You have more than 1 sound card installed ? ?...that may be the issue right there...remove all but the 1 that works best...
Older ver. of Windows /DOS get confused easily...
patio,
If I decide to remove a sound card, it will be the AWE64. The Live! is not being uninstalled as I only use it for Windows-based games. The Sound Blaster Live! stays disabled in the Device Manager unless I need to use it. The AWE64 is also disabled in the Device Manager right now. (I only enable one at a time.) Also, I am having the 16 Value and the AWE64 use different I/O and IRQ settings. If the settings conflict, there will be no sound. The 16 Value is using I/O 220 and IRQ 7, and the AWE64 is using I/O 240 and IRQ 5. Both are using DMA 1 right now, but I could make the AWE64 use DMA 3. The Live! always uses IRQ 10. If the Live! gives no sound, then the AWE64 will be removed. The Roland SCC-1 is using I/O 330 and IRQ 3, so none of the Sound Blaster cards installed in that computer can use I/O 330 for their MIDI because of this. I always set their MIDI to IRQ 300 but never use it because of the SCC-1 sounding a lot better.