ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º Sound Blaster Updates Disk º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ This file contains the following sections: 1. Installation Requirements 2. Installation Instruction 3. INSTALL's Operation 4. DOS Drivers 5. Optimizing Memory Usage 6. List of updated Files 1. INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS Before you update Sound Blaster drivers, please ensure that your Sound Blaster card is functioning properly on your system. This Sound Blaster Updates Disk will only update the latest drivers for you. To install Sound Blaster Updates, you require INSTALL.EXE, INSTALL.PVL and any additional files that are card dependent. (Refer to the table below) We recommend that you update both the DOS and Windows drivers. ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÑÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º Descriptions ³ FileName º ÌÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍØÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͹ º Sound Blaster AWE32 DOS Drivers ³ AWEDOSD.PVL º º Sound Blaster AWE32 Windows Drivers ³ AWEWIND.PVL º º Sound Blaster 16 DOS Drivers ³ SB16DOSD.PVL º º Sound Blaster 16 Windows Drivers ³ SB16WIND.PVL º º Sound Blaster 16 Resident Mixer ³ SB16MIX.PVL º º Sound Blaster Pro DOS Drivers ³ SBPDOSD.PVL º º Sound Blaster Pro Windows Drivers ³ SBPWIND.PVL º º Sound Blaster Pro 2 DOS Drivers ³ SBP2DOS.PVL º º Sound Blaster Pro 2 Windows Drivers ³ SBP2WIN.PVL º º Sound Blaster Pro and SB Pro 2 Windows Mixer ³ SBPMIXER.PVL º º Sound Blaster 2.0 Windows Drivers ³ S2WINDRV.PVL º º Sound Blaster 2.0 DOS Drivers ³ S2DOSDRV.PVL º º Sound Blaster Windows Application ³ SOUNDOLE.PVL º º Sound Blaster Voice Utilities ³ VOCUTIL.PVL º º Sound Blaster Multimedia Player ³ MMPLAY.PVL º º Sound Blaster Standard Interface Module ³ SBSIM.PVL º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÏÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ 2. INSTALLATION INSTRUCTION To update your Sound Blaster software, follow the steps below: a. Copy any of the files that you want to update (as shown in section 1) onto a floppy disk or a directory in your hard disk. b. Run the program INSTALL.EXE. c. The installation will detect the Audio card used and will not extract that file if it is not meant for the correct Audio card. d. Follow the program's instructions to complete the installation. * Do NOT run INSTALL.EXE under Windows. 3. INSTALL's OPERATION INSTALL will perform the following tasks: a. Back-up all out-dated files from your Sound Blaster directory to the BACKUP directory. b. Install updated programs to your Sound Blaster directory. c. Update the file OEMSETUP.INF if necessary. If you choose to update the drivers in your Windows directory, the program will perform the following tasks: a. Remove all out-dated drivers from your Windows directory. b. Install updated drivers to your Windows directory. c. Verify that the file SYSTEM.INI contains the correct name of the Sound Blaster driver(s). At the end of the installation, a log file SBUPDATE.LOG will be created in your Sound Blaster directory. You may use a text editor to view this file. Alternatively, you may follow the steps below: a. Change to your Sound Blaster directory. b. Type "TYPE SBUPDATE.LOG" and press to view the contents of the file. 4. DOS DRIVERS The installation program adds the following statements into CONFIG.SYS. DEVICE=C:\[Path]\DRV\CT[SOUND].SYS /UNIT=0 /BLASTER=A:220 I:5 D:1 H:5 DEVICE=C:\[Path]\DRV\CTMMSYS.SYS Note - [Path] refers to the directory path where the Sound Blaster software is installed. We refer to this as the "Sound Directory". [SOUND] is "SB16" for Sound Blaster AWE32 and Sound Blaster 16 cards, "SBPRO" for Sound Blaster Pro card, and "SB2" for Sound Blaster 2.0 card. /BLASTER specifies the base I/O address, interrupt number and DMA channels set for the Sound Blaster card, Where: A Specifies the base I/O port I Specifies the interrupt request line (IRQ) D Specifies the Low DMA channel H Specifies the High DMA channel CT[SOUND].SYS and CTMMSYS.SYS are the low level drivers providing Wave playback and recording for Creative's DOS applications. They are only required by: a. DOS utilities, PLAY.EXE and RECORD.EXE. b. DOS Utilities QSDEMO.EXE and QSALIGN.EXE for SBAWE32 and SB16 with Advanced Signal Processor. c. Third-party DOS applications developed according to Creative's Sound Blaster Developer Kit 2nd Edition. These applications may work with some of the high level drivers like