Soundblaster 16 and sound clarity/muffling problems

[(Medieval)]

Anyways, I've had this card for a while.. I never had any problems with it before... first I had it on on a p133, then on a cel 400 system, now back to the same p133 system since I got another sound card (I set up a LAN between the two computer a while back)

Anyway, the sound output now for it is... not very good. At first I thought it might be the new cheaper speakers, but using my earphones (which sound fine on the new system) produces the same problems.

Now, I think I know what the problem might be... When I put the card back in the computer, it redetected it, along with 3 UNKNOWN devices.. I think this might be screwing things up.. as I think these unknown devices have to do with the soundcard...

Any help would be appreciated,

Medieval

[(Medieval)]

Just to elminate some possible answers, I checked all the physical connections /forum/smile.gif

And, Windows sees no problem with the soundcard itself (no IRQ conflicts, drivers)

everything works fine in directX tests too

[lost1]

The unknown devices are probably the gameport joystick, wavetable midi, and the serial wave device for voice modem (or something along these lines). Just click on them in device manager & update the drivers, using the driver disk that came with the SB16.
Hope this helps /forum/smile.gif

[(Medieval)]

Yeah, that's what I think they are..

I've tried using the disk and the latest drivers from Creative... nothing seems to work.. hrmm.