| About this product | |
|---|---|
| Product | Sound Blaster 16 |
| Vendor | Creative Technology, Ltd. |
| Tested operating systems | Windows Server 2003 32 Bit |
| Average rating | |
| CompatDB XML | sound-blaster-16.xml |
Compatibility Reports for Sound Blaster 16
Reported by Anonymous
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Windows Server 2003 32 Bit
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UPDATE: Using the cut-and-paste method described in "SoundBlaster AWE 64 ISA" does work, however only the wdma_ctl.inf and ctlsb16.sys drivers need to be copied from another source. The other two files are included in the WS2K3 \Windows\system32 directory.
The two files I mentioned should be extracted from the Windows XP \I386 directory:
wdma_ctl.in_ is located in \I386; you will need to use EXPAND.EXE (located in \I386 as well) to decompress it
ctlsb16.sys is located in DRIVERS.CAB in the \I386 directory; just pull the file out using Explorer
Until either Microsoft or Creative provide drivers on Windows Update (very unlikely as it has been 6 months past WS2K3 release as of this writing), this method works well.
Reported by Anonymous
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Operating system
Windows Server 2003 32 Bit
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Support for ISA sound chipsets has been discontinued on the distribution media (CDs). Drivers will be available from Windows Update around the final release of .NET Server 2003.
