[Offler]

what about wdm drivers based on emu10k.sys? i need for my machine wdm drivers - for quad repro it is almost impossible to use VxDs. also your drivers worked as expected. good for stereo, but hard to work with surround settings (set wavedevce instead of directsound may solve that, but it causes other trouble with some sound formats)

also i prefer to use ASIO function for better sound with my sb0100 and that is available only with wdms...

[RetroOS]

Offler, on Jun 10 2008, 09:04 PM, said:

what about wdm drivers based on emu10k.sys?...

AFAIK, The SB0100 was not supported with VxD drivers. The ones I have compiled are probably the only ones in existence...
I will look into compiling a current WDM driver set for SB0100 Live! 5.1 (EMU10K1) and Audigy (EMU10K2).

I currently use waveOut instead of Direct Sound for some applications like DVD playback to get quad speaker working properly.
It is necessary to have the multichannel Windows 98SE patch (269601/242937) installed to get more than stereo working in most cases.
Auto-Patcher 98 has this patch in the core system updates.

BTW, dencorso, great work on the eq patch!

[Offler]

i downloaded dozen drivers for sb0100. some of them were vxd (similar to these) and some wdm...

[RetroOS]

I've started adding some Creative applets.
So far AudioHQ and Surround Mixer.
Most newer versions only work on WDM drivers.

See first post for VxD compatible versions.

[aLeXis]

Cool...ill try the new applets and post back feedback...

[Eck]

There's a whole Creative installation cd that came with one of my SB0100 cards! I used to copy it to my hard drive, change the AUDIO.INI from 98SE/ME USE WDM 1 to 98SE/ME USE WDM 0 (something like that as it's been ages and I don't remember exactly what the line said. I just changed the 1 to a 0). Then running setup would install the VXD driver along with the good old SB16 within Windows emulation just like the older cd's did. The one that came with the SB0100 installed the WDM's by default. My tweak changed that.

It's an entire LiveWare package. I have no idea how I could get it to you, but I do have it. It came with the retail box that was smaller than the older SBLive boxes when the Audigy replaced the SBLive as their upscale line. But not as small as the even later packages of the SB0200 series.

So, if you could get this cd you'd have no need for all this tweaking and figuring as all the software and drivers are included. If I could figure out how to make an iso and then upload it somewhere that would allow that sized package free then I suppose we could make it happen. Do you know how I could do this for you? Either in Linux (where I suppose K3b could make the iso) or in 98SE (where I have Nero 7 Ultra Edition that I'm sure has that feature).

It's figuring out how to get it uploaded that I'm unsure of.

[glocK_94]

I'm sure you could just pack the required files in a *.rar, keeping the directory structure if needed, and then upload it. However, if you really wanna use an iso, here's a way to make one using Nero.

By the way, would anyone be interested with SB Live ! 24 bits (SB041) win98 drivers? I realised they were impossible to find online.

[Offler]

i was trying to run any 24bit creative sound card but i think that it is impossible.

but i was able to run WDM drivers intended for Audigy 1 so i get full surround support with them and also ASIO!

i dont intend to break the VXD scenery here, but how can i link these drivers here? i dont believe that i have downloaded them - they were at brothers cd, and were later updated...

[glocK_94]

Offler, on Aug 6 2008, 08:57 PM, said:

i was trying to run any 24bit creative sound card but i think that it is impossible.

but i was able to run WDM drivers intended for Audigy 1 so i get full surround support with them and also ASIO!

i dont intend to break the VXD scenery here, but how can i link these drivers here? i dont believe that i have downloaded them - they were at brothers cd, and were later updated...

Well, we might have the same ones then but mine come from the original CD, they're the official original 24bits drivers but also work with Audigy LS (if I remember correctly). Oh, and I also run ASIO on top of them.

This post has been edited by glocK_94: 07 August 2008 - 01:45 AM

[Eck]

Nice link there to Nero instructions. Funny that Linux's K3b seems to choose the proper settings automatically. The WinRAR idea is good too. I bought that long ago and always have it installed.

I was only mentioning this because I thought you guys might want the cd image being that you're going through all this trying to put together the drivers and software yourselves. Creative actually did it on the cd, but didn't release the driver or software on their download site. They do that a lot.

Well, if you want it I'd go through the work, either iso or rar. Just tell me if there's a nice free site that'll support uploading that size (full Creative install cd) and keeping it there for folks to download. I thought places like RapidShare want membership fees paid for larger files and also 100MB chunks.

A problem with this cd is they leave out Remote Center as the retail product SB0100 did not get a Platinum breakout box release so they didn't bother putting the software for the LiveDrive on the included cd. Creative always seems to try to make diversions from the norm as difficult as possible for their customers.

[RetroOS]

Eck, what's the total size of the CD?
Perhaps you could create a spanned archive of less than 100MB chunks (one per upload)?
You could try the upload site I use: http://www.skyupload.com
I've found it to be reliable, however they remove the upload if no one downloads it for 90 days...
I would be interested in looking at that CD...

This post has been edited by RetroOS: 20 February 2009 - 03:34 PM

[Eck]

Just got back here after a month of attempting a taxicab driving adventure. Took all my time, didn't make money, gave me heat-stroke and dehydration. Recovering now, but need to be job hunting.

I'll dig out the cd and check out the possibilities when I have some time. Of course I'll report here on where it is if I manage to upload it.

[Eck]

http://www.mininova.org/tor/1707836

I created an iso from the cd, created a torrent file, and uploaded the torrent file to the above website.

