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How do I install my Yamaha Sound Drivers into my Windows 98

Posted: 22. Mar 2010, 02:48
by salerack
I just finished setting up Windows 98 Guest in my Virtual Box. I really enjoyed the sound system that I had on it when I used it as a host and would like to reinstall it. My sound card or files for it are labeled Yamaha Drivers(DS-XG, or DX-SG). When it loads, my screen shows four files-one with a joystick, Legacy System, MPU Audio, and PCI Audio.

What is the legacy sound system and what is the PCI audio? Which one am i supposed to use with my virtual box?

I tried the SoundBlaster 16 one also. When I press finish, it goes through the step where it tries to locate the files but cannot locate any of the files and therefore cannot load anything into my Virtual Box.

Any suggestions on how I can get sound in my Windows 98 system? I found a free driver site and downloaded a set of drivers that matched what I used in my old Windows 98 Host system and would like to try to install these onto my Virtual Machine.

Re: How do I install my Yamaha Sound Drivers into my Windows 98

Posted: 22. Mar 2010, 13:28
by Ramzee
No matter what real hardware the Host has you are limited to the hardware that is emulated in the Virtual Machine (SoundBlaster 16 or AC97).

In your case the ICH AC97 Audio Controller looks to be the closest match, so select that for your VM.

I don't know if Win 98 supports the AC'97 by default but there is a report that the Realtek AC'97 Sound System Software Ver:A4.06 (VXD_A406.exe) works for a Win 95 Guest so I would start with that before experimenting with different Yamaha drivers/applications.

On real hardware I used a full featured Yamaha Media Player on another system with a generic audio driver so that might work.

For my own basic needs I use the SoundBlaster 16 with the DirectX 8.1 Microsoft Software Synth for Midi support in my Win98 SE guest.

Edit:- I had real issues finding a working AC97 driver, the answer (via goggle) was in these forums already.

The Win 95 VXD driver (VXD_A406.exe) works for Win 98 (in VirtualBox) but the Win 98 driver (WDM_A406.exe) does not
"The NTKERN.VXD, MMDEVLDR.VXD device loader(s) for this device could not load the device driver. (Code 2.)".

Installing the driver is not as easy as it should be as the setup program refuses to install on a Win 98 OS. However if the package is extracted using 7zip, winrar, etc. and Device Manager directed to the driver (in the Win95 directory) it installs and works just fine.

Re: How do I install my Yamaha Sound Drivers into my Windows 98

Posted: 22. Mar 2010, 13:42
by jorgensen
You have the choice between SondBlaster 16 and AC97, and you might have a problem finding a driver for AC97.
For more information, check the third top post.

Re: How do I install my Yamaha Sound Drivers into my Windows 98

Posted: 2. Mar 2020, 00:08
by derverd
Hello Everybody/Anybody
Im such an optimist that i think i can reopen a ten year old thread!!!!!
Im musically frustrated since my P4 powered Windows 98 desktop died and use of my Yamaha waveforce PCI soundcard is blocked.
Im surprised that im suffering such withdrawl but I used it every week. Whilst my head was buried in the sequencer for all these years, xg midi, pci soundcards, midi itself et al seem to have died. Im not impressed with the modern alternatives which are soundblasters for games or nothing.
Tried in vein to repair said computer, the parts are very difficult to get and im now at a point where someone has sold me duff parts and i cant work out who. I could buy a working desktop win 98 computer 2nd hand and have a go with that, and may have to end up doing just that.
But with the prospect of being able to use a virtualbox version on a more modern machine I would be future proofing myself. till the soundcard dies anyway, and ive got another one spare :D
So far then I bought an i5 all singing and dancing desktop PC, installed latest Virtual Box, installed win98 se as the guest on win10 host. Physically affixed the said Yamaha card in the PCI slot, win 98 picked up the new hardware, went through the old 'have disk' dialogue on the prompts, Used the actual proper CD that came with the soundcard to install the drivers, it all looked good but then it said 'restart the computer to finish installation, and it doesnt matter how many times you restart, it just keeps saying that, there's no output and on the driver properties page it says the driver wont work because i havent restarted the PC. It was at this point I realised there was only minimal audio hardware profiles avialable on Virtual box and seemingly NO ONE else is interested in using the soundcard for making music on the PC.
So
Having read the above posts im led towards trying to get Realtek AC97 audio controller to work for me, but whilst im fairly sure ive not got the IT ability to do this, will this have the Yamaha DS XG Synthesiser working or will it just be a sound card driver that gets some kind of audio coming out of the card. If anyone can answer It would tell me whether its worth my while pursuing it or whether its a waste of time and ive just gotta buy an old win98 computer.
Further to my opening paragraph mention of optimism, if anyone can do anything with this on teamviewer for instant payment then even better!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: How do I install my Yamaha Sound Drivers into my Windows 98

Posted: 2. Mar 2020, 10:35
by jorgensen