NT2.00d Release Version (International) of ForteMedia PCI Audio Device FM801 for Windows NT 4.0 ============================================================================ Date: 6/29/99 This is a Release Version of FM801 PCI Audio Device and its driver software. 12 languages are supported in this drver: English, traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Korean, and Russian. If you find any problem(s), please report to your Sound Card Manufacturer. Thank You. [1] Installation Procedure for FM801 NT2.00d ========================================== [1.1] Install Using Setup Program --------------------------- For Typical Driver Directory in CD, D:\Winnt40 (Assuming D: is the CD-ROM drive), 1) Turn off Machine 2) Insert FM801 Card 3) Turn on Machine and reboot computer 4) If you have installed any earlier version of FM801 driver, remove it before your installation (Following directions in [1.4]). 5) Run Windows Explorer 6) Double click the directory containing the device driver (D:\Winnt40) in this example. 7) Run Setup.exe by double click the icon beside Setup.exe. 8) Reboot the computer after installation. [1.2] Install Using Control Panel --------------------------- For typical device driver directory in CD, D:\Winnt40 (Assuming D: is your CD-ROM drive), 1) Turn off Machine 2) Insert FM801 Card 3) Turn on Machine and reboot system 4) Open Control Panel following Start\Settings\Control Panel. 5) Run Multimedia applet by double click the Multimedia icon. 6) Install Wave, Mixer, Fm-Syn driver: a. Select the "Devices" tab b. Click "Add" Button which locates at the bottom of the tab c. An "Add" dialogue box is displayed, select the "Unlisted or Updated driver" item, then click the "Ok" button. d. An "Install Driver" dialogue box is displayed, enter D:\Winnt40 in the edit box, then click the "Ok" button. Or, search the directory in which driver locates using "Browse", then click the "Ok" button e. An "Add unlisted or update driver" dialog box is displayed, select "FM801 Wave, Mixer, and FM-Syn" item, then click the "Ok" button to install audio driver. After the driver is installed, system will prompt to restart the computer. Click "Restart now" button. f. After the driver is installed, an "System setting change" dialog box will pop up with two choose buttons of "Don't Restart Now" and "Restart Now", to activate the change of the new installed driver, click the "Restart Now" button to restart the computer. [1.3] Install Joystick Windows NT has provided joystick driver, path of the driver is \drvlib\multimed\joystick\x86 in the Windows NT CD, following steps below to install it: 1) Open Control Panel following Start\Settings\Control Panel. 2) Run Multimedia applet by double click the Multimedia icon. 3) In Multimedia applet: a. Select the "Devices" tab b. Click "Add" Button which locates at the bottom of the tab c. An "Add" dialogue box is displayed, select the "Unlisted or Updated driver" item, then click the "Ok" button. d. An "Install Driver" dialogue box is displayed, enter d:\drvlib\multimed\joystick\x86 in the edit box (assume drive D: is where your Windows NT CD locates), then click the "Ok" button. Or, search above directory in which driver locates using "Browse", then click the "Ok" button. [1.4] Uninstall the FM801 Driver -------------------------- 1) Open Control Panel following Start\Settings\Control Panel. 2) Run Multimedia applet by double click the Multimedia icon. 3) In Multimedia applet: a. Select the "Devices" tab b. Double click the "MIDI Devices and Instruments" under "Multimedia Drivers" c. Select "Audio for FM801 Wave, Mixer, and MIDI" entry d. Click "Remove" button e. After the driver is removed, an "System setting change" dialog box will pop up with two buttons of choices "Don't Restart Now" and "Restart Now". To activate the change of the driver remove, click the "Restart Now" button to restart the computer. [1.5] Upgrade with new Driver ----------------------- To upgrade driver, the first step is uninstall the existing driver (following directions in [1.4]), then install the updated driver (following directions in [1.1], or [1.2]). |==================| | Trouble Shooting | |==================| [2] Check list if Sound Card not found or IRQ not assigned to FM801 ================================================================ 1) Change Slot: Insert our PCI Audio Card into another PCI Slot. Reboot. 2) if problem persists, please Adjust BIOS Settings. 3) Adjust BIOS Settings: a. getting into BIOS (usually, hit "F1", "Del" or "F10" after Reboot) b. get into the Section with title "PCI/PnP" c. make sure it reserves enough IRQ for PCI devices d. if there is "Reset Configuration" option, change it to "Yes/Enable". e. reboot. 4) if problem is still there, report the problem to us. [3] Second Joystick If you can't find second joystick in the system after you connect two joysticks to game port: a. Open Mulitmedia applet from Control Panel b. Click "Devices" tab c. Double click "Joystick devices" item d. Select current joystick driver, such as "Analog Joystick Driver" e. Click "Properties" button to show the properties dialog box f. Click "Settings" button to configure joystick g. Check "There are two joysticks plugged into this port" h. Click "Ok" buttons to exit i. Reboot your PC to make the setting to take effect j. There will be 2 joysticks shown in Joystick applet of Control Panel [4] Setup Error Codes If the Setup program always prompts you the following message: "The audio driver has been found in your system. Please remove it before you reinstall" But you can't find any driver installed in Multimedia control panel applet. That is probably because you have installed the previous version of the driver, and haven't remove the driver clearly. You can clear the driver from registry using RegEdit, steps are: a. Click Start of task bar, then click Run b. Enter regedit in the Open edit box, then click Ok. c. Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE by double click it d. Open SYSTEM, then CurrentControlSet, then Services e. Find Snd801nt f. Click the right mouse button, select delete, then Ok. g. Reboot your machine, then run Setup again. Attention: Improper change to Registry may crash your system. Be sure to propriately backup your registry by Select "Export registry file..." of Registry menu in RegEdit before you make any change to registry. Key Words: PCI, Audio, Windows NT 4.0, Control Panel, FM801, Snd801nt