Release Notes for the CS4236B/37B/38B Version 4.05.2600 Windows 95 Driver
11/12/97
This Document contains the following:
1. Version Numbers
2. List of files
3. File Summary
4. General Information
Feature Changes
Software Wavetable Synthesis
5. Installing Crystal Audio Drivers
6. Uninstalling Crystal Audio Drivers
7. Dos Mode
8. Crystal 3D Audio - CWB3DSND.EXE
9. Crystal Digital Assisted Joystick
#1 - Version Numbers:
4.05.2600 UNINSTAL.EXE
4.05.2600 CWBAUDIO.BIN
4.05.2600 CWBAUDIO.DRV
4.05.2600 CWBAUDIO.INF
4.05.2600 CWBAUDIO.INI
4.05.2600 CWBAUDIX.VXD
4.05.2600 CWBFM.DRV
4.05.2600 CWBMIX.EXE
2.60 T1 CWBINIT.EXE
4.05.2600 CWBJOY.VXD
4.05.2600 CWBMIDI.DRV
4.05.2600 CWBMIDI.VXD
4.05.2600 CWBPCPLE.DLL
4.05.2600 CWB3DSND.EXE
Microcode
17 CS4236B/CS4237B/CS4238B Microcode
#2 - List of Files:
UNINSTAL.EXE 75,264 10-23-97 3:00a
CWBAUDIO.BIN 8,225 10-23-97 3:00a
CWBAUDIO.DRV 168,192 10-23-97 3:00a
CWBAUDIO.INF 28,225 10-23-97 3:00a
CWBAUDIO.INI 774 10-23-97 3:00a
CWBAUDIX.VXD 89,636 10-23-97 3:00a
CWBFM.DRV 21,808 10-23-97 3:00a
CWBMIX.EXE 239,134 10-23-97 3:00a
CWBINIT.EXE 95,840 10-23-97 3:00a
CWBJOY.VXD 10,109 10-23-97 3:00a
CWBMIDI.DRV 9,952 10-23-97 3:00a
CWBMIDI.VXD 14,490 10-23-97 3:00a
CWBPCPLE.DLL 37,376 10-23-97 3:00a
CWB3DSND.EXE 236,032 10-23-97 3:00a
#3 - File Summary:
CWBINIT.EXE CS4236b/37b/38b Configuration Program. A DOS device
driver used to initialize and configure the card.
It will download Microcode from CWBAUDIO.BIN.
Using the /X option, it will download resource data
from RESOURCE.BIN.
CWBMIX.EXE DOS mixer used to set or adjust Sound Blaster mixer
settings. It will run as a GUI application or as a
command line utility.
CWBAUDIO.BIN Data file containing Microcode for the CS4236B, CS4237B
and CS4238B. It is used by CWBAUDIX.VXD and CWBINIT.EXE
CWBAUDIO.INI Default initialization parameters for CWBINIT.EXE. It is
only used if PnP is overridden (/O) or if not using the
Win 95 option on a non PnP system (no /W).
CWBAUDIO.INF Windows 95 installation file. It will install the files,
update the registry, install CWBINIT.EXE /A in the
CONFIG.SYS, and it will install CWBINIT.EXE /A in the DOS
mode CONFIG.SYS. It should be modified by OEM's to meet
their specific needs.
CWBFM.DRV Crystal FM MIDI driver.
CWBAUDIX.VXD CS4236B/37B/38B Windows 95 virtual device driver.
CWBAUDIO.DRV CS4236B/37B/38B Windows 95 wave, aux, and mixer driver.
CWB3DSND.EXE CS4237B/38B 3D Audio Control Applet.
CWBMIDI.VXD Crystal MPU-401 MIDI virtual device driver.
CWBMIDI.DRV Crystal MPU-401 MIDI Driver.
CWBPCPLE.DLL Windows 95 Power Control Panel extension. This file
will create an extension to the default Windows 95 Power
Control Panel, enabling new features such as idle\
time-out and power down now. This is not installed by
default and requires a change to the install .INF.
CWBJOY.VXD Crystal Digital Assisted Joystick virtual device driver.
UNINSTAL.EXE Crystal Windows 95 uninstall program. Running this
program will clean out any Crystal registry entries,
delete Crystal files, clean the CONFIG.SYS, and prompt
the user to restart. When Windows 95 restarts, the
Crystal drivers should install using the default
Windows 95 installation.
#4 - General Information
* The following feature changes have been made to the Version
4.05.2600:
1. Direct X5 support has been added.
2. Crystal Soft Synth support has been added.
3. Support for the CS4232 and CS4236 audio devices has been removed.
4. Support for Brooktree's WaveStream has been removed.
* Software Wavetable
Crystal Soft Synthesizer is a General MIDI compatible music
synthesizer that runs within the Microsoft Windows 95 environment.
It is a separate kit consisting of CSSYNTH.CAB, CSSYNTH.INF and a
readme file explaining how to install the software. It requires
Direct X3 or greater. The MIDI Mapper has a new MIDI Output
associated with Soft Synth Called "Crystal Soft Synthesizer".
Crystal Soft Synthesizer can be selected to receive MIDI data from
any Windows 95 compatible MIDI application by selecting the MIDI
Mapper to "Crystal Soft Synthesizer".
