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╔══════════════════════════════════╗
║ Sound Blaster Updates Disk ║
╚══════════════════════════════════╝
This file contains the following sections:
1. Installation requirements
2. Installation Instruction
3. INSTALL's operation
4. Updated files
1. INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS
Before you update Sound Blaster drivers, you should ensure that you
have a workable system. Software update will only update latest
drivers for you.
To install Sound Blaster Updates, you require INSTALL.EXE,
INSTALL.PVL and any additional files that are card dependent.
(Refer to the table below)
We recommend that you update Both DOS and Windows drivers.
╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╤═══════════════╗
║ Descriptions │ FileName ║
╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╪═══════════════╣
║ Sound Blaster 16 DOS Drivers │ SB16DOSD.PVL ║
║ Sound Blaster 16 Windows Drivers │ SB16WIND.PVL ║
║ Sound Blaster 16 Resident mixer │ SB16MIX.PVL ║
║ Sound Blaster Pro DOS Drivers │ SBPDOSD.PVL ║
║ Sound Blaster Pro Windwos Drivers │ SBPWIND.PVL ║
║ Sound Blaster Pro 2 DOS Drivers │ SBP2DOSD.PVL ║
║ Sound Blaster Pro 2 Windwos Drivers │ SBP2WIND.PVL ║
║ Sound Blaster Pro and SB Pro 2 Windows mixer │ SBPMIXER.PVL ║
║ Sound Blaster 2.0 Windows Drivers │ S2WINDRV.PVL ║
║ Sound Blaster 2.0 DOS Drivers │ S2DOSDRV.PVL ║
║ Sound Blaster Windows Application │ SOUNDOLE.PVL ║
║ Sound Blaster Voice Utilities │ VOCUTIL.PVL ║
║ Sound Blaster Multimedia Player │ MMPLAY.PVL ║
║ Sound Blaster Standard Interface Module │ SBSIM.PVL ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════════╝
2. INSTALLATION INSTRUCTION
To update your Sound Blaster software, follow the steps below:
a. Copy any of the files that you want to update (as shown in
section 1) onto a floppy disk or a directory in your hard
disk.
b. Run the program INSTALL.EXE.
c. The installation will detect the Audio card used and will not
extract that file if it is not meant for the Audio card.
d. Follow the program's instructions to complete the installation.
3. INSTALL's OPERATION
INSTALL will perform the following tasks:
a. Back-up all out-dated files from your Sound Blaster directory to
the BACKUP directory.
b. Install updated programs to your Sound Blaster directory.
c. Update the file OEMSETUP.INF if necessary.
If you choose to update the drivers in your Windows directory, the
program will perform the following tasks:
a. Remove all out-dated drivers from your Windows directory.
b. Install updated drivers to your Windows directory.
c. Verify that the file SYSTEM.INI contains the correct name of the
Sound Blaster driver.
At the end of the installation, a log file SBUPDATE.LOG will be
created in your Sound Blaster directory. You may use a text editor
to view this file. Alternatively, you may follow the steps below:
a. Change to your Sound Blaster directory.
b. Type "TYPE SBUPDATE.LOG" and press <Enter>.
4. UPDATED FILES
Note - BACKUP directory refers to the directory \BACKUP in your
Sound Blaster directory which will be created by INSTALL.
For Sound Blaster 16 (Advanced Signal Processor) users
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
DOS Drivers
───────────
The following files will be updated:
CTVDSK.DRV CTWDSK.DRV WPLAY.EXE WREC.EXE
VPLAY.EXE VREC.EXE CSP.SYS WI0006.CSP
WI0007.CSP WI0200.CSP WO0006.CSP WO0007.CSP
WO0200.CSP WFM0001A.CSP WFM0006A.CSP WFM0007A.CSP
WFM0200A.CSP WFM0202A.CSP WFM0203A.CSP
The following files will be added:
CTMMSYS.SYS CTSB16.SYS CTMIDI.DRV
The following files will be moved to the BACKUP directory if exists:
ASP.SYS WO0200.ASP WI0200.ASP WO0006.ASP
WI0006.ASP WO0007.ASP WI0007.ASP
The following files will be modified if necessary:
AUTOEXEC.BAT CONFIG.SYS
For Sound Blaster 16 users
──────────────────────────
DOS Drivers
───────────
The following files will be updated:
CTVDSK.DRV CTWDSK.DRV CSP.SYS WPLAY.EXE
WREC.EXE VREC.EXE VPLAY.EXE
The following files will be added:
CTMMSYS.SYS CTSB16.SYS CTMIDI.DRV
The following files will be modified if necessary:
AUTOEXEC.BAT CONFIG.SYS
