Audio Plus 3200 V.2 (Win95 setup instructions)

How to setup the Audio Plus 3200 V.2 as a Creative Labs Sound Blaster Pro Compatible in Windows 95

Setup Instructions:

Windows 95 should auto-detect the Audio Plus True 3200 V.2 as a Creative Labs Sound Blaster Pro, if, and only if, the following conditions are met:

The APINIT.EXE driver is being loaded in the CONFIG.SYS.
The sound card settings are not conflicting with any other device in the system or driver in Windows 95.
You get sound from the sound card when using the DOS based testing program supplied with the sound card. (i.e. APTEST.EXE)
Any Windows 3.1 sound card drivers have been removed.

The previous conditions will be met if you follow the instructions to correctly install the software that was supplied with the sound card.

The CONFIG.SYS file should contain a line similar to:

DEVICE=C:\AP3200\APINIT.EXE /F:SB /VD:1 /VA:220 /VI:7 /GD /MD /MA:330 /MI:9 /C:P /CA:340 /CD:3 /CI:10

Note the settings of the APINIT.EXE driver in your CONFIG.SYS, particularly:

/VI:(IRQ),

/VD:(DMA), where DMA is the DMA (Direct Memory Access) setting.

/VA:(ADDRESS), where ADDRESS is the address of the sound blaster port.

Removing Windows 3.1 sound card drivers

You can not see that a Windows 3.1 Sound Card driver is installed from the Control Panel/System/Device Manager/Sound,video and game controllers like you can see a Win 95 Sound Card driver.

You can see the Win 3.1 driver from the Control Panel/Multi Media.

Try removing the drivers using the following method:

1. Start the Control Panel.
2. Double-Click on MultiMedia
3. Click on the Advanced Tab
4. Highlight the Audio Devices driver
5. Click on the Properties button
6. Click on the Remove Button (To remove the driver)
7. Highlight the MIDI devices and Instruments driver
8. Click on the Properties button
9. Click on the Remove Button (To remove the driver)
10. * Highlight the Line Input Devices driver
11. Click on the Properties button
12. Click on the Remove button (To remove the driver)

* = If there is more than 1 driver listed, go threw the same steps to remove it also.

This procedure will not remove a reference to the cmedia.386 file from the SYSTEM.INI file. To complete the driver removal process you must delete the following line from the [386Enh] section from the SYSTEM.INI:

device=cmedia.386

If you had many different sound card drivers installed at one point, you may also need to edit the SYSTEM.INI file and locate any remove any sections or devices that refer to sound cards. We do not have a list of what may be left over by other drivers, but a hint is to look for lines with multimedia terms such as sound or look for lines that set IRQ's DMA channels and addresses that match that of your sound card.

That should complete the removal of any older Windows 3.1 sound card drivers from Win95.

INSTALLING THE WINDOWS 95 CREATIVE LABS SOUND BLASTER PRO DRIVER

AUTODETECTION METHOD

1. Start the Win95 Control Panel
2. Double click on "Add New Hardware"
3. Click on the "Next" button to begin installing new hardware.
4. Click on "Yes" when Windows asks the following:

Do you want Windows to search for new hardware?

5. Click on the "Next" button.

You will be warned that the autodetection may lock up your computer.

6. Click on the "Next" button.

Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation. After the installation is complete you will be asked if you want to restart Windows. Select no and verify if the settings selected by Windows 95 match the settings on the sound card.

MANUAL METHOD

1. Start the Win95 Control Panel
2. Double click on "Add New Hardware"
3. Click on the "Next" button to begin installing new hardware.
4. Click on "No" when Windows asks the following:

Do you want Windows to search for new hardware?

5. Click on the "Next" button.
6. Scroll down the list of Hardware types and double click on:

"Sound, video and game controllers"

7. In the list of Manufactures, click on "Creative Labs".
8. In the list of Models, double click on

"Creative Labs Sound Blaster Pro"

Windows will now show you the resources that it has assigned to the sound card. These will probably be partially or totally WRONG.

9. Click on the "Next" button

Windows has now completed the installation of the driver.

10. Click on the "Finished" button.

Verifing that the correct settings are used

You may be asked if you want to shutdown or restart your computer.

11. Click on "No" so you will NOT RESTART WINDOWS 95.
12. Start the Win95 Control Panel
13. Double click on "System".
14. Click on the "Device Manager" tab.
15. Make sure that "View devices by type" is checked off.
16. Scroll down the list and click on the following:

"Sound, video and game controllers"

17. Click on "Creative Labs Sound Blaster Pro".
18. Click on "Properties".
19. Click on the "Resources" tab.
20. Deselect (i.e. uncheck) "Use automatic settings."
21. Click on the first "Input/Output Range"
22. Click on the "Change setting" button.
23. Change the setting to 0220-022F
24. Click on the second "Input/Output Range"
25. Click on the "Change setting" button.
26. Change the setting to 0388-038B.
27. Click on "Interrupt Request".
28. Click on the "Change setting" button.
29. Select the Interrupt Request setting that matches your sound cards setting. (/VI: setting in APINIT.EXE)
30. Click on "Direct Memory Access"
31. Click on the "Change setting" button.
32. Select the DMA channel setting that matches your sound cards setting. (/VD: setting in APINIT.EXE)

Your settings should now be complete. You should now restart Windows.

The sound card features should appear after you restart Windows 95.


Last updated on May 16, 1996