To install the Creative Phone Blaster PnP in MS WinNT 4.0 (For non-PnP BIOS).
Here are the steps:
- You will need to install the PNPISA.INF (right click of mouse in explorer on the file) found in the WinNT4.0
installation disk under: drvlib\pnpisa\x86. (if you don't see this file, click View\Options\View\ and select
"Show all Files" and unselect "Hide extensions for known file types")
- Reboot when prompted.
- Log onto your computer with Administrator privileges.
- Once the WinNT4.0 restart, you will see "New Hardware Found" and then be prompted to install drivers for
several functions on your card: it will start to detect all the PnP cards in the system.
- For PB PnP, the followings are detected:
Creative Phone Blaster 28.8 (Audio)
Creative Phone Blaster 28.8 (IDE)
Creative Phone Blaster 28.8 (Reserved)
Creative Phone Blaster 28.8 (Game)
Creative Phone Blaster 28.8 (COM)
- You will need to install the driver prompted above as followed:
Creative Phone Blaster 28.8 (Audio)
Choose "Driver from disk provided by hardware Manufacturer" and select the file SBPNP.INF file found in
drvlib\audio\sbpnp\i386. "Creative Labs Sound Blaster Plug and Play" is listed and selected.
Creative Phone Blaster 28.8 (IDE)
If prompted for IDE CD-ROM (ATAPI 1.2)/Standard IDE/ESDI Hard Disk Controller, select "Do not install a driver
(Windows NT will not prompt you again)". If your card has an IDE Controller it will be detected but there is no PnP IDE
driver in this release.
Creative Phone Blaster 28.8 (Reserved)
If prompted for Creative Labs 3D Stereo Enhancement Technology, select "Windows NT default driver".
Creative Phone Blaster 28.8 (Game)
If prompted for Microsoft Joystick Port Enabler, select "Windows NT default driver". This is later shown in the
Multimedia icon in Control Panel under Devices under Other Multimedia Devices.
Creative Phone Blaster 28.8 (COM)
Click to install using alternate devices (last option) and select modem, under Creative Labs, you can select "Creative
Labs Phone Blaster Voice" or "Creative Labs Phone Blaster 28.8 DSVD PnP Voice"
- After restarting the system, you may need to check your COMPort setting in Control Panel, under Port icon and change
the IRQ setting of the COMPort used by the PB PnP to an available one if the default one is having a conflict.
- Once you had change the setting, restart to update the system and you have complete installing the PB PnP.
To install the Creative Phone Blaster (legacy) card in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
You may install the PB 28.8 (legacy) in WinNT4.0 much like how it is done in Win95.
- Go to the Control Panel
- Double-Click on the Port icon
- Add a new COMPort by clicking on the ADD button
- Change the setting of the COMPort at the SETTING to the follow hardware setting
- Click OK and restart system
- Go back to Control Panel
- Double-Click on Modem icon
- Allow the system to detect modem. "Standard Modem" is most likely choosen.
- Change the modem choosen by clicking the Change Modem button. A list of modem will be listed.
- Under Creative Labs, select Creative Labs Phone Blaster Voice.
- Click Ok and then Finished to complete the process.
To install the sound and game port driver, please refer to the section on
To install Sound Blaster 1.x, 2, Pro, 16, AWE 32 & SB32 (legacy) cards on
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
To Install the Creative Modem Blaster 28.8 External in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Usually the COMPort 2 is pre-installed at the default setting of 2F8, IRQ 3 in the Port icon. So in this case, there
is no need to add any COMPORT unless the users is using other setting for his/her COMPort at the PC.
- Go back to Control Panel
- Double-Click on Modem icon
- Allow the system to detect modem. "Standard Modem" is most likely choosen.
- Change the modem choosen by clicking the Change Modem button. A list of modem will be listed.
- Under Creative Labs, Select Creative Labs Modem Blaster 28.8 External
- Click Ok and then Finished to complete the process.
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