AudioDrive Plug and Play Sound Card Release Version 2.00 (10th Jan 1996) Readme.doc About this Diskette This disk contains the latest "ESS 1688 Plug and Play" drivers for Windows 95. All Windows 95 drivers are found in the root directory of the diskette. This disk also contains the SETUP program for Windows 3.1 Audio Driver and the Media Rack Multimedia Software. Windows 95 Installation Installation Outline -- 1) Install the Win95 audio driver first. 2) Run SETUP.EXE from the diskette to install the MEDIA RACK software. * Warning - Do not run W31SETUP.EXE from Windows 95. Installation of ESS 1688 Plug and Play Win95 Audio Driver All Windows 95 drivers are found in the root directory of the diskette. Quick Installation Guide 1. Please Install Windows 95 Operating System first. 2. Install the Plug and Play sound card into your computer. 3. Boot Up Windows 95. 4. Usually, a message will tell you that the ESS 1688 Plug and Play sound card was detected. 5. Always select Manufacturer Diskette for drivers updates. (Drivers provided by Microsoft or Windows 95 will not work) 6. Insert this diskette into the floppy drive and select the ESS 1688 Plug and Play driver to install. 7. Once the driver is installed, double check that the driver is working in the Device Manager at SYSTEM PROPERTIES. 8. The Win95 Audio driver is always present automatically with the best configuration possible for your sound card. 9. Usually the settings is set to :- Address = 220 Hex IRQ = 5 or 7 DMA = 1 MPU401 = 330 Hex IDE Port Address = Secondary or Tertiary*. *Tertiary port is available on newer model of the PnP sound card. Windows 95 Drivers ES1688.DRV Wave and AUX sound driver ES1688.VXD Virtual device sound driver ESFM.DRV ESS Enhance FM driver ESSMPU.DRV ESS MPU-401 driver OEMSETUP.INF Windows 95 Setup Information Windows 3.1 or Windows For Workgroup 3.11 Installation 1) Run SETUP.EXE from the diskette. 2) The installation program will be link to run W31SETUP.EXE for Windowns 3.1 Driver Installation. 3) ** You need to manually edit CONFIG.SYS and add this line "MPNP.EXE /w=e /c=e" if you are connecting and IDE CD-ROM drive to the sound card. PLAYING MSDOS Sound Blaster Compatible Games in normal MSDOS 7 Environment. a) If you are playing MSDOS games in Windows 95 environment, no special step is required to take. Install and run you games normally. b) If you are playing MSDOS games in MSDOS 7 environment, you have to run a specific DOS utilities before you start running your game. Otherwise, your sound card might not work properly!!! Running games in MSDOS 7 1. Getting in MSDOS 7 environmet requires you to press F8 when your system boots up. Select "Command Prompt only" menu which is usually numbered 6 or 5. 2. Before you run your favorite games, you have to run a DOS Batch file first. This batch file is name "DOSPNP.BAT". Type "DOSPNP" from command prompt before starting your game. More About ESSCFG, ESSVOL, and MPNP MPNP.EXE is a MSDOS device driver to initialize the sound card for proper operation to Windows 95. It can also configure your sound card properly for playing games with Sound Blaster PRO compability by defining the Address, IRQ, DMA, etc... MPNP.EXE can be loaded as a device in CONFIG.SYS. MPNP.EXE can also be run from MSDOS. ** WARNING, DO NOT RUN MPNP.EXE IN MSDOS BOX IN WINDOWS 95 ** /w:[e/d] e=enable card, d=disable card -- ** It is important to disable the card for proper Plug and Play operation on Windows 95 driver. This parameter is enable only when MSDOS only enviroment is used as the operating system. This parameter will program the sound card to be enable for sound blaster games. /c:[e/d] e=enable IDE Port, d=disable IDE Port -- ** If IDE port on this sound card is used to connect to cdrom drive, you should enable the port first before loading the MSDOS CD-ROM driver. /j:[e/d] e=enable joystick, d=disable joystick --- ** If you are playing games with joystick connected, you need to enable to use the joystick. /a:xxx xxx determines the Sound Blaster address port. -- 220,230,240,250 /i:x x determines the Sound Blaster IRQ -- 2,5,7,10. /d:x x determines the DMA channel -- 0,1,3 /b:xxx xxx determines the MPU-401 address -- 300,310,320,330 /m[e/d/s/x] e=enable MPU-401 with no IRQ, d=disable MPU-401, s=share IRQ with audio device, x=MPU-410 IRQ select where x can be 2,5,7,10(A),11(B). ** Note that Under WIndows 95, MPNP.EXE are automatically install to CONFIG.SYS ** ** Note that Under Windows 3.11, you have to manually add MPNP.EXE to CONFIG.SYS when necessary. ESSCFG.EXE is an extra MSDOS utilties to configure the sound card's parameters using a menu. It has similar functions as MPNP.EXE ESSVOL.EXE s a MSDOS utilties to set the audio volume of sound card. Example, Wave Volume, CD Volume, Master Volume, etc.... To understand more about MPNP parameters, TYPE "MPNP /?" To understand more about ESSCFG parameters, TYPE "ESSCFG /?" To understand more about ESSVOL parameters, TYPE "ESSVOL /?"