[ale] continuing SoundBlaster install problem....

[Courtney Thomas]

Also, neglected to mention the "dmactrl" pin pair is also jumpered, 
whatever that means  :-)

Thanks again,
Courtney




Courtney Thomas wrote:
> They have their own power supply [12v wall wart, obviously small speakers].
> 
> Thanks Jeff,
> 
> Courtney
> 
> 
> Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> 
>>Are you trying to drive unpowered speakers with a line output?
>>
>>Courtney Thomas wrote:
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>>
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>>>I now have the SoundBlaster 2.0 card installed and the drivers load 
>>>correctly but the sound coming out of the speakers with maximum volume 
>>>is barely audible.
>>>
>>>Ruling out speakers, CDROM and CD as being the problem,... when the 
>>>speakers are plugged directly into the CDROM player, the sound is OK.
>>>
>>>I have connected a cable with 4 pin plugs from the CDROM's analog 
>>>connection which apparently cannot be done incorrectly since the two 
>>>interior pins are both ground.
>>>
>>>That leaves the CDROM-to-SoundBlaster connection which is marked line 
>>>out on the card and is an expected 4 pins. I have tried this connection 
>>>both ways, i.e. rotating the connector 180 deg. and still no sound.
>>>
>>>I don't have any docs on the card and Creative has nothing on it's site, 
>>>it being legacy and costing them a fortune to leave the docs online  :-)
>>>
>>>Anyway, there are several jumper pins on the card whose purpose I don't 
>>>know. FM and VOICE are not jumpered. Of 22X and 24X, 22X is jumpered. 
>>>The 2 interior [of 4 total] pins marked Microphone are jumpered. 
>>>And...there are several other pin sets, some jumpered, some not, but 
>>>they are not functionally described with onboard markings.
>>>
>>>If anyone has one of these ISA SoundBlaster cards functioning, I'd 
>>>appreciate the necessary missing revelation  :-)
>>>
>>>Cordially,
>>>Courtney
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