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Subject: Re: Topic shift, Cm8 without sound

Author: Brian Kostick

Date: 12:17:55 03/19/01

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On March 19, 2001 at 08:26:14, Jim Wang wrote:

>I managed to have the sound card software installed.
>Also, I applied the download patch and edited Cm.ini and Cmdefault.ini.
>Cm8 gives a bluish green splash box at startup.
>In the hardware shop they said that some software is not supported by the
>bargain sound card they sold me.
>Is it possible to run King.exe in the old Cm4000, 5000 or 6000 that did not
>require a sound card ?
>King.exe runs well in WinBoard but it doesn't ponder very deep.
>Maybe there isn't much difference in the playing strength with the old versions
>when a new patch is applied to them ?

Jim,

  A couple comments on programs and sound cards. I don't know if it will be of
any use to you, but maybe, or to someone else.

  When you say edited Cm.ini I take it that you are referring to this quote from
the Chessmaster 8000 faq:

To help determine if there is a problem with your sound card's settings, the
v1.0.1 patch for Chessmaster 8000 adds support for a special CM.INI debugging
setting. If you want to test whether or not your sound card's settings are
preventing Chessmaster from initializing, add the following to your CM.INI file
(found in the folder where you installed Chessmaster 8000):

[debug]
NoAudio=1

  Also some users have found setting DirectX sound acceleration to Basic or No
acceleration to be beneficial. You can do this by launching:
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DXDIAG.EXE
and then click the sound tab to see and set this option. This is helping some HP
owners with Riptide/Conexant sound and modem combo cards and helps some programs
other than Chessmaster run.  Regards, Brian K.



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