Configuring Creative Plug-and-Play Cards

Configuring Creative Plug-and-Play Cards For Non-PnP Environment, e.g. DOS/Windows 3.x or Windows 95 MS-DOS Mode

If you own a Plug-and-Play card, and encountered system hang at boot up after installing ICM (Intel Configuration Manager), there is probably some compatibility issue between the Configuration Manager and your system BIOS. You can try using Creative Configuration Manager (CTCM) to configure Creative Plug-and-Play cards. Edit the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files as follows:
```
   E.g. CONFIG.SYS:				 
        DEVICE=[Path]\CTCM.EXE	
        DEVICE=C:\SBCD\DOSDRV\SBIDE.SYS /D:MSCD001 /V /P:1E8,11
   E.g. AUTOEXEC.BAT:
        SET CTCM=[Path]
        [Path]\CTCU /s /W=[Windows Directory Path], where CTCU is Creative PnP 
                                                    Configuration Utility 
```
Note 1: If ICM is already present in the system, there is no need to remove ICM to use CTCM. Just make sure that CTCM is placed after the ICM statement in the CONFIG.SYS file. But the CTCM statement must be placed before all the statements that load other low-level device drivers, e.g. CTSB16.SYS and SBIDE.SYS, so that your Creative Plug-and-Play card will be configured before these device drivers try to use them.
Note 2: When configuring Creative Plug-and-Play cards in Windows 95 MS-DOS mode, CTCM is required but the CTCU statement in AUTOEXEC.BAT file is not necessary because CTCM can get both legacy and Plug-and-Play card settings from Windows 95.
Look here for a more comprehensive installation guide for CTCM & CTCU.
Users whose system is HP Vectra VL 5/90 Series 3 should let the system software configures the PnP ISA cards. The HP PnP BIOS has an option to configure PnP ISA cards in SETUP. It has three options: None, Boot, and All. Choose either None or Boot to let the system software configures the PnP ISA cards.
Users whose system is AMI PnP BIOS might incorrectly configure some of the devices in certain Plug-and-Play ISA cards, especially those with more than four logical devices. Examples, CT360x AWE32 with stereo enhancement, and CT3150 Phone Blaster 288 DSVD. The BIOS will assign one of the devices with the same configurations as another device, thus causing conflicts. Windows 95 will then disable the conflicting device at startup. However, users can manually enable the conflicting device by:
- Launch the Control Panel group box
- Double-click the System icon and click the Device Manager tab
- Select the conflicting device from the list and click the Properties button
- Click the Resources tab and choose Change Setting button to set the configuration manually
By now Windows 95 is able to assign a conflict free configuration to that device. However, since the above steps need to be repeated every time the system boots up, it is not a viable solution. Therefore, users are encouraged to approach their system dealer for BIOS updates.