Midi error on startup. How do I fix it?

[WuCOng]

I've put my old mobo in my 2nd PC and everything is fine but the sound.

I get an error on startup and the add new hardware wizard starts. I can cancel it and still have sound but midi won't play.

my mobo is a Microstar and I've DL'd the drivers for the soundchip but this doesn't do anything. When I 1st got the machine with the mobo it never needed drivers on disk reformats - I don't see why it's changed exept that this HD was used with the old mobo (now in the bin).

Can anyone shed some light?

 

[mikecx]

What is the error message? If this is a creative card you will need to download one of the midi wave table files. Also its usually a bad idea to cancel the add new hardware wizard.

 

[WuCOng]

The error message is:

The SoundBlaster AudioPCI 128 driver cannot load MIDI waveset. MIDI playback disabled.


I realise that the Hardware Wizard is for the Voice Modem but as my brother lent the installation disk to a friend and the modem obviously works (I'm using it now!) I'm ignoring it for the time being.

 

[WuCOng]

Anyone?

 

[mikecx]

Go to creative.com and download one of the midi wavesets. Put it in your C:\windows\system directory. Open the device manager, choose properties of the sound card .Point it to the new wavetable file.

For Windows 98

http://www.americas.creative.com/support/files/download.asp?Centric=15&OS=4

(it's the bottom two links under software)

For Windows 95

http://www.americas.creative.com/support/files/download.asp?Centric=15&OS=3

(same two links)

Eapci4m.zip
4 Megabyte Waveset for SB PCI 16/64/128
Revision: n/a
Date: 5/15/1998 Size: 4.87 MB


Eapci8m.zip
8 Megabyte Waveset for SB PCI 16/64/128
Revision: n/a
Date: 5/15/1998 Size: 8.1 MB

Those should fix the error message.