#5 - Installing Crystal Audio Drivers
1. Turn PC off and insert audio card into an ISA slot unless audio device
is present in your motherboard.
2. Turn PC on and start up Win95.
3. Win95 is a PnP OS. It automatically recognizes new PnP audio
hardware and creates a database for the hardware. The following shows
the Crystal logical devices:
A. Win95 detects the Crystal PnP Audio System Codec. Win95 asks for the
manufacturer's Disk. Please select the appropriate drive and/or path
to the driver files. Installing DirectSound games may replace the
Crystal drivers with Microsoft Windows default Sound System drivers.
This problem can be solved by running the UNINSTAL.EXE application
and reinstalling the Crystal Audio Driver (see section 6).
B. Win95 detects the Crystal PnP Audio System Joystick (Joystick in some
platforms). On certain versions of Windows 95, Windows will prompt
for the Win 95 CD in order to re-install the joystick drivers.
C. Win95 detects the Crystal PnP Audio System Control Registers
(CS4232 Support Registers in some platforms.)
D. Win95 detects the Crystal PnP Audio System MPU-401 Compatible.
E. Win95 detects the Crystal PnP Audio System CD-ROM. This device may
not be found if the Plug and Play resources for the audio system do
not reference a CD. If your audio system is not using the CD-ROM
interface, this device will not be detected.
If any of the above (A through E) is not detected, a previous Win95
sound card installation was done. For a clean reinstallation, the
user should see the Uninstalling Crystal Audio drivers section below.
#6 - Uninstalling Crystal Audio Drivers
1. From Win95, run UNINSTAL.EXE provided in the Crystal installation
diskette. This application will do an automatic cleaning up of the
Windows 95 Crystal Audio registry entries. Many problems with
reinstallation occur because of existing registry entries from previous
installations and because of the \WINDOWS\INF\OEMx.INF files. After
running UNINSTAL.EXE, the various Crystal devices should not be listed
in the Device Manager window.
2. Restart your system. If you want to remove or install any hardware,
select the SHUTDOWN option and turn off your PC.
3. Turn PC on. Upon loading, Windows 95 will detect new hardware, create an
information database, and proceed with the installation of Crystal device
drivers (see section 4)
#7 - Dos Mode
A. Restarting the computer in MS-DOS mode.
Shutting down to MS-DOS mode from the Shutdown Win95 Menu will
automatically run the CWBINIT.EXE /A in dosstart.bat. Therefore,
shutting down to MS-DOS mode will automatically have the audio card
configured for Dos games.
B. Enabling Dos support in Dos prompt icon.
To enable real DOS mode with CS4232/36/36b/37b/38b support:
1. Select a DOS prompt icon.
2. Select Properties.
3. Go to the Program tab.
4. Select the Advanced... button.
5. Click MS-DOS Mode.
6. Click "Specify a new MS-DOS configuration."
7. The following line will be automatically placed into the new
MS DOS configuration (with right path): DEVICE=C:\WIN95\CWBINIT.EXE /A
#8 - Crystal 3D Audio - CWB3DSND.EXE
The 3D audio applet allows you to control the 3D audio features of your
audio system. The applet could control either the SRS(r) 3D Audio or
QSound(tm) 3D Audio depending on the specific audio device in your
system (CS4237B and CS4238B correspondingly).
The accessory runs each time you start your computer. The corresponding
3D audio icon appears in the notification area of the task bar. The task
bar is where the Start button resides. The notification area is where the
clock normally appears on the task bar.
The applet is activated by clicking with the left mouse button on the
SRS(r) or QSound(tm) logo in the notification area (If you have trouble
finding the accessory, move the mouse over each icon in the notification
area until you find the icon with a tool tip that says "Crystal SRS 3D
Audio" or "Crystal QSound 3D Audio"). You can also click on the logo
with the right mouse button to see a menu with options for activating
the control "Settings", viewing the about box "About", or exiting the
accessory "Exit".
Note: You can also run the applet by clicking its icon from the
Programs | Accessories | Multimedia | Crystal 3D Audio Control
from the Start menu.
There are two sliders for controlling the sound of your 3D audio: on
SRS(r) systems they are labeled Center and Space, on QSound(tm) systems
they are labeled Volume and Space. Moving the slider toward the plus
sign increases the effect, moving the slider toward the minus sign
decreases the effect. You may find that you prefer different settings
for different types of music. You can save up to 3 configurations using
the preset buttons. You can disable your 3D audio by un-checking the
Enabled check box at the bottom of the accessory.
The three preset buttons, labeled 1, 2, and 3, allow you to save your
favorite 3D audio settings. To activate the settings click on the preset
button with the left mouse button. To store your settings, change the
description of the button that appears in the tool tip, or to restore
the button to the factory defaults click with the right mouse button on
the preset button to see the menu of options.
#9 - Crystal Digital Assisted Joystick
The Crystal Digital Assisted Joystick must be manually enabled for
proper Digital Joystick configuration. This can easily be done by
opening the Joystick Properties in the Control Panel and selecting the
Joystick configuration to Crystal Digital Assisted Joystick.
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.