GP2 and NFS Sound Problems

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

> Can anyone help me please with the following problem? I forgot to mention, I have also tried every combination of IRQ and DMA on the soundblaster (ie. IRQ 2,5,7,10 each with DMA 0,1,3) Very frustrating! Scott

I am not familiar with your sound card, but it could be that your new motherboard's ISA timing is to fast for the card. Check the docs for a switch that will allow you to using different timing devices. The PAS does this with a "T:" switch. Just a shot in the dark... -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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>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.

Not always true. It was at one time though :-) The best way to play Back to Baghdad is thru WIN95 (no dos re-boot). And B2B is a DOS flightsim. I found the same to be true for GP2. I got it last night installed & dblclicked the icon. VGA sucks :-) But SVGA with everything turned ON except sky (ICR2 didn't have that anyway :) I get 18-19fps. I have a P5-133 with 16MB edo, 6x CDrom & a 2MB edo PCI vid card. It runs great from WIN95 (no DOS re-boot). In fact, I don't think there is any improvement by going to DOS. You probably need a 4x CDrom... they are $40 now. I got a 6x for $70. WIN95 has cache enabled which probably speeds up your CDrom. xDo you run smartdrive in DOS?