For these, the utility that came (or that you can obtain) for your soundcard is the place to find the correct values.įor Windows 95 and Windows 98 users, to find the settings of your sound card, select:Ĭontrol Panel / System / Device Manager / Computer / Properties / View Resources. Even newer PnP (PlugnPlay) motherboards instead require a sound configuration manager to set the address of the board, as well as the IRQ and DMA levels. Newer ones allow some of the above to be set from BIOS. Very old motherboards use jumpers to set some of the above values. For those who dont want to look further than this post, I offer the following notes, some my own, some from site: T = the Type (or emulation) of sound cardĪn excellent and in-depth resource on the blaster environment variable can be found here. In which the letters and values represent:Ī = the base address of the card (in the example, it is 220)ĭ = the Direct Memory Access channel number So I post this example and offer a closer look with details added: Or you can even put the line into an AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
You simply open a DOS window (XP users can type "command" in the RUN box to do this) and set the sound variable directly yourself.
However, as long as it's a Windows version newer than 3.1, the operating system is not especially critical. It's been years, but after seeing his post, I recalled that it was the key element to understand regarding DOS and all soundcards. Black had correct solution - the "blaster" variable. And for the younger generation that does not remember the great forerunners of modern games, there are lots of "abandonware" websites, the use of which will also make this thread timely.
With the increasing popularity of integrated sound and video, lots of us have had DOS driver problems. I post this because, as a computer tech and a longtime gamer, Ive seen many people that enjoy playing games from years ago. In fact, that is why I registered, to expand on it. Have an integrated AC'97/SoundMax and the same problem.
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