Guest rpgs rock dvds Posted April 21, 2008 Posted April 21, 2008 Re: ISA Plug and Play not working (clean install) On 21 Apr, 06:09, Franc Zabkar <fzab...@iinternode.on.net> wrote: > On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:47:32 -0700 (PDT), rpgs rock dvds > <rpgsrockd...@hotmail.co.uk> put finger to keyboard and composed: > > > > > > >Inside BIOS, I changed BIOS OS PnP = No > > >Then, when booting up, I see BIOS display this information on the > >screen - > > >card number 1 > >device number 0 > >dma 1,5 > >irq=5 > >device name audio > > >(It looks like BIOS can see the AWE64 PnP ISA card.) > > >Also, inside DOS real-mode, I run the nvram120 utility. It tells me - > > >Display ESCD summary of all nodes: > > >01: Slot#= 1, Id=___00C7 > > 0 : Irq5, Dma1, Dma5, 220h-22Fh, 330h-331h, 388h-38Bh, > > 1 : 200h-207h, > > 2 : 620h-623h, > > 3 : PnP ISA Ven=___00C7 Ser=0xFFFFFFFF > > >(rest of information snipped) > > >I think this is good, because it looks like the nvram120 utility can > >see all of the AWE64 card's elements including the AWE midi > >functionality at the 620 section -- excuse my ignorant technical > >description here, I'm not very technically minded. > > I don't really understand these utilities any more than you do, but > neither utility sees my ISA PnP sound chip. > > >Also, I did run the pnpbtst7 utility, but I'm afraid my lack of > >technical knowledge makes it difficult for me to understand the > >displayed output. One thing I did note however, was I could not find > >the IRQ number 5 listed in the output, which may or may not be of use, > >I'm sorry I'm not sure. > > Same here. It seems that the PNPBTST utility looks for PnP ISA devices > but doesn't find our sound cards. The NVRAM utility does enumerate > yours, though. I don't have any problems at my end, so I assume this > behaviour is normal. At least it proves (?) that BIOS is finding all > your devices and all their resources, so I would think it must be a > Windows issue. > > >One final observation - I decided to run a DOS program that was > >included on the AWE64 CD called "aweutil". I ran it like this - > > >aweutil /? > > >I just wanted to see what options were available. The results > >displayed were - > > >ERR012: AWE32 initialization failed > > >Thanks, Best regards, Robert. > > I don't have a Sound Blaster card but I get the following in a DOS box > (after I edit the PIF to prevent DOS applications from detecting > Windows). > > =================================================================== > D:\Software\Drivers\AWE>aweutil /? > > AWEUTIL TSR Version 1.20 > Copyright © Creative Technology Ltd, 1994-95. All rights reserved. > > Usage: AWEUTIL [options] > Options: /U Unload > /S Initialize only > ................. > /EM:MT32 Enable MIDI Emulation using MT32 Emulation > =================================================================== > > OTOH, if I type "aweutil" on its own, I get the same as you: > > =================================================================== > D:\Software\Drivers\AWE>aweutil > > AWEUTIL TSR Version 1.20 > Copyright © Creative Technology Ltd, 1994-95. All rights reserved. > > ERR012: AWE32 initialization failed > =================================================================== > > It seems that your version of aweutil doesn't see "/?" as a help > switch. > > This is the utility I used:http://ccftp.creative.com/manualdn/Applications/Others/279/aweutl.exe > > I found it here:http://tinyurl.com/3hp99yhttp://us.creative.com/support/downloads/download.asp?Product_ID=1849... > > Maybe you need to run the "Creative PnP Configuration Manager" > (ctcmbbs.exe) to setup the card's resources before aweutil (and DOS) > can see it. It shouldn't be required for Win9x, though. > > - Franc Zabkar > -- > Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - That webpage with all the AWE64 downloads was SOO useful, thanks very much!! I think you're absolutely right - I must first run "Creative PnP Configuration Manager" (ctcmbbs.exe) to setup the card's resources before aweutil (and DOS) can see it. And my AWE64 gold just arrived this morning from the States, so there just aren't enough hours in the day!! :o) Thanks a lot, Best regards, Robert.
Guest rpgs rock dvds Posted April 22, 2008 Posted April 22, 2008 Re: ISA Plug and Play not working (clean install) On 19 Apr, 14:54, rpgs rock dvds <rpgsrockd...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > Are there are any noteworthy BIOS or Windows 98 settings I need to be > aware of to get Win98 successfully installed on a QDI Advance 9 or 10 > mobo? (VIA chipset). The reason I ask is that I am having a problem > with Win98's ISA Plug and Play mechanism. Win98 is unable to detect > any PnP ISA cards. Please note this occurs with the CMOS settings > cleared and a clean Win98 install, plus I'm just using a basic VGA > graphics card only, or occasionally this graphics card with a > Soundblaster AWE64 (PnP ISA). > > For either hardware configuration mentioned above, inside Device > Manager there appears to be some kind of resource problem with this > System resource: > > "IO read data port for ISA Plug and Play enumerator" > > Looking at the configuration details, there's a conflict with both the > Secondary IDE Controller (dual fifo) and also with VIA Bus Master PCI > IDE Controller. I've tried changing the above-mentioned "ISA PnP > enumerator's" resources to fix the conflict, but my changes don't > appear to make an effect. Also, I don't seem to be able to adjust > either of the two conflicting Controller's IRQ values, although I'm > not too sure if that would help. > > I went to the chipset maker (VIA) website and downloaded a "4-in-1" > chipset driver package and installed it, but unfortunately it didn't > fix the problem. The BIOS appears to be on its latest revision. I > also scoured the net's newsgroups and couldn't find any help that I > haven't already tried. > > Thanks a lot if anyone can help, best regards, Robert. Problem solved! Please see this later-dated thread subject - "Successful AWE64 ISA PnP installation!" for details. (Basically, I think the ISA sound card may have been faulty.)
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