nascar lock up problems PLEASE HELP

Lets start off with the basics this is my hardware; 1)100 pentium 2)16 meg of RAM 3)opti 16\generic sound blaster 16 Port:240 IRQ:10 DMA:0 4)GameCard III 5)Trustmaster T2 6)Nascar Ver. 1.21 7)Win 95 ( I don't use win 95 to run the game I use the F8 feature on startup) Here is the problem, When I use the auto detect feature it finds "Microsoft Sound System 8 Stero", using PORT:530/IRQ:7/DMA:1 that is not what my machine uses acording to the divice manager in the control pannel. After trying this a thousand times it has found my card maybe twice. When Auto detect doesn't work I manually input the correct info, most times it will not confirm the card, it tells me that the Info I gave is incompatable with my system. So I skip confermation and go to start up the game NOW after all that. When I start up the game, befor the opening screen the game scrolls the opening credits when it gets to comfirming the sound card my machine locks up right after it displays the PORT/IRQ/DMA. This happens at least 95% of the time. You have to PLEASE help me!! It to the point where I cant sleep at night. Also my wife has hidden all the hammers in fear of a slight lapse in judgement. Thank You for all your time & effort Andre

: Lets start off with the basics this is my hardware; : 1)100 pentium : 2)16 meg of RAM : 3)opti 16\generic sound blaster 16 : Port:240 IRQ:10 DMA:0 : 4)GameCard III : 5)Trustmaster T2 : 6)Nascar Ver. 1.21 : 7)Win 95 ( I don't use win 95 to run the game I use the F8 : feature on startup) : Here is the problem, : When I use the auto detect feature it finds "Microsoft Sound System 8 Stero", using : PORT:530/IRQ:7/DMA:1 that is not what my machine uses acording to the divice manager in : the control pannel. After trying this a thousand times it has found my card maybe twice. : When Auto detect doesn't work I manually input the correct info, most times it will not : confirm the card, it tells me that the Info I gave is incompatable with my system. So I : skip confermation and go to start up the game [snip] What is your config.sys & autoexec.bat? The "control" panel will more than likely have nothing to do with your setup for s DOS session. Unless you specify the same setup in your config.sys/autoexec.bat -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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>Lets start off with the basics this is my hardware; > 1)100 pentium > 2)16 meg of RAM > 3)opti 16\generic sound blaster 16 > Port:240 IRQ:10 DMA:0 > 4)GameCard III > 5)Trustmaster T2 > 6)Nascar Ver. 1.21 > 7)Win 95 ( I don't use win 95 to run the game I use the F8 > feature on startup) >Here is the problem, >When I use the auto detect feature it finds "Microsoft Sound System 8 >Stero", using PORT:530/IRQ:7/DMA:1 that is not what my machine uses >acording to the divice manager in the control pannel. After trying >this a thousand times it has found my card maybe twice. >When Auto detect doesn't work I manually input the correct info, most >times it will not confirm the card, it tells me that the Info I gave >is incompatable with my system. So I skip confermation and go to start >up the game. >NOW after all that. >When I start up the game, befor the opening screen the game scrolls the >opening credits when it gets to comfirming the sound card my machine >locks up right after it displays the PORT/IRQ/DMA. This happens at least >95% of the time. You have to PLEASE help me!! It to the point where I >cant sleep at night. Also my wife has hidden all the hammers in >fear of a slight lapse in judgement.

Suggestions: If you are using Win95's F8 feature, it is possible that a driver for the soundcard is not being loaded. Maybe you have to install it the autoexec.bat? You're using a gamecard. Is the joystick port on the soundcard disabled? This is often a source of major trouble. Does the gamecard use an IRQ? Possible conflict? Do you have other cards (modem, network, etc.) that might lead to an IRQ conflict? What about the CD-ROM IRQ? If nothing of the above helps, try the following. Beware, it might mean doing some complicated things with hard- and software: - Set the soundcard to address 220, IRQ 5, DMA 1. (Provided these are available, i.e. not used by other hardware. 220/5/1 are standard Soundblaster values.) I mean, physically make the soundcard work in accordance with these values. It is possible that you have to change jumpers on the soundcard to do this. Refer to the documentation. - If your soundcard requires a river to be soundblaster compatible, make sure you load it with the appropriate switches in autoexec.bat. - In the game setup, manually select Soundblaster 16 and enter the variables. If that does not work, select Soundblaster 8bit mono (or similar). Hope this helps. P.S.: One thing I found most valuable when playing DOS games on Win95 machines: Get hold of a copy of DOS 6.22. Make a C:\dos directory and copy all DOS files there. (You have to extract the files manually, using "expand". I worte a batch file which speeds things up, if you want it, I can mail it to you.) Make a DOS startdisk, including appropriate autoexec and config files. Now, you can start the computer like it was one of the good ole DOS/Win 3.x machines, without ever seeing a trace of Win95... ;) -- We're in a road movie to Berlin Can't drive out the way we drove in

Another thing to do is to set the game up with SB 8 Stereo. Using the default port and IRQ settings. When you start the game start it with the -f option. I had a card that wasn't quite SB compatible enough to be detected, but when I used the -f option it worked like a charm. -- Lannie Schafroth