SOUND BLASTER BULLETIN BOARD ® SB-BBS ¯ Drivers Update 21/10/1993 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ README.TXT ® Updated Sound Blaster Drivers for Windows NT 3.1 ¯ Sound Blaster Drivers for Windows NT 3.1 (Final Release) ======================================================== CD-ROM v1.06 Wave and MIDI v1.05 FM Sythesizer v1.02 Auxiliary Audio v1.11 Contents of this file ===================== 1. Diskette Contents 2. How to setup "CD-ROM driver for Sound Blaster Card" 3. How to install the Wave/MIDI, Auxiliary Audio and Synthesizer drivers 4. Installing the mixer 5. Beta release notes 1. Diskette Contents ===================== For setup --------- OEMSETUP.INF For setup DISK.ID For setup README.TXT This file CD-ROM driver ------------- SBCDNT.SYS Sound Blaster CD-ROM driver TXTSETUP.OEM For setup Wave, MIDI and Synthesizer drivers ---------------------------------- SB16SND.SYS SB16 Wave and MIDI driver SB16SND.DLL SB16AUX.SYS SB16 Auxiliary Audio driver SB16AUX.DLL SBPSND.SYS SBPro Wave and MIDI driver SBPSND.DLL SBPAUX.SYS SBPro Auxiliary Audio driver SBPAUX.DLL SBSYNTH.SYS FM Synthesizer driver for Sound Blaster cards SBSYNTH.DLL SBSYNTH.PAT 2. How to setup "CD-ROM driver for Sound Blaster Card" ====================================================== Before you do any installation, please read the instruction that comes with Windows NT for any setup information. There are two instants that you can install the SbcdNt.SYS driver. T E X T S E T U P P H A S E ------------------------------- Follow the steps below if you want to start a new Windows NT system. You can then install the Windows NT using the CD-ROM drive on Sound Blaster Card. You need to use the boot disk that comes with Windows NT to start the Windows NT installation. 1. Choose "Custom Setup" for Windows NT Setup. 2. Enter "S" to install additional SCSI Adapters. 3. Select "Other (Requires disk provided by a hardware manufacturer)". 4. When the message "Manufacturer-supplied support disk into drive A:" shown, insert the disk into drive A:, followed by Enter. 5. Choose "CD-ROM driver for Sound Blaster Card" to install this driver. 6. Continue the normal setup procedure of Windows NT Setup that followed. M A I N T E N A N C E M O D E S E T U P ------------------------------------------- If you have already installed the Windows NT, follow the steps below to install the driver. 1. Open the "Main" program group. 2. Invoke the program "Windows NT Setup". 3. Open the pull down menu "Options". 4. Select menu item "Add/Remove SCSI Adapters...". 5. In the "SCSI Adapter Setup" poll out dialogue, press the "Add..." button. 6. Select "Other (Requires a disk from a hardware manufacturer)" option from "Select SCSI Adapter Option" poll out dialogue. 7. Insert this disk into floppy drive A: or B: then press "OK" button. 8. You will see pop out menu "Select OEM Option". Choose "CD-ROM driver for Sound Blaster Card" followed by "OK" button. This will add "CD-ROM driver for Sound Blaster Card" into the option list of "Select SCSI Adapter Option". 9. Press "Install" button to install the "CD-ROM driver for Sound Blaster Card". 10. You will see message "The SCSI Adapter selected is already installed". Press "OK" button. 11. Press "Cancel" button. You will see "CD-ROM driver for Sound Blaster Card" in the installed list. 12. Remember to restart the Windows NT for the driver to take effect. 3. How to install the Wave/MIDI, Auxiliary Audio and Synthesizer drivers ========================================================================= 1. After installing Windows NT, run the "Control Panel" application, the icon for which is in the "Main" group within the Program Manager window. 2. Activate the "Drivers" applet. 3. Within the "Drivers" dialog box, press the "Add..." button. 4. Within the "Add" dialog box, select "Unlisted or Updated Driver" and press the "OK" button. 5. Within the "Install Driver" dialog box a. Type in the path to this disk in the text entry box b. Insert this disk into the drive you've just specified c. Press the "OK" button 6. Within the "Add Unlisted or Updated Driver" dialog box, select either "Creative Sound Blaster 16 Wave and MIDI" or "Creative Sound Blaster Pro Wave and MIDI", press the "OK" button, and follow the subsequent instructions on configuring the driver. 7. Now install "Creative Sound Blaster 16 Auxiliary Audio" or "Creative Sound Blaster Pro Auxiliary Audio" 8. Note that you will have to restart the system for the drivers to take effect. 4. Installing the SB16 mixer ============================= The SB16 mixer is resided in the WIN32APP of this installation disk. Currently there is no installation program to install the mixer, you will have to copy the SB16WMIX.EXE & CTRES32.DLL from the WIN32APP subdirectory to your WIN32APP directory on your harddisk. The following steps helps you to add the SB16 Mixer to your Windows NT desktop: 1. Click "New" at the "File" menu option from your Windows NT desktop. 2. Select "Common Program group" if you wish to create a new Program Group for the SB16 mixer, if not, skip this step if you do not wish to create any new group. 3. Select "Program item". 4. Use the "Browse" option to add the SB16 mixer. 5. It should be in the WIN32APP directory of your hard disk. 5. Beta release notes ===================== 1. If you are using Sound Blaster Pro card, make sure to use MIC for recording. The current driver works only with MIC-In recording. CD-In and Line-In will be available when the mixer application is ready. 2. If you are using Sound Blaster Pro card and the VOLUME CONTROL application from Microsoft to control the volume, please note that the application did not identify certain auxiliary devices from the mixer and named it as AUX. What the AUX devices are when running the VOLUME CONTROL is as follows ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Master ³ Wave ³ Synth ³ Aux ³ Aux ³ CD ³ Line-in ³ Aux ³ Aux ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÙ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ WAVE <ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ SYNTH <ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ³ ³ ³ ³ MIC <ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ³ ³ MASTER <ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ®END¯ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ For further assistance, contact the following:- Inside U.S.A., Canada and South America, contact: Creative Labs, Inc. Technical Support 1523 Cimarron Plaza, Stillwater, OK 74075 U.S.A. TEL (405) 742-6622 FAX (405) 742-6633 BBS (405) 742-6660 Outside U.S.A., Canada and South America, contact: Creative Technology Ltd Technical Support Ayer Rajah Crescent #03-18 Singapore 0513 TEL (065) 870-0433 FAX (065) 773-0353 BBS (065) 776-2423 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright (C) 1993, Creative Labs, Inc., Creative Technology Limited. All rights reserved. dy/2110_93