Successful AWE64 ISA PnP installation!

Recently, I posted a message to this newsgroup, the subject was -

ISA Plug and Play not working (clean install)

I am very pleased to say that I have fixed the problem: I am now able
to insert an AWE64 ISA PnP sound card inside the Win98SE PC, and the
PC correctly identifies it, and everything appears to be working
great.

Summary of fixed problem: I think that the Value AWE64 card that I was
using (before a 2nd AWE64 *gold* card arrived this morning for me to
test) may have been faulty. Carefully examining one the only
configurable jumper, which allows the user to disable midi
functionality (I think), it looked damaged. Also, perhaps the "ISA
slot pins" were dirty, I'm not too sure, maybe it also needed
cleaning?

I'd really like to thank everyone on this newsgroup forum who took the
time to help me out with this problem, I'm so grateful for all the
really excellent advice I received.

Thank you, Best regards from Robert.

PS: Gary, I'd still love those CDs please! :o)

MEB
Mon Apr 21 10:54:41 PDT 2008

Well, we are certainly glad to hear that. Check those cleaning techniques if
intending to use that card in the future, also look at that older driver
offered on Creative [you now have the link].

--
MEB http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com
--
_________

"rpgs rock dvds" <rpgsrockdvds@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
news:038d45b6-3a1f-4b6c-8de5-3578c8bc1b8e@n14g2000pri.googlegroups.com...
| Recently, I posted a message to this newsgroup, the subject was -
|
| ISA Plug and Play not working (clean install)
|
| I am very pleased to say that I have fixed the problem: I am now able
| to insert an AWE64 ISA PnP sound card inside the Win98SE PC, and the
| PC correctly identifies it, and everything appears to be working
| great.
|
| Summary of fixed problem: I think that the Value AWE64 card that I was
| using (before a 2nd AWE64 *gold* card arrived this morning for me to
| test) may have been faulty. Carefully examining one the only
| configurable jumper, which allows the user to disable midi
| functionality (I think), it looked damaged. Also, perhaps the "ISA
| slot pins" were dirty, I'm not too sure, maybe it also needed
| cleaning?
|
| I'd really like to thank everyone on this newsgroup forum who took the
| time to help me out with this problem, I'm so grateful for all the
| really excellent advice I received.
|
| Thank you, Best regards from Robert.
|
| PS: Gary, I'd still love those CDs please! :o)

Franc
Mon Apr 21 13:51:07 PDT 2008

On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:02:41 -0700 (PDT), rpgs rock dvds
<rpgsrockdvds@hotmail.co.uk> put finger to keyboard and composed:

>Recently, I posted a message to this newsgroup, the subject was -
>
>ISA Plug and Play not working (clean install)
>
>I am very pleased to say that I have fixed the problem: I am now able
>to insert an AWE64 ISA PnP sound card inside the Win98SE PC, and the
>PC correctly identifies it, and everything appears to be working
>great.
>
>Summary of fixed problem: I think that the Value AWE64 card that I was
>using (before a 2nd AWE64 *gold* card arrived this morning for me to
>test) may have been faulty. Carefully examining one the only
>configurable jumper, which allows the user to disable midi
>functionality (I think), it looked damaged. Also, perhaps the "ISA
>slot pins" were dirty, I'm not too sure, maybe it also needed
>cleaning?

FWIW, I found this:
http://members.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=20709

"The BIOS of this device is incorrectly reporting the resources for
this device. Try getting an updated BIOS from your system
manufacturer. Error code (9)."

Model ct4550,ct4520,ct4390

See
http://support.us.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R19293&formatcnt=1&libid=0&fileid=19087

"Restores the AWE64 card to operating condition if the EEprom has been
corrupted. New drivers will help guard against future corruption of
the EEprom."

ftp://ftp.us.dell.com/audio/AWEFlsh.exe

The above utility creates an "AWE64 EEprom Flash utility and Driver"
diskette. The EEPROM contains the card's PnP ID.

