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Sound Galaxy
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General Troubleshooting. i.e. This is way too much information.
Config/Autoexec Lines	Port/IRQ/DMA Settings
Set-up	Volume Control
Card Specifications	Notes

***DISCLAIMER*** These are settings which we have found allow this card to work best with our games. This is not the be-all-end-all of how to set up this sound card in DOS. Should you experience any difficulties with the settings and suggestions that we provide, please contact the MANUFACTURER for more in-depth technical support. Remember, the second you feel uncomfortable about tinkering with your system's configuration, contact a tech. The important thing here is to get your game running, not to screw your system up like some do-it-yourself spice rack. With that disclaimer out of the way, this page will start with the basic CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT lines you should use in your shortcut or bootdisk to initialize your card for use in DOS. It will be followed by more specific techinical specifications that you might find handy. Good Luck! --Origin CS Web Team

Config.sys

<NONE>

Autoexec.bat

set sound=c:\galaxy

set blaster=a220 i5 d1 t4

set galaxy=a220 i5 d1 k10 p530 t6

c:\galaxy\utility\setmode /sbp

c:\galaxy\utility\volset /v:16,16

Port / IRQ / DMA Settings

Set by software. In DOS these settings can be changed with HWSET.EXE and in WIN95 they can be set with the device manager. You may add HWSET to the AUTOEXEC.BAT to make sure this card keeps the settings you need. The line should look like this :

C:\GALAXY\UTILITY\HWSET /sba:220 /sbirq:5 /sbd(ma):1 /gpa:e

It may be necessary to use

C:\GALAXY\UTILITY\CONFIG

to change the settings on this card as HWSET will not work at times.

Defaults:

I/O : 220 (First I/O digital)

IRQ : 5

DMA : 1 (8 Bit DMA sound channel)

Set-up

Sound Blaster Pro OPL 3

Volume

The volume on this card may be set using VOLSET. It is a graphical mixer unless used with switches.

EX : C:\GALAXY\UTILITY\VOLSET /X:16,16 /V:16,16 /F:16,16 /C:16,16

/MS

/MR : Reset to default settings

/MS : Save current settings

/V:l,r : Sound Blaster Voice volume level

/X:l,r : Master volume level

/F:l,r : FM/Wavetable volume level

/C:l,r : CD Volume

Where : l is the left volume level value, and r is the right volume level value

Specifications

Stereo

8 bit sound /16 bit native sound support

SBPro Emulation

FM sound / Digitized Sound

Notes

Sound Galaxy cards and the cards based on this chipset may be the sturdiest of the Sound Blaster Clone cards. These cards come bundled with software to help change some settings, however, in many cases these cards still need no lines to run properly. It is a good idea to add them, however, since they take no memory.

WIN95 does have a tendency to turn down the volume on these cards, this should not be a problem if you add VOLSET to your shortcut. If everything else in the game is working but you are getting no sound, this is probably what has happened.

Questions

Why won't my Sound Galaxy work with DirectX?
Well, you probably just need to update the Win '95 drivers for your card. Click HERE to go to the contact information for Aztech Labs.