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- From: anthony@cibbs.UUCP
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
- Subject: Re: ATI soundboard and windows drivers
- Message-ID: <Dq4PwB3w165w@cibbs.UUCP>
- Date: Fri, 01 Jan 93 19:11:48 EST
- References: <C02qwq.Ao0.1@cs.cmu.edu>
- Organization: DataSoft Consulting (Toronto, Ont. Canada)
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- mhemy+@cs.cmu.edu (Michael Hemy) writes:
-
- > The sound drivers supplied by ATI for windows 3.1 have a conflict
- > problem with gaming software, when the latter is ran from windows.
- >
- > I installed all the games (DOS versions) under windows and all those
- > that generate sound for a soundboard can not run. I get the message
- > "The sound driver is in use by another application..." When I use
- > "setup" to modify the drivers to "Creative Labs drivers" as supplied
- > by Microsoft, the programs with sounds work O.K. But then I am unable
- > to get sounds from the .WAV files supplied by ATI; I only get sounds
- > from the standard .WAV files supplied with Windows.
- >
- > The ATI rep said this is a known problem which is due to a faulty
- > development kit supplied by Microsoft. As far as he knows NO GAMES can
- > be run from Windows with sound, regardless of the soundcard. Hmmm,
- > sounds strange [pun intended :-)].... it did work with the OTHER
- > drivers!
-
- Funny this is not what I was told. It is my understanding that it is a
- function of the sound driver to limit access to the sound card under Windows.
- This is good reason for doing this. If an application attempts to run sound
- and Windows then does the same...CRASH. THe ATI rep. I talked to suggested
- that they are fixing this due to customer complaints, and will allow DOS apps
- to use sound under Windows.
-
- I personally switched to the Sound Blaster 1.0 driver for my ATI Stereo F/X
- card and got the games to run under Windows. Try it.
-
- You might want to email ATI at 74740.667@compuserve.com and ask for
- clarification on this matter.
-
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