedals the arrows don't budge at all. It simply doesn't appear to be >recognising that a card is installed. > >Now, correct me if I am wrong but I was under the impression that theSBLive >used SB16 emulation mode when in DOS. I have checked the devices and SB16 >does appear there and I have matched the IRQ, DMA, etc settings with those >in the ICR2 \ CART setup but still no joy. > >Anybody else experienced anything similar?. Does this card not operateunder >DOS? I am desperate for help here as I still enjoy some time in this simbut

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>no sound and no wheel & pedals mean no go.... > >It ran fine using my bog standard on board game port and previous sound >card. > >Secondly, I am finding that the card intermittently mutes itself for no >apparent reason. Initially I thought this was just in GP500 and GPL but I >have since noticed it occassionally happening on Windows startup. In the 2 >sims mentioned I can be driving around and the sound will suddenly >disappear, after a further half a lap or so it returns and then somtimes >disappears again later. If I exit to Windows whilst the sound is still >missing I find that the volume control applet in the system tray is muted.

I >can un-mute it without problem but am struggling to come up with a reason >for why it is happening. Occasionally this muting will also occur atWindows

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>startup, I have the default Windows sound set for when Windows open and >this sometimes starts to cut out and that is when the muting happens. > >This really is getting frustrating, I never had any of these problems with >my previous card but after reading so many good reports of the SBLive I >opted to change over to that. I'm really not too keen on taking it back as >there is so much that I like about it but obviously these problems are the >deciding factor at the moment. EB have given me and extension on my 10 days >money back guarantee so that I can try to resolve the problem so would >appreciate any help that can be given. > >Many Thanks > >Peter Hooper > >

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> > I have the exact same problem, i have yet to find an answer > i downloaded the win95 upgrade patch for icr2 but that didnt work for me > either. > I also had the muting problem but after downloading the newest driver and > completely reformating my machine to get a totally clean operating system to > start from ,(dont get me wrong i am not suggesting you reformat, just that i > was completely stuck and had nothing to loose) I reinstalled everything > again all with fresh new drivers i downloaded. everything from my sound > drivers, to directx6.1, to my Video drivers(why i dont know)it seems to > have calmed down. > Robocat

I had some problems too, in N2, problem was that the SB16 emulation was running on IRQ9, and DOS and IRQ9 doesn't always go well together, but once I moved the IRQ for the SB16 emulation to IRQ5, I have not had any problems -- Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "Team Mirage" http://www.teammirage.com/ "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/

Peter, I get ICR2 Rendition to work with my SBLive by booting to DOS from a bootdisk. The autoexec.bat file looks like this: path=a:\;c:\windows;c:\progra~1\creative\sblive\dosdrv\; rem SB Live stuff set blaster=a220 i9 d1 h7 p330 t6 SET CTSYN=C:\WINDOWS C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\SBLIVE\DOSDRV\SBEINIT.COM SET SNDSCAPE=C:\WINDOWS And the config.sys file looks like this: device=c:\windows\himem.sys /testmem:off device=c:\windows\emm386.exe noems files=60 buffers=20 dos=high,umb stacks=9,256 lastdrive=z Lastly let ICR2 setup autoeselect your soundcard. When I do this it picks the following values: 220, 7, 1 Hope this helps. Wayne Hutchison

I believe this may be what you are looking for when running Sb'live in Dos? I run a mulit-config so I can either go into windws98 or go into dos without any 98 in the back ground... It has worked for me for years.. **SbLive Lines in: autoexec.bat SET SOUND=C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\CTSND SET MIDI=SYNTH:1 MAP:E SET SNDSCAPE=C:\sbpci64 SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6 SET CTSYN=C:\WIN98 C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\SBLIVE\DOSDRV\SBEINIT.COM As you can see I did use my old "sbpci64" directory/folder to "set= sndscape" I will send you my directory/folder if you want it. If these lines above do not match your paths & settings just change them so they will match.. Also you do not need any statements in config.sys. I have never had any problems. None, Nunca, Nada ;0) Maybe others have a better way for Windows9x & will post them too but I like using this so I have nothing from windows running in the background!!.........Cheers Thom_j. [email hidden] Greg Cisko <no.spam.email.for.me> wrote in message news:7ukdvj$s8d$[email hidden]... > Peter Hooper wrote in message ... > >Can anyone offer me any advice regarding some problems I am having withmy

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> >new SBLive card. > > You should be able to run the game out of W98 (in a DOS > box). Then W98 will use your card's windows settings in the > game. I have ICR2 setup to run out of Windows. You should find > some DOS compatibility settings in the Device Manager which > the sound settings in the game have to be set to. > > If you have to reboot into DOS, the card probably has a device driver > which you have to load to activate the soundcard (especially a PCI > soundcard). My SBPCI64 needs a driver if I reboot into DOS. > > -- > > Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. > > cisko [AT] ix [DOT] netcom [DOT] com > > >

Many Thanks for all the replies to my query guys.. I'll give them all a shot and let you know how it goes. It's great to be able to come on here and get so much input in such a short space of time... Thanks again Peter Hooper