locating free pci resources

[jacksplat]

i just formatted and reinstalled 98se on my computer, reinstalled all the drivers, software etc...and now when i shut my computer down, windows goes to dos and says "locating free pci resources for creative sound card..." then after a few seconds on the next line it says "press a key..." and i hit a key and my computer turns off. I have a creative labs sb live and it works fine in windows...didn't have any problems installing it or the drivers. I'm baffled.

 

[andreas57]

that's a funny problem, sounds like you've got something in the autoexec.bat or windows startup. try to uninstall the driver and see if it stops. if it does download a new driver from the web andreas owen
aowen@arcade.ch

 

[Comtech]

Nope, it will be something in dosstart.bat
Just rem out any lines you find in there (or delete them), but save the file (even a 0 byte file).
It's for DOS compatibility mode (aka running games in DOS). Cheers,
Jim

http://members.cnx.net/reboot/

 

[jacksplat]

this is what i have in my dosstart.bat:

D:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\SBLIVE\DOSDRV\SBEINIT.COM

LH C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~1\MOUSE\MOUSE.EXE

if i delete the 1st line, which points to my sblive dosdriver obviously, will my soundcard still work in dos?

 

[reghakr]

I don't know why it would be accessing the dosstart.bat if you choose Shutdown from the menu. If you choose Shutdown>Restart in MS-DOS mode, then it will read the dosstart.bat file. But again, it's Windoze.

If you want to use the sound card in DOS, you'll need to choose a custom install for the Creative Sound card and choose those drivers as well.

Also, the path may be wrong if you didn't re-install to the D: drive.

reghakr

 

[jacksplat]

no i did install it to the D drive....i completely reformated adn repartitioned so everything u see if off a fresh install. i guess i could always try removing my sound card from windows and then reinstalling...

 

[reghakr]

I'd still try Jim's suggestion.

Or look for files named autoexec* and config* in the root drive in addition to the autoexec.bat and config.sys. They may be named autoexec.tsh or autoexec.wos or autoexec.nai. Move those files to a different directory and try a restart.

reghAKR