AudioDrive Plug and Play Sound Card
Release Version 3.00 (2nd APRIL 1996)

Readme.doc
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About this Diskette
      This disk contains the latest "ESS 1688 Plug and Play" drivers for Windows
      95. All Windows 95 drivers are found in the root directory of the diskette.
      This disk also contains the SETUP program for Windows 3.1 Audio Driver and
      the Media Rack Multimedia Software.

Windows 95 Installation
      Installation Outline --
      1) Install the Win95 audio driver first. Refer to the guide on the next
         section "Installation of ESS 1688 Plug and Play Win95 Audio Driver."
      2) Run SETUP.EXE from the diskette to install the MEDIA RACK software.
      * Warning - Do not run W31SETUP.EXE from Windows 95.

Installation of ESS 1688 Plug and Play Win95 Audio Driver
      All Windows 95 drivers are found in the root directory of the diskette.

      Quick Installation Guide
      1. Please Install Windows 95 Operating System first.
      2. Install the Plug and Play sound card into your computer.
      3. Boot Up Windows 95.
      4. Usually, a message will tell you that the ESS 1688 Plug and Play sound
         card was detected.
      5. Always select Manufacturer Diskette for drivers updates.
         (Drivers provided by Microsoft or Windows 95 will not work)
      6. Insert this diskette into the floppy drive and select the ESS 1688 Plug
         and Play driver to install.
      7. Once the driver is installed, double check that the driver is working
         in the Device Manager at SYSTEM PROPERTIES.
      8. The Win95 Audio driver is always present automatically with the best
         configuration possible for your sound card.
      9. Usually the settings is set to :-
            Address = 220 Hex
            IRQ = 5 or 7
            DMA = 1
            MPU401 = 330 Hex
            IDE Port Address = Tertiary (default), Secondary, Quartiatry

Windows 95 Drivers
     ES1688.DRV     Wave and AUX sound driver
     ES1688.VXD     Virtual device sound driver
     ESFM.DRV       ESS Enhance FM driver
     ESSMPU.DRV     ESS MPU-401 driver
     OEMSETUP.INF   Windows 95 Setup Information

Windows 3.1x or Windows For Workgroup 3.11 Installation
     1) Run SETUP.EXE from the diskette.
     2) The installation program will be link to run W31SETUP.EXE for Windowns
        3.1 Driver Installation.

*** IF YOU ARE INSTALLING IN WINDOWS 3.1x, THE CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files
    will be modified. The followings lines are added ***
	CONFIG.SYS
        DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\MPNP.EXE /W:E /C:E /P:1E8
	AUTOEXEC.BAT
        C:\WINDOWS\ESSVOL /V:12 /W:15 /C:15 /S:15
IMPORTANT NOTES :
    In an unlikely situation, If the MPNP.EXE hangs your system, this is what
    you should do....
    Bypass CONFIG.SYS from MSDOS by press "F4" in MSDOS 6.22 or "F8" in MSDOS 7
     (Windows 95)
         Case 1.
              Conflicts in IDE Interface (Port) ...
              a) YOUR SOUND CARD TERTIATRY PORT IDE INTERFACE IS ENABLE BY THE
                 PARAMETER /C:E from the default setup. Disable it by modify it
                 to /C:D
         Case 2.
              Conflicts in Sound Blaster Address or IRQ ...
              a) Change the address or IRQ to another address or IRQ.

PLAYING MSDOS Sound Blaster Compatible Games in normal MSDOS 7 Environment.
     a) If you are playing MSDOS games in Windows 95 environment, this sound
        card will run in most cases. No special step is required. Install and
        run you games normally.
     b) If you are playing MSDOS games in MSDOS 7 environment, PLEASE RUN
        MPNP.EXE /W:E first to tune your Plug and Play sound card to Sound
        Blaster Compatble mode. Below will illustrated the steps need.
Running games in MSDOS 7
     1. Getting in MSDOS 7 environmet requires you to press F8 when your system
        boots up.
     2. Select "Command Prompt only" menu which is usually numbered 6 or 5.
     IMPORTANT NOTE
     3. Before you run your favorite games, you have to run a DOS Batch file
        first.
        This batch file is name "DOSPNP.BAT" found in your \Windows directory.
        Type "DOSPNP" from command prompt before starting your game.

More About ESSCFG, ESSVOL, and MPNP
    MPNP.EXE is a MSDOS device driver to initialize the sound card for proper
    operation to Windows 95. It can also configure your sound card properly for
    playing games with Sound Blaster PRO compability by defining the Address,
    IRQ, DMA, etc...

    MPNP.EXE can be loaded as a device in CONFIG.SYS. MPNP.EXE can also be run
    from MSDOS.

/w:[e/d]    e=enable card, d=disable card -- ** It is important to disable
            the card for proper Plug and Play operation on Windows 95 driver.
            This parameter is enable only when MSDOS only enviroment is used as
            the operating system. This parameter will program the sound card to
            be enable for sound blaster games.

/c:[e/d]    e=enable IDE Port, d=disable IDE Port -- ** If IDE port on this
            sound card is used to connect to cdrom drive, you should enable the
            port first before loading the MSDOS CD-ROM driver. This port is
            default to Teriatry Port at address 1E8 hex.

/p:xxx	xxx determines the IDE port hexadecimal address. 1E8 hex (Default)

/j:[e/d]    e=enable joystick, d=disable joystick --- ** If you are playing
            games with joystick connected, you need to enable to use the
            joystick.

/a:xxx  xxx determines the Sound Blaster address port. -- 220, 230, 240,250
/i:x    x determines the Sound Blaster IRQ -- 2,5,7,10.
/d:x    x determines the DMA channel -- 0,1,3
/b:xxx  xxx determines the MPU-401 address -- 300,310,320,330
/m[e/d/s/x]  e=enable MPU-401 with no IRQ, d=disable MPU-401, s=share IRQ with
             audio device, x=MPU-410 IRQ select where x can be 2,5,7,10(A),11(B).

** Note that Under WIndows 95, MPNP.EXE are automatically install to
   CONFIG.SYS **

ESSCFG.EXE is an extra MSDOS utilties to configure the sound card's parameters
 using a menu. It has similar functions as MPNP.EXE

ESSVOL.EXE s a MSDOS utilties to set the audio volume of sound card. Example,
 Wave Volume, CD Volume, Master Volume, etc....

To understand more about MPNP parameters, TYPE "MPNP /?"
To understand more about ESSCFG parameters, TYPE "ESSCFG /?"
To understand more about ESSVOL parameters, TYPE "ESSVOL /?"