CTWDSK.DRV, CTWMEM.DRV, CTVDSK.DRV and CT-VOICE.DRV found in the \DRV subdirectory under the Sound Directory. Make sure that the two drivers are installed properly if you wish to use the above software. If you are running applications in Windows or playing computer games that use their own sound driver, you do not need to install these two drivers. You can delete the above two statements from the CONFIG.SYS using a text editor. If you discover that you need the low level drivers later (some software or drivers use them), you can run DIAGNOSE.EXE with an additional switch '/A' to have the low level device drivers added into your CONFIG.SYS files. (i.e., type DIAGNOSE /A and press ). DIAGNOSE will add the lines required in the CONFIG.SYS file. Note - Please refer to the following section on how to optimize your memory with the low level drivers installed. If your audio card comes with the Creative Advanced Signal Processor, the installation program will add the following statement before the two low level drivers. DEVICE=C:\SB16\DRV\CSP.SYS /UNIT=0 /BLASTER=A:220 CSP.SYS is the resource manager for the Advanced Signal Processor. You will need this driver for your DOS and Windows applications. Without it, your audio card will not be able to support the hardware audio compression and other additional software (like Text-to-Speech) offered by Creative separately. 5. OPTIMIZING MEMORY USAGE The low-level device drivers will take up some of your system memory. In view of that, these drivers are designed to be able to load into high memory. If you need to keep the low level drivers in your CONFIG.SYS, you can optimize your memory usage in one of the following ways. a. If you are using Microsoft DOS 6.x, you can run the MEMMAKER to optimize the memory. Please refer to your DOS 6 user manual on how to use the MEMMAKER program. b. If you have a memory manager like QEMM or 386MAX, please refer to their respective user manuals on how to optimize the memory and load the drivers to the high memory. c. If you are using Microsoft DOS 6.x, you may create multiple boot sessions. With multiple boot sessions, you can boot up the system with the low level device drivers installed only when you need it. In situations where you don't require the low level drivers, your system will not have the drivers loaded into memory. Please refer to your DOS 6 user manual on how to create multiple boot sessions. 6. LIST OF UPDATED FILES Note - BACKUP directory refers to the directory \BACKUP in your Sound Blaster directory which will be created by the INSTALL program. For Sound Blaster AWE32 (with Advanced Signal Processor) users ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ DOS Drivers ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ The following files will be updated: CSP SYS WFM0001A CSP WFM0006A CSP WFM0007A CSP WFM0200A CSP WI0006 CSP WI0007 CSP WI0200 CSP WO0006 CSP WO0007 CSP WO0200 CSP WFM0202A CSP WFM0203A CSP WFM0011A CSP For all Sound Blaster AWE32 users ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ DOS Drivers ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ The following files will be updated: AWEUTIL COM DIAGNOSE EXE CT-VOICE DRV CTVDSK DRV CTWDSK DRV CTWMEM DRV CTMMSYS SYS CTSB16 SYS CTMIDI DRV AUXDRV DRV Windows Drivers ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ The following files will be updated: VSBPD 386 CSPMAN DLL SB16AUX DRV SB16FM DRV SB16SND DRV WFM0006 ACV WFM0007 ACV WFM0011 ACV WFM0200 ACV WFM0202 ACV WFM0203 ACV MIDIMAP CFG SBAWE32 DRV AWEGUI DLL AWEMAN DLL SYNTHGM.SBK SYNTHGS.SBK SYNTHMT.SBK For Sound Blaster 16 (with Advanced Signal Processor) users ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ DOS Drivers ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ The following files will be updated: CSP.SYS WI0006.CSP WI0007.CSP WI0200.CSP WO0006.CSP WO0007.CSP WO0200.CSP WFM0001A.CSP WFM0006A.CSP WFM0007A.CSP WFM0200A.CSP WFM0202A.CSP WFM0203A.CSP The following files will be moved to the BACKUP directory if they exist: ASP.SYS WO0200.ASP WI0200.ASP WO0006.ASP WI0006.ASP WO0007.ASP WI0007.ASP For all Sound Blaster 16 users ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ DOS Drivers ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ The following files will be updated: CTVDSK.DRV CTWDSK.DRV CSP.SYS WPLAY.EXE WREC.EXE VREC.EXE VPLAY.EXE AUXDRV.DRV SBFMDRV.COM The following files will be added: CTMMSYS.SYS CTSB16.SYS CTMIDI.DRV DIAGNOSE.EXE The following files will be modified if necessary: AUTOEXEC.BAT CONFIG.SYS Windows Drivers ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ The following files will be updated: WFM0006.ACV WFM0007.ACV WFM0200.ACV VSBPD.386 CSPMAN.DLL SB16AUX.DRV SB16SND.DRV SB16FM.DRV WINSETUP.EXE MIDIMAP.CFG The following files will be added: WFM0011 ACV WFM0202 ACV WFM0203 ACV The following files will be moved to the BACKUP directory if they exist: WVFM0006.ACV WVFM0007.ACV WVFM0200.ACV ASPMAN.DLL SBP16SND.DRV The following files will be moved from the /ACV directory to the /WINDRV directory: WVFM0006.ACV WVFM0007.ACV WVFM0200.ACV The following file will be modified if necessary: OEMSETUP.INF If you choose to update your Windows drivers:- The following drivers in the \WINDOWS and \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directories will be deleted if they exist: SBP16SND.DRV ASPMAN.DLL The following drivers in the \WINDOWS and \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directories will be updated: CTRES.DLL SB16SND.DRV SB16AUX.DRV CSPMAN.DLL VSBPD.386 SB16FM.DRV MIDIMAP.CFG WFM0006.ACV WFM0007.ACV WFM0200.ACV WFM0011.ACV WFM0202.ACV WFM0203.ACV MIDIMAP.CFG The following file will be modified if necessary: SYSTEM.INI For Sound Blaster Pro 2 users ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Windows Drivers ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ The following files will be updated: SBPMIXER.EXE SBPSND.DRV SBPAUX.DRV VSBPD.386 SBP2FM.DRV MIDIMAP.CFG If you choose to update your Windows drivers:- The following drivers in the \WINDOWS and \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directories will be updated: SBPSND.DRV SBPAUX.DRV VSBPD.386 SBP2FM.DRV MIDIMAP.CFG DOS Drivers ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ The following files will be added: CTMMSYS.SYS CTSBPRO.SYS CTMIDI.EXE VPLAY.EXE VREC.EXE CT-VOICE.DRV CTVDSK.DRV CTWMEM.DRV CTWDSK.DRV AUXDRV.DRV DIAGNOSE.EXE SBFMDRV.COM The following files will be modified if necessary: AUTOEXEC.BAT CONFIG.SYS For Sound Blaster Pro users ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Windows Drivers ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ The following files will be updated: SBPMIXER.EXE SBPSND.DRV SBPAUX.DRV VSBPD.386 If you choose to update your Windows drivers:- The following drivers in the \WINDOWS and \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directories will be updated: SBPSND.DRV SBPAUX.DRV VSBPD.386 DOS Drivers ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ The following files will be added: CTMMSYS.SYS CTSBPRO.SYS CTMIDI.EXE CT-VOICE.DRV CTWMEM.DRV CTVDSK.DRV CTWDSK.DRV AUXDRV.DRV DIAGNOSE.EXE SBFMDRV.COM The following files will be modified if necessary: AUTOEXEC.BAT CONFIG.SYS For Sound Blaster 2.0 users ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ The following file will be updated: SB20SND.DRV If you choose to update your Windows drivers:- The following driver in the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory will be updated: SB20SND.DRV DOS Drivers ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ The following files will be added: CTMMSYS.SYS CTSB2.SYS CTMIDI.EXE VPLAY.EXE VREC.EXE CT-VOICE.DRV CTWMEM.DRV CTVDSK.DRV CTWDSK.DRV AUXDRV.DRV DIAGNOSE.EXE SBFMDRV.COM The following files will be modified if necessary: AUTOEXEC.BAT CONFIG.SYS For all Sound Blaster cards users (except Sound Blaster AWE32) ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Windows Applications ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ The following files will be updated: SOUNDOLE.EXE CTCCW.DLL Note that the CTCCW.DLL file should be copied to your \WINDOWS directory. DOS Applications ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ The following files will be updated: SBSIM.EXE VOICE.EXE WAV2VOC.EXE VOC2WAV.EXE VOCHDR.EXE VOCN2O.EXE MMPLAY.EXE * Please note that there is no Mixer control for Sound Blaster 2.0. Hence, the features available for controlling the volume will not be supported for SBSIM.COM. * Please note that WINSETUP.INF needs to be amended if it contains the following lines (if it does not, please ignore this section): [Windows.System] windrv\aspman.dll acv\wfm0006.acv acv\wfm0007.acv acv\wfm0200.acv Please change the above to [Windows.System] windrv\cspman.dll ; This has to be change from ASPMAN.DLL to ; CSPMAN.DLL windrv\wfm0006.acv windrv\wfm0007.acv windrv\wfm0200.acv ; These files are added windrv\wfm0011.acv windrv\wfm0202.acv ; For Sound Blaster 16 with Advanced windrv\wfm0203.acv ; Signal Processor. ** Don't forget to reboot your system after updating the DOS drivers. ******* End of README *******