[ale] continuing SoundBlaster install problem....

[Courtney Thomas]

Zeb,

Thanks for the kind offer.

Where are you and the book ?

Appreciatively,

Courtney



zeb wrote:
> I have a book, published by Osborne:  "SoundBlaster, the Official Book".
> It has information on the SoundBlaster 2.0, including some pin information.  I 
> have  not studied it in quite a while and I want to keep it.  If you are 
> interested enough to come here and read it  (making whatever notes you want) 
> I will be happy to let you do that.  I do not want to sell or lend it.
> Let me know...
> 
> Zeb
> 
> On Thursday 02 March 2006 15:15, Courtney Thomas wrote:
> 
>>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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