Windows 95C & the SBPCI128 driver & Creative ENSONIQ AudioPCI driver….

[celebi23]

This is an odd question, I admit. So, I've got Windows 95C running in VMware Fusion (2.0.6) on my Mac. I downloaded the "Sound Blaster PCI128 (Drivers Only - Windows 9x) " driver (from the "Sound Blaster PCI 128" product page http://support.creative.com/Products/ProductDetails.aspx?catID=1&subCatID=207&prodID=1864&prodName=S... ) & installed it. Right before the registration window pops up, I got a BSOD:

"A fatal exception 0E has occurred at 0028:C55118F7 in VXD ctpci9x(05)

+ 00001853. The current application will be terminated."

Right after the VM reboots, I get a "Windows protection error" message.

So, I had to boot into Safe Mode & disable/remove the SBPCI128 driver so that I could reboot into the normal mode.

I then tried the Creative ENSONIQ AudioPCI driver

http://communities.vmware.com/message/78617

http://support.creative.com/downloads/download.aspx?nDownloadId=259

I also got a BSOD with that driver as well (right before the installation finishes:

"A fatal exception 0E has occurred at 0028:C54C4FC7 in VXD ctpci9x(05)

+ 00001853. The current application will be terminated."

My question is this: is there a workaround to make either of these drivers work with Windows 95C or, is there another audio driver out there for it? Any help would be greatly appreciated

[poentaEosei]

Hi,

I'm not an expert but I have had the same problem with Windows 98SE with Vmware Player for Windows Vista; I hope that this solution is useful!

I've tried to use the SB128 drivers (SBPCI128Setupus_w9x.exe), getting the same BSOD; so I've downloaded the file from the same link that you have posted (the first one), and before installing the new drivers (SBPCI_WebDrvsV5_12_01.exe) I've modified with a text editor the .vmx file related to the virtual machine, introducing at the end of the file the line:

sound.virtualDev = "es1371"

(power off the VM before doing it!); I've booted up the virtual machine and I've deleted the file C:\windows\inf\ctpci9x.inf, generated from the previous, unlucky setup.I've launched SBPCI_WebDrvsV5_12_01.exe, followed all the steps and rebooted.

I hope that my instructions are understandable - as you can see, my english it's not very good!

[Mario_R]

the solution is to alter the hardware compatibility of the virtual machine. In the   section, select Workstation 5.x. then try again to install the driver SB128PCI and you will have no more error

[ColoradoMarmot]

You do realize that this is a) the fusion forum, and b) that's a 14 year old thread?