- Franc Zabkar
--
Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.

glee
Mon Apr 21 17:14:01 PDT 2008

Glad to hear it...thanks for letting us know, even if it was in a different thread.
;-)
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Windows, A+
http://dts-l.net/
http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm


"rpgs rock dvds" <rpgsrockdvds@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
news:038d45b6-3a1f-4b6c-8de5-3578c8bc1b8e@n14g2000pri.googlegroups.com...
> Recently, I posted a message to this newsgroup, the subject was -
>
> ISA Plug and Play not working (clean install)
>
> I am very pleased to say that I have fixed the problem: I am now able
> to insert an AWE64 ISA PnP sound card inside the Win98SE PC, and the
> PC correctly identifies it, and everything appears to be working
> great.
>
> Summary of fixed problem: I think that the Value AWE64 card that I was
> using (before a 2nd AWE64 *gold* card arrived this morning for me to
> test) may have been faulty. Carefully examining one the only
> configurable jumper, which allows the user to disable midi
> functionality (I think), it looked damaged. Also, perhaps the "ISA
> slot pins" were dirty, I'm not too sure, maybe it also needed
> cleaning?
>
> I'd really like to thank everyone on this newsgroup forum who took the
> time to help me out with this problem, I'm so grateful for all the
> really excellent advice I received.
>
> Thank you, Best regards from Robert.
>
> PS: Gary, I'd still love those CDs please! :o)

philo
Mon Apr 21 17:35:21 PDT 2008


"rpgs rock dvds" <rpgsrockdvds@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
news:038d45b6-3a1f-4b6c-8de5-3578c8bc1b8e@n14g2000pri.googlegroups.com...
> Recently, I posted a message to this newsgroup, the subject was -
>
> ISA Plug and Play not working (clean install)
>
> I am very pleased to say that I have fixed the problem: I am now able
> to insert an AWE64 ISA PnP sound card inside the Win98SE PC, and the
> PC correctly identifies it, and everything appears to be working
> great.
>
>


<snip>

Thanks for posting back...
I've got a whole box full of ISA sound cards if you need a few more <G>

rpgs
Tue Apr 22 01:20:03 PDT 2008

On 22 Apr, 01:35, "philo" <ph...@privacy.net> wrote:
> "rpgs rock dvds" <rpgsrockd...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in messagenews:038d45b6-3a1f-4b6c-8de5-3578c8bc1b8e@n14g2000pri.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Recently, I posted a message to this newsgroup, the subject was -
>
> > ISA Plug and Play not working (clean install)
>
> > I am very pleased to say that I have fixed the problem: I am now able
> > to insert an AWE64 ISA PnP sound card inside the Win98SE PC, and the
> > PC correctly identifies it, and everything appears to be working
> > great.
>
> <snip>
>
> Thanks for posting back...
> I've got a whole box full of ISA sound cards if you need a few more <G>

Hehehe, yes that sounds exciting!! (I'm building two Win98 boxes, so
I'm looking for one more ISA-based sound card -- I have a nice non-PnP
SB16, so I was looking for something a bit different to a SB...)

Please can you email me at -

rpgs___________rockdvds@hotmail.co.uk (Please remove all
underscores)

Thanks a lot, Best regards from Robert.

rpgs
Tue Apr 22 01:21:31 PDT 2008

On 22 Apr, 01:14, "glee" <gle...@spamindspring.com> wrote:
> Glad to hear it...thanks for letting us know, even if it was in a different thread.
> ;-)
> --
> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Windows, A+http://dts-l.net/http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm

Oops, my bad, that does need a quick fix! :o)

