Operating Instructions and Installation Instructions

B-6 SB Emulation in MS-DOS/ Windows 95/98/ME
Determining
Resources
To find the current SB Live! SB16 Emulation resources in Windows 95/98:
1. Click
Start
->
Settings
->
Control Panel
.
2. In the
Control Panel
window, double-click the
System
icon.
3. In the
System Properties
dialog box, click the
Device Manager
tab.
4. Double-click
Creative Miscellaneous Devices
, and then double-click
Creative SB Live!
SB16 Emulation
.
5. Click the
Resources
tab.
You can use the information in the resource list to help you configure MS-DOS games for use
with the SB Live! card.
The resource list may show three entries of “Input/Output Range” and two entries of “Direct
Memory Access”. They correspond to the sequence of entries in Table B-1 and Table B-3. If the
number of entries do not match, a good estimate of the identity of the device is its I/O address or
DMA channel.
To find the current SB Live! SB16 Emulation resources in MS-DOS mode:
1. Switch to your SB Live! DOS driver directory, that is:
C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\SBLIVE\DOSDRV
2. Type
SBECFG
and then press <Enter>.
Some older games may have difficulty detecting the SB Live! card at certain resource settings.
Typically, these games expect the card to be at a fixed set of resources and would fail to load if
those resources are not detected. If you have older MS-DOS games that do not work properly,
try changing the SB Live! SB16 Emulation configuration. Use the following as a guide:
Problem:
Sound Blaster emulation is not recognised.
Solution:
Try switching the SB Emulation IRQ between 5 and 7, use DMA channel 1, use SB
interface port 220.
Problem:
The MPU-401emulation is not recognised.
Solution:
Try using Port address 330.
The MS-DOS driver
SBEINIT.COM must be running
for SBECFG.EXE to work
properly
.