Re: ZVG Experience - Proper place to post?

From: Michael Cunningham <michael.cunningham.usa_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue Sep 13 2011 - 01:04:53 EDT

never thought of replacing the mother board but I guess thats an option.. I'd
prefer just to replace the sound card if I can. The onboard sound on
the motherboard is
disabled currently. The sb card I am using is an add on card.

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 12:59 AM, matt <galaga@slingshot.co.nz> wrote:
> http://www.msi.com/product/mb/MS-6378.html#/?div=Detail
>
> i got one of this off ebay $10 and sound is %100!!
> VIAĊ½ VT82C686A / 686B Chipset is the best!!!
> BUT make sure that to BIOS has sound blaster in it as hp,compaq,etc dont :(
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Cunningham"
> <michael.cunningham.usa@gmail.com>
> To: <vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 3:40 PM
> Subject: Re: VECTOR: ZVG Experience - Proper place to post?
>
>
>> unfortunately I dont have that option in my bios.
>>
>> For those sucessfully using vectormame in dos, what sound card model
>> are you using?
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:35 PM, Rodger Boots <rlboots2@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Sometimes the PCI IRQs are set from one of the BIOS setup screens.
>>>
>>> On Sep 12, 2011 10:33 PM, "Michael Cunningham"
>>> <michael.cunningham.usa@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> easier said then done:) I have disabled the serial port in the bios
>>>> so that shouldnt be
>>>> an issue. Basically when I move it from pci slot to slot the irq
>>>> changes.
>>>>
>>>> I've seen irq 4, 10, and 11
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:18 PM, Rodger Boots <rlboots2@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> You might want to move the sound card to IRQ5, IRQ4 is usually one of
>>>>> the
>>>>> serial ports.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sep 12, 2011 10:13 PM, "Michael Cunningham"
>>>>> <michael.cunningham.usa@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Some success...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I popped out 3 of the 1gb chips.. down to 1gb now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Was able to sucessfully load dos 7.1 and got the sbpci drivers
>>>>>> installed.
>>>>>> dvmame now runs but I get a page fault error when I try to
>>>>>> start it up with sound. Choosing silence works great.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm assuming my sb setup is screwed up but it loads the driver fine
>>>>>> when dos boots
>>>>>> and reports port ccc0 irq 4
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I tried the sbtest program and it just hangs when it hits the digital
>>>>>> voice test. I'm
>>>>>> thinking this is one of those nightmare to config sb pci cards.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What SB pci cards is everyone using? model num?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a CT4750
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 3:14 PM, matt <galaga@slingshot.co.nz> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 64mb is all you need for vdmame !!
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Cunningham"
>>>>>>> <michael.cunningham.usa@gmail.com>
>>>>>>> To: <vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 3:21 AM
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: VECTOR: ZVG Experience - Proper place to post?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thats a good point. I think my bois has an option to limit the ram to
>>>>>>> 256 mb for older operating systems. I'll give that a try when I get
>>>>>>> home. I assume 256 mb be enough to cover all the vector
>>>>>>> games.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Lewis D'Aubin
>>>>>>> <ldaubin@bellsouth.net>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> What version of DOS are you using?
>>>>>>>>> Any links for the drivers and such you used?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I've been pulling my hair out with dos. I think there is something
>>>>>>>>> wrong with my motherboard as all the memory (4 gb!) seem to be used
>>>>>>>>> up
>>>>>>>>> in dos so nothing can start.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 4GB? Try pulling out three of those... there's no way DOS can
>>>>>>>> address
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> much memory. My VectorMAME cab is running sweet on 64MB.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -Lewis
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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