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º Sound Blaster Updates Disk º
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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.
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º Descriptions ³ FileName º
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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
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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 <Enter> 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 <Enter>). 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
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DOS Drivers
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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
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DOS Drivers
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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
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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
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DOS Drivers
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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
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DOS Drivers
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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
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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
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Windows Drivers
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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
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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
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Windows Drivers
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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Windows Applications
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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
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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 *******
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.