Determining 

To find the current SB Live! SB16 Emulation resources in Windows 95/98:

Resources

1. Click 

Start

  > 

Settings

  > 

Control Panel

.

2. In the 

Control Panel

 window, double click the 

System

 icon.

3. In the 

System Properties

 dialog box, click the 

Device Manager

 tab.

4. Double click 

Creative Miscellaneous Devices

, and then double click 

Creative SB Live! 

SB16 Emulation

.

5. Click the 

Resources

 tab.

You can use the information in the resource list to help you configure MS DOS games for use 

with the SB Live! card.

The resource list may show three entries of  Input/Output Range  and two entries of  Direct 

Memory Access . They correspond to the sequence of entries in Table B 1 and Table B 3. If the 

number of entries do not match, a good estimate of the identity of the device is its I/O address or 

DMA channel.

To find the current SB Live! SB16 Emulation resources in MS DOS mode:

1. Switch to your SB Live! DOS driver directory, that is: 

C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\SBLIVE\DOSDRV

2. Type 

SBECFG

 and then press . 

The MS DOS driver 

SBEINIT.COM must be running 

Some older games may have difficulty detecting the SB Live! card at certain resource settings. 

for SBECFG.EXE to work 

Typically, these games expect the card to be at a fixed set of resources and would fail to load if 

properly.

those resources are not detected. If you have older MS DOS games that do not work properly, 

try changing the SB Live! SB16 Emulation configuration. Use the following as a guide:

Problem: 

Sound Blaster emulation is not recognised.

Solution: 

Try switching the SB Emulation IRQ between 5 and 7, use DMA channel 1, use SB 

interface port 220.

Problem: 

The MPU 401emulation is not recognised.

Solution:

 Try using Port address 330.

B 6 SB Emulation in MS DOS/ Windows 95/98/ME