Ms-Dos Mode - Creative SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 User Manual

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To play games in MS-DOS
mode:
• Connect the CD In connector
to the Analog Audio
connector of the CD-ROM
or PC-DVD drive.
• If audio is distorted, do not
connect the CD SPDIF
connector to the digital audio
connector of the CD-ROM
or PC-DVD drive.
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If you connect to the digital
audio and analog audio
connectors of the same CD-
ROM or PC-DVD drive, do
not unmute CD Audio and CD
Digital at the same time in
Surround Mixer.
Some legacy games may have been designed for use only in MS-DOS. Sound Blaster Live! supports MS-
DOS games. There are two ways to play MS-DOS games:
From the MS-DOS window in Windows
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To open the MS-DOS window:
1. Click the Start button on the Windows Taskbar, select Programs, and then click MS-DOS Prompt.
In Windows MS-DOS mode
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If you do not want to or cannot run a game from the MS-DOS window, use MS-DOS mode. For
example, when there are insufficient system resources to play the game with Windows loaded.
To restart the system in MS-DOS mode when you are already in Windows:
1. Click the Start button on the taskbar, and then click Shutdown.
2. Select the Restart The Computer In MS-DOS Mode option, and then click the OK button.
To start the system in MS-DOS mode at system startup:
1. At startup as Windows is loading, press and hold the F8 key.
2. At the startup menu, choose the Command Prompt Only option, and then press the ENTER key.
Some older games may have difficulty detecting the Sound Blaster Live! card at certain resource
settings. Typically, these games would expect the card to be at a fixed set of resources and would fail to
load if those resources are not detected. If you have older MS-DOS games that do not work properly, try
changing the Sound Blaster Live! SB16 Emulation configuration. Use the following as a guide:
P : Sound Blaster emulation is not recognized.
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Resource: Switch the SB emulation IRQ between 5 and 7, use DMA channel 1, use interface port 220.
P : The MPU-401emulation is not recognized.
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Resource: Try using Port address 330.
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