Re: ZVG Experience - Proper place to post?

From: Rodger Boots <rlboots2_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon Sep 12 2011 - 23:35:44 EDT

Sometimes the PCI IRQs are set from one of the BIOS setup screens.
On Sep 12, 2011 10:33 PM, "Michael Cunningham" <
michael.cunningham.usa@gmail.com> wrote:
> easier said then done:) I have disabled the serial port in the bios
> so that shouldnt be
> an issue. Basically when I move it from pci slot to slot the irq changes.
>
> I've seen irq 4, 10, and 11
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:18 PM, Rodger Boots <rlboots2@gmail.com> wrote:
>> You might want to move the sound card to IRQ5, IRQ4 is usually one of the
>> serial ports.
>>
>> On Sep 12, 2011 10:13 PM, "Michael Cunningham"
>> <michael.cunningham.usa@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Some success...
>>>
>>> I popped out 3 of the 1gb chips.. down to 1gb now.
>>>
>>> Was able to sucessfully load dos 7.1 and got the sbpci drivers
installed.
>>> dvmame now runs but I get a page fault error when I try to
>>> start it up with sound. Choosing silence works great.
>>>
>>> I'm assuming my sb setup is screwed up but it loads the driver fine
>>> when dos boots
>>> and reports port ccc0 irq 4
>>>
>>> I tried the sbtest program and it just hangs when it hits the digital
>>> voice test. I'm
>>> thinking this is one of those nightmare to config sb pci cards.
>>>
>>> What SB pci cards is everyone using? model num?
>>>
>>> I have a CT4750
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 3:14 PM, matt <galaga@slingshot.co.nz> wrote:
>>>> 64mb is all you need for vdmame !!
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Cunningham"
>>>> <michael.cunningham.usa@gmail.com>
>>>> To: <vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 3:21 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: VECTOR: ZVG Experience - Proper place to post?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thats a good point. I think my bois has an option to limit the ram to
>>>> 256 mb for older operating systems. I'll give that a try when I get
>>>> home. I assume 256 mb be enough to cover all the vector
>>>> games.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Lewis D'Aubin <ldaubin@bellsouth.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> What version of DOS are you using?
>>>>>> Any links for the drivers and such you used?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've been pulling my hair out with dos. I think there is something
>>>>>> wrong with my motherboard as all the memory (4 gb!) seem to be used
up
>>>>>> in dos so nothing can start.
>>>>>
>>>>> 4GB? Try pulling out three of those... there's no way DOS can address
>>>>> that
>>>>> much memory. My VectorMAME cab is running sweet on 64MB.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Lewis
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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