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Sound problems – Apple PC Compatibility Card 12-inch card User Manual

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Sound problems

I can’t install Sound Blaster software.

Before you can install Sound Blaster software, you may need to make a
temporary change to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file in order to free enough
memory for the install utility. Open the AUTOEXEC.BAT file in a text editor
and edit the line containing the word “SMARTDRV” as shown:

REM C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE

Restart the PC by pressing Control-Alt-…, and try the installation again.

Be sure to restore the “SMARTDRV” line in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file to its
original state after Sound Blaster installation is successful.

I can’t hear PC sounds.

PC sound may be turned off in the PC Setup control panel, or the appropriate
sound input options may not be selected in the Mac OS. Consult the
documentation that came with your computer or system software upgrade kit.

If you can’t hear sound from a CD, make sure that the internal CD audio
cables are installed according to the instructions in the chapter on installing
the PC Compatibility Card in your computer model.

The PC Compatibility Card can play sound only from the CD-ROM drive
with the lowest SCSI ID number. If you’re using another CD-ROM drive, you
won’t hear sound when you switch to the PC environment.

If you are using DOS or Windows, increase the speaker volume with the
Sound Blaster Mixerset application. To run the Mixerset application from
DOS, change to the

VIBRA16

directory, type

mixerset

, and press Enter.

Check that the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files contain the
following lines:

AUTOEXEC.BAT (for Windows 95)

SET SOUND=C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\CTSND
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6
SET MIDI=SYNTH:1 MAP:E

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