rpgs
Tue Apr 22 01:30:12 PDT 2008

On 21 Apr, 21:51, Franc Zabkar <fzab...@iinternode.on.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:02:41 -0700 (PDT), rpgs rock dvds
> <rpgsrockd...@hotmail.co.uk> put finger to keyboard and composed:
>
>
>
>
>
> >Recently, I posted a message to this newsgroup, the subject was -
>
> >ISA Plug and Play not working (clean install)
>
> >I am very pleased to say that I have fixed the problem: I am now able
> >to insert an AWE64 ISA PnP sound card inside the Win98SE PC, and the
> >PC correctly identifies it, and everything appears to be working
> >great.
>
> >Summary of fixed problem: I think that the Value AWE64 card that I was
> >using (before a 2nd AWE64 *gold* card arrived this morning for me to
> >test) may have been faulty. =A0Carefully examining one the only
> >configurable jumper, which allows the user to disable midi
> >functionality (I think), it looked damaged. =A0Also, perhaps the "ISA
> >slot pins" were dirty, I'm not too sure, maybe it also needed
> >cleaning?
>
> FWIW, I found this:http://members.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driver=
id=3D20709
>
> "The BIOS of this device is incorrectly reporting the resources for
> this device. Try getting an updated BIOS from your system
> manufacturer. Error code (9)."
>
> Model ct4550,ct4520,ct4390
>
> Seehttp://support.us.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=3Dus&l=3De=
n&...
>
> "Restores the AWE64 card to operating condition if the EEprom has been
> corrupted. New drivers will help guard against future corruption of
> the EEprom."
>
> ftp://ftp.us.dell.com/audio/AWEFlsh.exe
>
> The above utility creates an "AWE64 EEprom Flash utility and Driver"
> diskette. The EEPROM contains the card's PnP ID.
>
> - Franc Zabkar
> --
> Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.- Hide quoted=
text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thanks a lot! It looks quite technical - I'll have to study this very
carefully.
I made an offline .Txt file of those URLs you gave me the other day,
and I've already downloaded 9 AWE64 patches that look very useful. I
have *always* wanted to know where a really good SB support website
was, but stupid me, could never find one. (I thought Creative had
stopped downloads for their legacy drivers and patches etc.)

Best regards, Robert.

rpgs
Tue Apr 22 01:34:24 PDT 2008

On 21 Apr, 18:54, "MEB" <meb@not h...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Well, we are certainly glad to hear that. Check those cleaning techniques =
if
> intending to use that card in the future, also look at that older driver
> offered on Creative [you now have the link].
>
> --
> MEBhttp://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com
> --
> _________
>
> "rpgs rock dvds" <rpgsrockd...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in messagenews:038d45b=
6-3a1f-4b6c-8de5-3578c8bc1b8e@n14g2000pri.googlegroups.com...
> | Recently, I posted a message to this newsgroup, the subject was -
> |
> | ISA Plug and Play not working (clean install)
> |
> | I am very pleased to say that I have fixed the problem: I am now able
> | to insert an AWE64 ISA PnP sound card inside the Win98SE PC, and the
> | PC correctly identifies it, and everything appears to be working
> | great.
> |
> | Summary of fixed problem: I think that the Value AWE64 card that I was
> | using (before a 2nd AWE64 *gold* card arrived this morning for me to
> | test) may have been faulty. =A0Carefully examining one the only
> | configurable jumper, which allows the user to disable midi
> | functionality (I think), it looked damaged. =A0Also, perhaps the "ISA
> | slot pins" were dirty, I'm not too sure, maybe it also needed
> | cleaning?
> |
> | I'd really like to thank everyone on this newsgroup forum who took the
> | time to help me out with this problem, I'm so grateful for all the
> | really excellent advice I received.
> |
> | Thank you, Best regards from Robert.
> |
> | PS: Gary, I'd still love those CDs please! =A0:o)

There's a definite possibility I may need to use those cleaning
techniques! In my other Win98 box I'm building from scratch, I have a
QDI Advance 9 mobo, and one of the ISA slots looks very dusty.

Hehehe, this new hobby is very time consuming!

Best regards, Robert.

philo
Tue Apr 22 05:06:39 PDT 2008

<snip>
> >
> > Thanks for posting back...
> > I've got a whole box full of ISA sound cards if you need a few more <G>
>
> Hehehe, yes that sounds exciting!! (I'm building two Win98 boxes, so
> I'm looking for one more ISA-based sound card -- I have a nice non-PnP
> SB16, so I was looking for something a bit different to a SB...)
>
> Please can you email me at -
>
> rpgs___________rockdvds@hotmail.co.uk (Please remove all
> underscores)
>
> Thanks a lot, Best regards from Robert.


Ok///
mail is on the way.

My policy with old computer parts is generally

parts are free....you pay postage