No sound

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I am playing al lot off sierra games but with a SB Live i have no sound?????

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please be more specific – which games, your OS, your Sound-card etc.. so we can help you

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I have OS: Windows XP, all the games off Sierra like Police Quest, Space Quest, Larry…..I have a Creative Sound Blaster Live. The game says the sound hardware is unable te detect. At Police Quest II there is no sound at al….thx

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this is not necessarily an XP problem, but a CPU problem. when you launch the game, a test is done to detect the sound card. on faster machines, the test is done too quickly for the game to register that you have a sound card. so, you get the message that it can’t be detected.

try the Go Sierra patch (link below). it fixes this problem with a lot of games — but XP has its own set of problems with old games, so you may still run into some other issues.

-emily

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thx so far but it isnt working yet. at police Quest II the game says ,unable to initialize your music hardware, zo ihave stil no music or sound at the game….i dont know what the probleme me be…..

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(re: No sound ) With a PCI card such as the SB Live!, 16 bits has to be emulated. The earlier Live cards would install the emulation with the DOS drivers. The newer cards no longer have DOS drivers. In XP, to have sound in a DOS application or game, direct hardware access has to be emulated.
XP has very limited sound card support for this. The best way to add sound to your old DOS games in XP is with VDMSound. VDMS is free and works like a charm, just be sure to also install the VDMS Launchpad as well.

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its working greet, many thx a game isnt as many fun without sound….

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