Grand Prix 2 and Soundblaster Live

LS, I just installed a soundblaster live in my system but GP2 - does not recognize it in automatic setup - it cannot be set manually to the correct values The conclusion is now that I am running without sound. Does anyone know a site with SB live drivers for GP2 or any other solution ? Kind redards, Herman Reintke

You cannot run it in plain dos with sound. Run it from Windows95/98 and all should work fine at least mine does! Make sure you have Creative SB16 Emulation driver installed! Borut

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> LS, > I just installed a soundblaster live in my system but GP2 > - does not recognize it in automatic setup > - it cannot be set manually to the correct values > The conclusion is now that I am running without sound. > Does anyone know a site with SB live drivers for GP2 or any other solution

? > Kind redards, > Herman Reintke

Herman, Your autoexec.bat file needs to have the following lines in it: SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 H1 T6 SET CTSYN=C:\WINDOWS C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\SBLIVE\DOSDRV\SBEINIT.COM SET SNDSCAPE=C:\WINDOWS Of course your exact folders may be different but the important thing is that you are loading the SBEINIT.COM program. Wayne Hutchison

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> LS, > I just installed a soundblaster live in my system but GP2 > - does not recognize it in automatic setup > - it cannot be set manually to the correct values > The conclusion is now that I am running without sound. > Does anyone know a site with SB live drivers for GP2 or any other solution

? > Kind redards, > Herman Reintke

I saw your post and I have a similar problem.I have loaded SB Live software and for a time everything was OK. Now I get an error message stating that my SB emulation driver (Version 3.07) is not loading. What do I need to do to have the driver load again. Thanks.

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>LS, >I just installed a soundblaster live in my system but GP2 >- does not recognize it in automatic setup >- it cannot be set manually to the correct values >The conclusion is now that I am running without sound. >Does anyone know a site with SB live drivers for GP2 or any other solution ?

It's not just you. I had the same problem with my Live! Value. I just worked through the IRQ & DMA settings in order until I found a combination that worked. The settings I ended up with were not what my emulation resources are suppsed to be, but hey, they work fine. I didn't have any problems with ICR2 or N2. They worked fine with the "proper" settings for the emulation. -- | "Instead of letting the moon be the Bill Mette | gateway to our future, we have let Enteract, Chicago | it become a brief chapter in our

Borut, I'm pretty sure you CAN run the Live soundcard from DOS because that's what I do when I run ICR2 Rendition. As long as the SBEINIT program is loaded, DOS programs can use the card just like any other. Wayne Hutchison > You cannot run it in plain dos with sound. Run it from Windows95/98 and all

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> should work fine at least mine does! Make sure you have Creative SB16 > Emulation driver installed! > Borut > > LS, > > I just installed a soundblaster live in my system but GP2 > > - does not recognize it in automatic setup > > - it cannot be set manually to the correct values > > The conclusion is now that I am running without sound. > > Does anyone know a site with SB live drivers for GP2 or any other

solution > ? > > Kind redards, > > Herman Reintke

I have Emulation driver installed and configured properly but GP2 will not recognize the SB Live and locks up the computer. I have tried to install MANY times, always with the same result. It runs nicely with no sound but it just isn't the same. (Yes Ed, I have moved on, but it sure would be nice to have GP2!) Lightning Leroy

Hmm, i'm pretty sure i tried it but no go with GP2. Borut > Borut, > I'm pretty sure you CAN run the Live soundcard from DOS because that's what

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> I do when I run ICR2 Rendition. As long as the SBEINIT program is loaded, > DOS programs can use the card just like any other. > Wayne Hutchison > > You cannot run it in plain dos with sound. Run it from Windows95/98 and > all > > should work fine at least mine does! Make sure you have Creative SB16 > > Emulation driver installed! > > Borut > > > LS, > > > I just installed a soundblaster live in my system but GP2 > > > - does not recognize it in automatic setup > > > - it cannot be set manually to the correct values > > > The conclusion is now that I am running without sound. > > > Does anyone know a site with SB live drivers for GP2 or any other > solution > > ? > > > Kind redards, > > > Herman Reintke

I have the SB Live value, TNT2, and I do not have the Emulation drivers installed ( they require EMM 386, which I don't have installed) GP2 runs fine under Win98. Don Scurlock Vancouver, B.C.

