OT: Win98 install = no sound = no GPL :((( Please help!

Hi guys, I've just upgraded to Win98 and now my soundcard wont work anymore. From what I can understand and see/hear... it seems like the card wont play certain sounds.... I.e if the sample-rate is to high it will only play parts of the sounds.. (sounds like the "M$-sound" etc. only play about a sec. every now and then.) I've d/l the lates drivers from Creative and got DX5 + Dx6-core installed. It seems to me that ActiveX is the problem.... if i run the DX diag tool. it will play the first (low sample-rate sound) perfectly, but thats the only one I can hear... I got a SB16Pnp and Abit BX6 mb. w/128mb ram. I'd be really trilled if anyone could give some good advice here as I'm eager as hell to get back into the***pit... :) Thanks, Edwin Solheim, The Paddock. REMOVE SPAM-GUARD in address to reply via e-mail.

On Tue, 15 Dec 1998 17:06:09 +0100, "Edwin Solheim" >I've just upgraded to Win98 and now my soundcard wont work anymore. From >what I can understand and see/hear... it seems like the card wont play >certain sounds.... I.e if the sample-rate is to high it will only play parts >of the sounds.. (sounds like the "M$-sound" etc. only play about a sec. >every now and then.) Hi Ed, I had the same thing a few weeks ago and the problem was that the soundcard had set itself to IRQ9. Although it was alone on that I decided to force it to IRQ7, since IRQ9 is the cascaded one from IRQ2 and from my DOS configuration days that used to cause problems. Lo and behold that fixed the problem, and the system has been perfect ever since. The symptoms were the same as yours, I would hear about the first one second of each sound then silence. Cheers! John

John, Seems like my card is also running IRQ9 now... Thanks alot for the tips! Now if I only could find a free interrupt to use for it.... :((( Got any more suggestions? Thanks! Ed_

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> John, > Seems like my card is also running IRQ9 now... > Thanks alot for the tips! > Now if I only could find a free interrupt to use for it.... :((( > Got any more suggestions?

Hi Ed Unless you are using any USB units, the Abit board can disconnect the USB all together, and since you are now using a PS-2 mouse (I'm guessing here) you can disable one of your "com" ports, both are done in BIOS and then in Win98 afterwards if they still show up, if you are still using a seriel mouse, disable the PS-2 connector, hey presto :-) Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy

On Tue, 15 Dec 1998 18:36:33 +0100, "Edwin Solheim" >Seems like my card is also running IRQ9 now... >Thanks alot for the tips! >Now if I only could find a free interrupt to use for it.... :((( >Got any more suggestions? Don't bend down to tie your lace in a revolving door? :-) Personally I forced the soundcard onto the same IRQ as my printer (7 I think), since I rarely use the printer and GPL was more important to me than solving the problem at that moment! It really depends upon your needs, you could try disabling PS/2 or USB support maybe? Cheers! John

Oki, I've fixed the sound part now.... Thanks alot for the help John! Unfortunaltley that didnt solve it all..... when i try and start GPL the screen will just turn completely weird with lotsa messy graphics or just go back to Win98 with a different refresh rate. I got a 8mb Thrille AGP and have tried with both old and new drivers.... any help here would be good. Edwin Solheim The Paddock