Thank you for your replies: k_semler: If I extract the files manually... where do I put them? The only way that I currently know how to update drivers is using a (premade) oemsetup.inf file. I had previously (before posting yesterday) run a SB128 PCI setup file, and everything went fine until it hosed out at boot time. Wouldn't get past config.sys... looked like it was trying to find the file on IRQ 5 when it was actually on IRQ 10. I changed it manually. Now it boots properly, but the card doesn't actually play anything (and isn't an option to use in either DOS -- tested with wolf3d; or Win 3.11 -- can't play cd's, etc.). Was wondering if the SB128 PCI setup wouldn't actually work... or, if there's something else I'm missing. Since a nice little oemsetup.inf file doesn't seem to be available, I'm not sure how to go about doing this.

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x86: Thanx for the links... but aren't the ones on that second link for SB 16 ISA? I thought that was the default if it didn't say... might be wrong...

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do not know just gave you all the links I could find, thought you could have a look yourself...........................

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Now one of x86's links is correct. MadClikr, you can have a look yourself as x86 said above.

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Yes... but as I said previously... I already installed one of the SB128 PCI installers... and it made it so that my system would not boot past the beginning of the config.sys file. What I did was revert back to my old config.sys and autoexec.bat files, and then I added in the new information (the info. which the installers replaced my previous files with) manually. Though the computer now boots properly, it still does not recognize the files (which are as the installer placed them). Do you think that deleting these files and trying another installer would fix the problem?

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It seems other people have had this issue also. http://www.abandonia.com/utility/system_disk.exe is a boot disk especially designed so the new SB16 PCI cards will work in DOS. It has all the appropriate drivers, and a properly setup autoexec.bat and config.sys. You can also go to http://www2.driverguide.com/uploads/uploads16/30706.html and download the driver. Once you unzip it you will find a readme.txt in there. Simply follow the directions, and you will be able to have a complete setup for SB16PCI. Or if you prefer, I can Email you my drivers that have been archived.

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Thanx for your help guys... having a new problem on boot up now though: error: PCI device detect failed; Device not found. Creative SB16 Emulation Driver NOT loading. Any ideas? I checked the card, its plugged in tight, the PCI slot on the MB seems to work fine, I swapped slots with my nic and the SB still doesn't work (but the nic does work in the other slot). The help file that came in the zip suggested that I check the IRQ's, but I'm not sure how to do this in DOS. I tried the boot disk, extracted the imz file... winimage keeps telling me the file isn't valid. Not sure what's going on there... originally I was getting messages that the zip wasn't valid either, but I re-d/led it and it worked fine the second time around.

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I used PCISNIF and it says that my SB is on IRQ 10, and that none of the IRQ's are being shared. IRQ 5 (used by the SB emulator I believe) is not currently being used. I supposed IRQ conflicts aren't the problem then... hmmm...

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