Problem With Legacy Sound Card on XP w/SP1a
This is a discussion about Problem With Legacy Sound Card on XP w/SP1a in the Windows Hardware category; I recently installed WinXP SP1a on a AMD K6-2 system. Everything's fine, except I can't get the system's old Sound Blaster Pro 2 ISA card to work. I've searched everywhere and I can't find updated drivers for XP.
I recently installed WinXP SP1a on a AMD K6-2 system. Everything's fine, except I can't get the system's old Sound Blaster Pro 2 ISA card to work. I've searched everywhere and I can't find updated drivers for XP. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Chris
Thanks,
Chris
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I remember hearing about alot of legacy support being dropped in XP...that might be why you're not able to get the thing working. You *might* be able to use an NT 4.0 or Win2k driver, but beyond that, you may just be better off getting a new sound card. Philips and Hercules both have ones around $30.
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Yah, that's what i was thinking. I tried an NT4 driver and it installed but when it went through the resource selection, it said that all IRQ's were in use and the s/c couldn't be found. I'll check on 2000, but I heard that there wasn't a driver included with 2k either. Do any old NT 3.x drivers exist?
They might, but I'm not sure.
What the hell are you doing with an ISA interface on an XP machine? I'm an old-school man myself so i can understand an old SB16 PCI, its one of my favorite, but a 2.0!?!?!? Theres no point!
Originally posted by bboy_anarchy:
Quote:What the hell are you doing with an ISA interface on an XP machine? I'm an old-school man myself so i can understand an old SB16 PCI, its one of my favorite, but a 2.0!?!?!? Theres no point!
There is if you have an old DOS box, but running it on a new machine, well I can only think of one reason, just to see if you can
Quote:What the hell are you doing with an ISA interface on an XP machine? I'm an old-school man myself so i can understand an old SB16 PCI, its one of my favorite, but a 2.0!?!?!? Theres no point!
There is if you have an old DOS box, but running it on a new machine, well I can only think of one reason, just to see if you can
