IDE Sound cards from Hades?! HELP!

JRR,
I think you're in trouble trying to get that third IDE device on the 486.
Ralph

I'm afraid that CD-ROM has proprietare interface (non-IDE). Usually
there is no problem, but ESS cards likes initialization strings
from AUTOEXEC.BAT (2 lines: setup of IDE port num, irq, dma and
second line is volumes of CD audio, main vol, MIDI). In order to
get ESS AudioDrive to work you MUST to insert these lines (proprietary
PnP configuration util is needed). Look
http://www.esstech.com/Product/ISAAudio/isaaudio.htm
for what your card number is, and follow link to get drivers (and
don't forget initialization utility).

Actually it was an answer. How about feedback ?

I already had the ESS current drivers from the same URL, I did however find some more good spec info on my card thanks, but it still has not given me the solution.  I only know how to add the real mode drivers for my CD Rom to the autoexec.bat and my config.sys files. I am unsure how to configure the DMA and IRQ etc. settings in my autoexec.bat file. The card is an ESS1869. Some more info on this problem is that when I try to install it 2 device drivers install just fine, 1) ES1869 Control Interface and 2) Gameport Joystick. The third is the problem 3) ES1869 Plug and Play AudioDrive (I can't get rid of the conflict with this one). All three of them are currently under the sound device tab. Once in awhile this card also gives me multiple copies of an                "ESS ES1869 Plug and Play AudioDrive" device(s) always with conflicts in the "other device" tab under device manager??? AHHH!!!! When ever I try to update any of these devices with conflicts my system hangs and CTRL+ALT+DEL doesn't even get me out! I have upped the point value and have no hair left! I need specific instructions as to how to edit my autoexec.bat and/or config.sys files and how to uninstall and then reinstall this card so that It functions. Or I am still open to getting the Yamaha card working. Please keep trying Busuka or anyone else!

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OK, try to enter Device Manager, select this "other device", click on its properties, then
uncheck it from Original Configuration. Reboot.
Small hint: when you  select radio-button "Restart computer" and click on Yes while
holding Shift, you just reboot Win95

More Info, If I re-load Win95 form a newly formated HD And install the card it works A OK!!!! Only one problem..... Once I turn off the PC and power it back on Win95 detects a Gameport Joystick and installs the driver for it and that creates conflicts with the prior working sound drivers! Once this happens I can not get the conflict resolved no matter what. I tried deleteing all device(s) in question and the *.inf files in the c:\windows\inf\other directory and all traces from the regestry and still not luck! It seeems that the only way to get this stupid card to install is on the first try! So, I'm off to do yet another format /u c: Hehehehe! This is really starting to push me over the edge!!!

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Wait. Win95 detects J-stick on which card ? ESS  or Yamaha ? If one of cards legacy
(non-PnP) it has jumpers and you can disable J-port.

The ESS card is the one doing the J-port install at power up. I do not see any jumpers on the card or in the documentation for this card involving the j-port.
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The Yamaha card installed the J-port, as well as the other devices, with no conflicts. This card works great in all areas, except WAV files sound like static or white noise.

In reference to your WAV file problem. Have you checked the settings under file types/associations? I had a similiar error around x-mas and found it was an incorrect setting in my association properties. The card I was using was an AWE 64 PnP.
Maybe this helps, maybe not....

sb14,
I am assuming that you mean to check these setting in windows explorer under view/options. If so, I do not see any associations under the file types tab? Or, are you refering to some where else, and if so where?

Check Yamaha site (www.yamahayst.com) for latest drivers of your
Yamaha card. This can occasionally solve bad WAV problem.
ESS1869, I checked www.esstech.com, is PnP card. So no jumpers on
it (or you not allowed to change them). Once it installs Gameport
J-stick, enter to DeviceManager, go to Multimedia/Gameport joystick,
enter its properties and in General tab uncheck it from Original
configuration. Then reboot Win95.

Well, Mikecr.....
I will try that again this weekend, as well as I am going to re-load Win 3.11 and see if either card will load there. I have a suspicion that my non- PnP Bios is part of the problem. I am hoping that one of the cards will install in Win 3.11. My Yamaha card edits my autoexec.bat file in Win95 when I install the card and software and the ESS card does not in Win95, this is all to confusing??? The computer is close to flying out the sliding glass door that is near by. Pentium2 333 here I come!!!! Well I wish, stuck with Molassas for the time being. If one of the cards works in Win 3.11 I will install Win 95 over the top of it and see how that works? Desperate software engineers working on hardware will do the damnest things!

JRR, Installing Win95 over 3.11 would actually work also. If you can get the card to work under 3.11, then when you install Win95 it will work also. Win95 will use the 16bit drivers that are installed. The reason that certain drivers are loaded in the autoexec.bat and the config.sys is that it is setting up a DOS environment for which to run. This means you can play those DOS based games and have sound. Good luck JRR, and I hope that your reinstallation works.

Michael