Installing SoundBlaster 16 Drivers in Windows 3.x
Adapted from a guide by Dominus
Even though DOSBox does not need drivers for its emulated sound cards, you will still need to install drivers for Windows 3x. Download [[SHPBin:3x_Files/SB16W3X.ZIP">SB16W3X.ZIP [2.83 MB] and unzip it into a subfolder inside your DOSBox "C:" drive (i.e. c:\dosboxc\SB16W3X)
To install the creative SoundBlaster 16 drivers:
Mount your Windows 3x "C:" drive in DOSBox and open the folder mounted as C: in DOSBox in Windows Explorer.
Start the Creative install program.
<img src="../../../Assets/Utilities/Win3xInstall/SB_Install1.png" width="400" height="250">
Continue with the setup.
<img src="../../../Assets/Utilities/Win3xInstall/SB_Install2.png" width="400" height="250">
The default install has no Windows path.
<img src="../../../Assets/Utilities/Win3xInstall/SB_Install3.png" width="400" height="250">
Be sure to specify the path to your Windows 3x.
<img src="../../../Assets/Utilities/Win3xInstall/SB_Install4.png" width="400" height="250">
IMPORTANT: THE INSTALL PROGRAM SETS THE IRQ TO 5 BY
DEFAULT, DOSBOX DEFAULT IS 7. YOU MUST SET EITHER THE
INSTALL PROGRAM TO 7 OR CHANGE DOSBOX TO 5 IN
YOUR DOSBOX.CONF.
<img src="../../../Assets/Utilities/Win3xInstall/SB_Install5.png" width="400" height="250">
If you have not changed the SoundBlaster IRQ in your dosbox.conf
file to 5, select "7" in the installer and press "Enter".
<img src="../../../Assets/Utilities/Win3xInstall/SB_Install6.png" width="400" height="250">
Press "Enter" again.
<img src="../../../Assets/Utilities/Win3xInstall/SB_Install7.png" width="400" height="250">
The file copy proccess will start.
<img src="../../../Assets/Utilities/Win3xInstall/SB_Install8.png" width="400" height="250">
At this message select "Backup" or "Proceed"
<img src="../../../Assets/Utilities/Win3xInstall/SB_Install9.png" width="400" height="250">
Let the installer finish and exit.
<img src="../../../Assets/Utilities/Win3xInstall/SB_Install10.png" width="400" height="250">
When you restart Windows 3x in DOSBox, you should hear the old "Ta-Da" Windows start sound and you will see a new "Audio Software" group in the Program Manager.
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