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Just did a fresh install of Windows ME......

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When I run a game in DOS I get 'cannot initialize audio' ?????

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I know this should be working, worked fine before the reinstall....

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Im using DOS mame, Winme, soundblaster 1024 live.......

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Someone once told me how to fix this and I think it was something to do with setting up the sound card for DOS........

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I don't wanna use the Win version of mame as I prefer dos and I know it works on this system.........

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Thanks in advance

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Darren

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aka Game Guru

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BURN WINDOWS ME AND GRIND THE ASHES OF IT INTO DUST AND BURN THE DUST
FROM THAT INTO BLACK CHARS THEN FLUSH THE CHARS DOWN THE TOILET

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seriously winme sux with a system like yours u should probably use
winxp - im usin it now and it works GREAT although i miss the lock
computer function

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I have never run a Dos based mame, but i have run plenty of DOS based
games, you should try checking your autoexec.bat and config.sys for
the setup information for your soundcard, if u do a "shut down to DOS
mode" from windows, then the configuration files (autoexec and
config) will be setup for windows and not DOS, so the wrong drivers
will be loaded. One way around this is to do a dual boot, running
maybe win3.11/DOS and winME, there having two sets of Autoexecs and
Config.sys's one used when using DOS the other used when using Win
ME, another way to fix it is to use a DOS boot disc with the correct
drivers setup in your config.sys file on the bootdisk, so whenever u
want to use your DOS based mame then just boot from your boot disk
and the drivers will be loaded in for your soundcard.
If u are not really sure about wat i am talking about above, then
just let me know and i'll try and make things clearer for you.

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cheers and good luck
Jarrod.

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P.s go on cave in get Windows mame, makes life easier

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