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Hardware => Drivers => Topic started by: Ryan on September 26, 2017, 03:26:05 PM

Title: Sound Blaster 16 CT2840 drivers
Post by: Ryan on September 26, 2017, 03:26:05 PM
Does anybody know which drivers are the correct ones for the Sound Blaster 16 CT2840 ISA card?  I just bought one on eBay.  I'm looking for the full set.  I cannot find the driver disks online.
Title: Re: Sound Blaster 16 CT2840 drivers
Post by: BC_Programmer on September 26, 2017, 03:47:13 PM
The CT2840 is an OEM SB 16 Value, or CT2770. It probably wouldn't have had it's own separate driver set since it was not sold separately at retail.

You can find some Driver Disks Here (http://www.vogonsdrivers.com/index.php?catid=7) The closest set would likely be the "Sound Blaster 16 Value Edition Drivers & Applications disk set (revision 1) " listed there.

Title: Re: Sound Blaster 16 CT2840 drivers
Post by: Ryan on September 26, 2017, 06:07:29 PM
Thanks.  I might need to use those to create new floppies.

How difficult is it to find the original floppy disks?
Title: Re: Sound Blaster 16 CT2840 drivers
Post by: BC_Programmer on September 26, 2017, 06:22:44 PM
I doubt physical examples of the 2770's Driver Diskettes are going to be easy to come by- It's mostly AWE64 and the Original Sound Blaster that you can find more easily. I don't even know if the "Value" card driver diskettes would even externally identify that they were for the SB 16 *Value* rather than the SB16, other than being included in the box. (And complete-in-box or New-Old-Stock just to get the floppies would be pretty crazy!)
Title: Re: Sound Blaster 16 CT2840 drivers
Post by: patio on September 26, 2017, 06:51:37 PM
No need for floppies for the install anyways,,,should be able to run the setup file from any media...
Title: Re: Sound Blaster 16 CT2840 drivers
Post by: BC_Programmer on September 26, 2017, 06:57:14 PM
Yes the contents of the floppy can be extracted via a program like WinImage and burned to a CD instead, if the system the sound card is being installed in has a CD-ROM drive, of course.