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  1. No problem. Sad activating the headphone amplifier made no difference, but on the other hand this is 'good'. But it seems to be a real issue with codec ALC269, according to various sources. So far I found no cure. You can try the same HDAICOUT.HDA (with 707C0 or 70740 version) and comment out with a semicolon BOTH reset lines (first two lines at the beginning of the file). The reset lines will set al widgets to their default state. Maybe you are lucky that another state of headphones has been set after boot.
  2. Good to know, at least you have DirectX 9.0c now (I presume). In the datasheet it is not fully clear if enabling headphone amplifiers is needed to enable headphones. 'Normally' this is not needed, codecs can be rather stubborn however. But you can try. Open HDAICOUT.HDA in some text editor and change ALL $0..70740 lines to 707C0. First line is now: $00270740;AC_VERB_SET_PIN_WIDGET_CONTROL;out_enable Should become: $002707C0;AC_VERB_SET_PIN_WIDGET_CONTROL;out_enable Etcetera. BTW watch if you use Notepad the extension is still .HDA (Notepad will try to add .TXT). Reboot needed of course.
  3. I found WDM nowhere mentioned in case of the 1998 version. But I have no new ideas. If you run DxDiag, you will see HDA Sound is running in Software Emulation mode. At least in Prince of Persia 'Sands of Time' this was not a problem to get sound with HDA2.DLL (only Windows game I ever tried to play; together with USB the reason I once left my 'beloved' Windows 95 OSR1a). With DirectMusic you can test access to the YAMAGA SGX Driver too (at least in DirectX 9.0c).
  4. About midi: you can try Yamaha S-YXG100plus soft synth, see https://msfn.org/board/topic/178295-audio-driver-for-realtek-hd-audio-hardware-testing-thread/?do=findComment&comment=1245427 Driver is somewhere on Vogons. In my experience: first comment out HDA2.DLL in SYSTEM.INI before installing Yamaha S-YXG100plus soft synth. Afterwards set wavehda=HDA2.DLL as LAST entry in SYSTEM.INI [drivers] and reboot. BTW setting Yamaha S-YXG100plus soft synth to DirectSound output is rather tricky, but after a while you will succeed. But @sifonium who introduced Yamaha S-YXG100plus soft synth to this thread had other experiences/ solutions.
  5. Enjoy! About your test with Colin McRae Rally: I see three possible issues: 1) Version of DirectX 2) Midi driver needed 3) Game needs WDM-driver. Issues 1 an 2 can be fixed, but 3 not: HDA2.DLL is not a WDM-driver
  6. Thanks for testing my next quasi universal HDAICOUT.HDA with EAPD enabled (this version is CODEC Index=$0 only). All 200 lines are logged by HDAICIN.TXT. I only had to reduce the number of 'Power up!' lines a bit. I am afraid I cannot do anything to fix your headphone issue, but maybe you can. IF you where using a headset with three bands on the 3.5mm plug, try a real headphone with two bands.
  7. Two sliders are indeed uncommon. I use WAVEOUT.EXE only to set maximum volume if I use DirectSound aware programs. If they output to DirectSound their OWN volume slider will work. I made a version of HDAICOUT.HDA that sent certain verbs to ALL widgets/ nodes 02h-1Fh, but included EAPD_ENABLE. Please check if there is any difference with headphones. I need HDAICIN.TXT only. HDAICOUT_EAPD_ENABLED.ZIP
  8. Thanks for the info. About a stress test: I believe playing autoreplay a short file many times is different from playing one album. My (unproven, probably 'wild') idea is with autoreplay the driver will be reactivated each time. But you are in an excellent position to test if there is any difference.
  9. Strange that headphones doesn't seem to connect. Do you really hear nothing in your headphones, not the slightest crackle during startup? About speaker volume: is now set to max. Watler's HDA2.DLL comes with WAVEOUT.EXE. Not working if copied to your Windows directory and set VolumeWidget=$02 in HDACFG.INI?
  10. Thanks. Headphone (Node=15h) does not respond to EAPD_ENABLE. Seen the datasheet it's possible headphones are connected to Line-out (Node=1Ah). So I added $1A to HDAICOUT.HDA. I did some fine-tuning too regarding max output volume. Datasheet says 63dB in 1dB steps, so 3F. HDAICIN.TXT needed again. HDAICOUT.HDA.ALC269_v2
  11. Great news. So EAPD is an issue. But first I'd like to see HDAICIN.TXT
  12. @mrfusion92 I did a long search first on your HD Audio Controller, will be SIS996(L). I found no datasheet, but also NO pci quirks in Linux ALSA sources. So for now we should assume the controller is 'good' with Watler's HDA2.DLL. So no pcipatchB in HDACFG.INI. Luckily I found the datasheet of your Realtek codec ALC269, following values in HDACFG.INI are already good: SleepingWidget=$02 OutputWidget=$02 But set: VolumeWidget=$02 I found speaker (widget 14) AND headphones (widget 15) both support EAPD with default '0'. So external amplifiers powered down. Because speaker system looks quite complicated, lets try headphones first with following HDAICOUT.HDA (just rename). BTW I only need HDAICIN.TXT Hdaicout.hda.ALC269
  13. Interesting workaround. Just for the record: still MaxPhysPage=20000 ? Almost the same values (20000 hex is in 4KB pages, so 524288 KB total memory). However better do a sort of stress test with an audio file of say 5 minutes with autoreplay for about 30-60 minutes or so.
  14. I am not familiar with the values noted in HDAICIN.TXT. Special version of HDAICOUT.HDA? Try my quasi-universal version, you will have to use the version in folder HDAICOUT.HDA\Use if CODEC Index=$0. Just copy to your Windows directory and reboot. HDAICOUT.HDA.zip
  15. Sorry, says nothing to me. In the Dell post a special other QFE was mentioned, but I can't found it (also no link in the post). If you are reinstalling already: in my experience with Windows 98SE installations first install with USB and Audio DISABLED in BIOS (if an option). So video first. Second install some USB2 driver and afterwards enable USB and see if everything is working. Then install the audio patch and last enable audio and install driver (AC'97 driver will need access to audio). Because of your shared memory with video: if adjustment is possible in BIOS first, say 32 or 64MB. Setting MaxPhysPage=20000 sounds okay. Maybe in: [vcache] MinFileCache=1024 MaxFileCache=8092 But I doubt vcache will make any difference. And did you install the INTEL inf FIRST, mentioned in the Dell post?
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