For Sound Blaster 16 with and without Advanced Signal Processor users
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Windows Drivers
───────────────
The following files will be updated:
WFM0006.ACV WFM0007.ACV WFM0200.ACV VSBPD.386
CSPMAN.DLL SB16AUX.DRV SB16SND.DRV SB16FM.DRV
WINSETUP.EXE MIDIMAP.CFG
The following files will be added:
WFM0011 ACV WFM0202 ACV WFM0203 ACV
The following files will be moved to the BACKUP directory if exists:
WVFM0006.ACV WVFM0007.ACV WVFM0200.ACV ASPMAN.DLL
SBP16SND.DRV
The following files will be moved from /ACV directory to /WINDRV directory
WVFM0006.ACV WVFM0007.ACV WVFM0200.ACV
The following file will be modified if necessary:
OEMSETUP.INF
If you choose to update your Windows drivers:-
The following drivers in the \WINDOWS and \WINDOWS\SYSTEM
directories will be deleted if it exists:
SBP16SND.DRV ASPMAN.DLL
The following drivers in the \WINDOWS and \WINDOWS\SYSTEM
directories will be updated:
CTRES.DLL SB16SND.DRV SB16AUX.DRV CSPMAN.DLL
VSBPD.386 SB16FM.DRV MIDIMAP.CFG WFM0006.ACV
WFM0007.ACV WFM0200.ACV WFM0011.ACV WFM0202.ACV
WFM0203.ACV MIDIMAP.CFG
The following file will be modified if necessary:
SYSTEM.INI
For Sound Blaster Pro 2 users
─────────────────────────────
Windows Drivers
───────────────
The following files will be updated:
SBPMIXER.EXE SBPSND.DRV SBPAUX.DRV VSBPD.386
SBP2FM.DRV MIDIMAP.CFG
If you choose to update your Windows drivers:-
The following drivers in the \WINDOWS and \WINDOWS\SYSTEM
directories will be updated:
SBPSND.DRV SBPAUX.DRV VSBPD.386 SBP2FM.DRV
MIDIMAP.CFG
DOS Drivers
───────────
The following files will be added:
CTMMSYS.SYS CTSBPRO.SYS CTMIDI.EXE VPLAY.EXE
VREC.EXE
The following files will be modified if necessary:
AUTOEXEC.BAT CONFIG.SYS
For Sound Blaster Pro users
───────────────────────────
Windows Drivers
───────────────
The following files will be updated:
SBPMIXER.EXE SBPSND.DRV SBPAUX.DRV VSBPD.386
If you choose to update your Windows drivers:-
The following drivers in the \WINDOWS and \WINDOWS\SYSTEM
directories will be updated:
SBPSND.DRV SBPAUX.DRV VSBPD.386
DOS Drivers
───────────
The following files will be added:
CTMMSYS.SYS CTSBPRO.SYS CTMIDI.EXE
The following files will be modified if necessary:
AUTOEXEC.BAT CONFIG.SYS
For Sound Blaster 2.0 users
───────────────────────────
The following file will be updated:
SB20SND.DRV
If you choose to update your Windows drivers:-
The following driver in the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory will be
updated:
SB20SND.DRV
DOS Drivers
───────────
The following files will be added:
CTMMSYS.SYS CTSB2.SYS CTMIDI.EXE VPLAY.EXE
VREC.EXE
The following files will be modified if necessary:
AUTOEXEC.BAT CONFIG.SYS
For all Sound Blaster cards user
────────────────────────────────
Windows Application
───────────────────
The following files will be updated:
SOUNDOLE.EXE CTCCW.DLL
The following drivers in the \WINDOWS and \WINDOWS\SYSTEM
directories will be updated:
CTCCW.DLL
* This appilcation requires the following DLLs to function properly:
- CTCCW.DLL
Note that this file should be copied to Windows directory.
DOS Application
───────────────
The following files will be updated:
SBSIM.EXE VOICE.EXE WAV2VOC.EXE VOC2WAV.EXE
VOCHDR.EXE VOCN2O.EXE MMPLAY.EXE
* Please note that there's no mixer control for Sound Blaster 2.0. Hence,
the features available for controlling the volume will not be supported
for SBSIM.COM.
* Please note that if Windows drivers for Sound Blaster 16 are updated,
WINSETUP.INF needs to be amended before WINSETUP.EXE can function properly.
The following changes must be made in WINSETUP.INF before proceeding to run
WINSETUP.EXE in Windows :
In
[Windows.System]
windrv\aspman.dll
acv\wfm0006.acv
acv\wfm0007.acv
acv\wfm0200.acv
Should be changed to
[Windows.System]
windrv\cspman.dll ; This has to be change from ASPMAN.DLL to CSPMAN.DLL
windrv\wfm0006.acv
windrv\wfm0007.acv
windrv\wfm0200.acv ; These files are added
windrv\wfm0011.acv
windrv\wfm0202.acv ; For Sound Blaster 16 with Advanced
windrv\wfm0203.acv ; Signal Processor.
** Don't forget to reboot your system after updating the DOS drivers.
******* End of README *******