Since my ISP (Comcast) upload speed is just a home user type speed, this will be really slow to download unless lots of folks download and seed it.

I'll keep my computer turned on and seeding for a few days now. Maybe someone can get the file and post it as Rar archives? I did it this way since it was all free of charge. But at least it is there so please, if interested, go ahead and get it with a Torrent client like uTorrent, BitTorrent, whatever. I'm using KTorrent on Debian Linux to upload it.

If there's a better free way then let me know. If I get a power failure, brownout, then I'll turn on the computer again and continue seeding. Unless of course I'm not home at the time. If not I'll just turn the computer back on and seeding the torrent as soon as I get home again.

Edit -

http://www.msfn.org/board/Creative-SBLive-...30-t122191.html

I put some trackers to add on my other thread there in case the one I used in the torrent isn't working. The denis.stalker one is one that my torrent client reported to work.

So far, no activity as far as folks downloading the iso has been showing up in my seeding torrent client.

I hope someone will at least attempt to download this, at least to see if I set this thing up properly. But be sure to add the other trackers to the list as I don't think the one in the torrent is working all the time.

Edit -

I'm trying to upload the iso to FileFront. Hope it works. I'll keep you posted. Seems the torrent download couldn't make a connection for a poster at the Creative SoundBlaster forum who tried it. He suggested FileFront.

Edit -

Okay, it's been uploaded:

DELETED (file no longer there)

Go ahead and check it out.

Edit -

Got an email warning me of the file being removed because of inactivity. I just let it slide. It was up for a while so I hope anyone interested got it.

This post has been edited by Eck: 22 October 2008 - 10:02 AM

[AntonS]

RE - your link:
http://skyupload.com...B2T5/sblive.zip (4.42 MiB)


Thanks for the drivers, but this link does not seem to have sblive.zip loaded on skyupload.

I would really like to try them as I have just obtained a SB Live! CT4780. Apparently these are installed in Dell computers with drivers that they use. I could not locate it !


Regards

Anton

[RetroOS]

AntonS, on Oct 21 2008, 10:47 AM, said:

...
Thanks for the drivers, but this link does not seem to have sblive.zip loaded on skyupload.
...

Fixed!

[AntonS]

RetroOS, on Oct 22 2008, 04:12 AM, said:

AntonS, on Oct 21 2008, 10:47 AM, said:

...
Thanks for the drivers, but this link does not seem to have sblive.zip loaded on skyupload.
...

Fixed!

Hi RetroOS

Sorry, I got the download fine. I erroneously linked to the old original link that you posted. Got it this time.

Thanks once again, it is a Godsend after all drivers available on the web that don't quite do the job properly.

Anton

This post has been edited by AntonS: 23 October 2008 - 11:50 AM

[T.N.G.O.G.]

I have my onboard sound back, but i guess its impossible for someone to make a driver for sound blaster audigy se 7.1, model number SB0570?

[knightrider]

T.N.G.O.G., on Oct 25 2008, 10:38 AM, said:

I have my onboard sound back, but i guess its impossible for someone to make a driver for sound blaster audigy se 7.1, model number SB0570?

I also have the same card, just under a different name: Sound Blaster Audigy Value
The box says it only works with Windows 2000 SP4 and Windows XP.

I hope someone could write win9x drivers for it. That would be really cool.

Paul

[RetroOS]

Updated: December 17, 2008

Thanks to Eck, for the following additions:
- Added Pure DOS Drivers 2000 release
- Added official support for SB0100 - PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_80621102 (INF change only)
- Added official support for SB0102 - PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_80641102 (INF change only)

See First post.

Ha! It's taken me four months to finally look through the drivers Eck uploaded!
Just goes to show how busy/disconnected/uninterested/disillusioned/vacant/bored (you choose) I've been lately!

Anyway, a big thanks to Eck for the drivers. Actually some of the VxD files were older, but there was some good INF material to use!
And finally I've acquired a newer Pure DOS SB16 Emulation driver set for the Live! (however, there is an even newer 2001 release somewhere...)

FYI, I'm still looking at Audigy drivers.
I've got a 2003 set of VxD drivers for Live!/Audigy, but they remove a lot of old functionality.
This causes some of the demo apps like SBLive! Experience and others to no longer work.
The driver structure is totally different and would require a complete removal of the current drivers and applets before installing.
I'll probably only include them for the Audigy series since the Live! part of the drivers changes too much.

Stay tuned...

This post has been edited by RetroOS: 16 December 2008 - 11:45 PM

[Shalom]

RetroOS, on Dec 16 2008, 11:18 PM, said:

Updated: December 17, 2008

Thanks to Eck, for the following additions:
- Added Pure DOS Drivers 2000 release
- Added official support for SB0100 - PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_80621102 (INF change only)
- Added official support for SB0102 - PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_80641102 (INF change only)

I'm looking for a Win98se driver for SB Live 0200. Bought this thing used, tried it at work and it worked fine there. Took it home and found it didn't work here, because 1, at work we run XP, and 2, it's a Dell OEM card and at work we have Dells, whereas here it's a homebrew system (Abit BH6 based).

The registry key is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0006&SUBSYS_10031102&REV_00 for the sound card, and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_7004&SUBSYS_10031102&REV_00 for the PCI input controller. Both of these show up with yellow !'s in the device manager.

I can't find this driver anywhere; even the ones that say they're for this don't work. I still have my old Turtle Beach Montego II Quadzilla, but I figured I'd try this one here, and it's getting very frustrifying.

Anybody know what I can do with this? (yeah I know, what a straight line...)

Thanks, Shalom