No Sound Playing Freddy Pharkas in MS-DOS Session
Article ID: 132581
Article Last Modified on 11/15/2006
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This article was previously published under Q132581
SYMPTOMS
When you are playing the game Freddy Pharkas in an MS-DOS session in
Windows 95 on a computer with Microsoft Windows Sound System-compatible
hardware, the game may not produce any digital audio.
CAUSE
The game tries to reconfigure the audio hardware to use IRQ 7 and DMA 1.
To maintain system stability, the device driver prevents this
reconfiguration.
RESOLUTION
To play digital audio, use either of the following methods:
- Reconfigure the Windows Sound System-compatible device to use IRQ 7
and DMA 1.
- Create a shortcut to the game that specifies MS-DOS mode.
MORE INFORMATION
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regarding this product's performance or reliability.
Keywords: KB132581