MS-DOS-Based Game Sounds Missing After You Upgrade to Windows 98

ID: Q192231

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 98

SYMPTOMS

When you try to play an MS-DOS-based game with sounds after you upgrade to Windows 98, you may not hear any sounds.

CAUSE

This issue can occur if your sound card is using a Windows Driver Model (WDM) driver, the MS-DOS-based game is using Sound Blaster Emulation, and this game is using Sound Blaster FM Synthesis for music playback. Sound Blaster Emulation does not support FM synthesis.

RESOLUTION

To work around this issue, configure your game to use General MIDI (0x330) for music instead of FM Synthesis. For information about how to do so, please refer to the documentation included with the game, or contact the program's manufacturer.

Additional query words: 98


Keywords          : kbsound win98 
Version           : WINDOWS:
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: January 27, 1999