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>>Run it from Windows95/98 and >>all >>> should work fine at least mine does! Make sure you have Creative SB16 >>> Emulation driver installed! >I have Emulation driver installed and configured properly but GP2 will not >recognize the SB Live and locks up the computer. I have tried to install MANY >times, always with the same result. It runs nicely with no sound but it just >isn't the same. (Yes Ed, I have moved on, but it sure would be nice to have >GP2!) >Lightning Leroy

Same problem over here!!! This is getting just a tad frustrating now!!......:(

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> Hmm, i'm pretty sure i tried it but no go with GP2. > Borut > > Borut, > > I'm pretty sure you CAN run the Live soundcard from DOS because that's > what > > I do when I run ICR2 Rendition. As long as the SBEINIT program is loaded, > > DOS programs can use the card just like any other. > > Wayne Hutchison > > > You cannot run it in plain dos with sound. Run it from Windows95/98 and > > all > > > should work fine at least mine does! Make sure you have Creative SB16 > > > Emulation driver installed! > > > Borut > > > > LS, > > > > I just installed a soundblaster live in my system but GP2 > > > > - does not recognize it in automatic setup > > > > - it cannot be set manually to the correct values > > > > The conclusion is now that I am running without sound. > > > > Does anyone know a site with SB live drivers for GP2 or any other > > solution > > > ? > > > > Kind redards, > > > > Herman Reintke

I haven't messed with GP2 for a while, but doesn't it want particular settings for the sound card? IRQ 5 was the normal irq for sb16's, so I force my SB Live to use that IRQ. In BIOS, you should have a setting to reserve IRQ's for ISA legacy devices. Both systems I have used my Live in are Award BIOS's so I set IRQ 5 to legacy rather than PNP and the Live then grabs it for DOS emulation. I haven't tried it on GP2, but it did work for the other DOS programs I tried (ICR, ICR2, NASCAR Racing, Aces of the Pacific, etc.)

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> Same problem over here!!! This is getting just a tad frustrating > now!!......:( > > Hmm, i'm pretty sure i tried it but no go with GP2. > > Borut > > > Borut, > > > I'm pretty sure you CAN run the Live soundcard from DOS because that's > > what > > > I do when I run ICR2 Rendition. As long as the SBEINIT program is

loaded,

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> > > DOS programs can use the card just like any other. > > > Wayne Hutchison > > > > You cannot run it in plain dos with sound. Run it from Windows95/98

and > > > all > > > > should work fine at least mine does! Make sure you have Creative SB16

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> > > > Emulation driver installed! > > > > Borut > > > > > LS, > > > > > I just installed a soundblaster live in my system but GP2 > > > > > - does not recognize it in automatic setup > > > > > - it cannot be set manually to the correct values > > > > > The conclusion is now that I am running without sound. > > > > > Does anyone know a site with SB live drivers for GP2 or any other > > > solution > > > > ? > > > > > Kind redards, > > > > > Herman Reintke

Is this in DOS or in Windows ? Mine worked fine until I changed my motherboard and CPU. Now I'm having the same problems. No sound in either DOS or Windows. And Yes, I have emulation running, and I have gone through all the different settings in DOS. In Windows, If you choose a different setting, it results in a system hang ........ Cheers.....Ken

> >It's not just you. I had the same problem with my Live! Value. I just > >worked through the IRQ & DMA settings in order until I found a combination > >that worked. The settings I ended up with were not what my emulation > >resources are suppsed to be, but hey, they work fine. I didn't have any > >problems with ICR2 or N2. They worked fine with the "proper" settings for

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> >the emulation. > Is this in DOS or in Windows ? > Mine worked fine until I changed my motherboard and CPU. > Now I'm having the same problems. No sound in either DOS or Windows. > And Yes, I have emulation running, and I have gone through all the > different settings in DOS. In Windows, If you choose a different > setting, it results in a system hang ........ > Cheers.....Ken

Sounds like you need to look at the IRQ settings in the bios. You can indicate which IRQ's are left alone by pnp for use by ISA devices. Reserve IRQ 5 for ISA and setup the sound card to use that. Hope that helps. Bart Westra