User guide

Troubleshooting 37
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Some le
g
ac
y
g
ames ma
y
have been desi
g
ned for use onl
y
in MS-DOS. Sound Blaster Live! supports MS-
DOS
g
ames. There are two wa
y
s to pla
y
MS-DOS
g
ames:
T
From the MS-DOS window in Windows
To open the MS-DOS window:
1. Click the Start button on the Windows Taskbar, select Pro
g
rams, and then click MS-DOS Prompt.
T
In Windows MS-DOS mode
If
y
ou do not want to or cannot run a
g
ame from the MS-DOS window, use MS-DOS mode. For
example, when there are insufficient s
y
stem resources to pla
y
the
g
ame with Windows loaded.
To restart the system in MS-DOS mode when you are already in Windows:
1. Click the Start button on the taskbar, and then click Shutdown.
2. Select the Restart The Computer In MS-DOS Mode option, and then click the OK button.
To start the system in MS-DOS mode at system startup:
1. At startup as Windows is loadin
g
, press and hold the F8 ke
y
.
2. At the startup menu, choose the Command Prompt Onl
y
option, and then press the ENTER ke
y
.
Some older
g
ames ma
y
have difficult
y
detectin
g
the Sound Blaster Live! card at certain resource
settin
g
s. T
y
picall
y
, these
g
ames would expect the card to be at a fixed set of resources and would fail to
load if those resources are not detected. If
y
ou have older MS-DOS
g
ames that do not work properl
y
, tr
y
chan
g
in
g
the Sound Blaster Live! SB16 Emulation confi
g
uration. Use the followin
g
as a
g
uide:
P
ROBLEM
: Sound Blaster emulation is not reco
g
nized.
Resource: Switch the SB emulation IRQ between 5 and 7, use DMA channel 1, use interface port 220.
P
ROBLEM
: The MPU-401emulation is not reco
g
nized.
Resource: Tr
y
usin
g
Port address 330.
T
To
p
la
y
g
ames in MS-DOS
mode:
• Connect the CD In connector
to the Analo
g
Audio
connector of the CD-ROM
or PC-DVD drive.
• If audio is distorted, do not
connect the CD SPDIF
connector to the di
g
ital audio
connector of the CD-ROM
or PC-DVD drive.
T
If
y
ou connect to the di
g
ital
audio and analo
g
audio
connectors of the same CD-
ROM or PC-DVD drive, do
not unmute CD Audio and CD
Di
g
ital at the same time in
Surround Mixer.
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