Technical Support Note
 

Product(s) involve	:	SB 16 Advanced Signal Processor

Third party product(s)	:	Games softwares 

 

Subject
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Error message "Incorrect MIDI port setting in system.ini" when loading Windows.

Description
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User will encounter the above error (after playing games with SB16) when 
loading Windows.  The following sequence will create the above error:

a.	Run games that support MT32, General MIDI, LAPC mode.
b.	Exit from the games.
c.	Load Windows.
d.	The above mentioned error message displayed.

The reason is that most games the support MT32, General MIDI, LAPC 
programs and send the respetive commands through the MIDI port of SB16, 
upon exiting, the games does not reset the MIDI port correctly, and thus loading 
Windows will produce the above error message.

Solution/Action
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The error can be avoided by Power-off the PC and then Power-On again or by 
running the SBCONFIG /S command from the SB16 directory.

It is also advisable that user who do not have Wave Blaster attached to SB16 to 
set their MIDI port address to 300 Hex so that games software will not detect it 
as a MT32, LAPC or General MIDI compatible and try to program them.  (Please 
note that although there is no hardware attached to the MIDI port, however, the 
I/O address is still accessible).