* Synchronizes monitored SPDIF In Input signals with Input SPDIF signals. * Removes the error message when launching Creative Graphic Equalizer. * Launches the OSD (On-Screen Display) main menu when the remote control's Start button is pressed.
* Outputs Dolby Digital and DTS signals from the software DVD player in 'SPDIF In decode' mode. * Removes distortion on MIDI notes when the latency is set to below 20 ms on ASIO tracks. * Updates the speaker volume setting after changing the volume level and restarting the computer. WAV files are played back in Feature Showcase Demonstration. * Removes popping sounds when compressed. * Updates the speaker settings when connecting or disconnecting headphones from the Platinum Drive or Audigy 2 Drive after changing the volume level and returning from Standby mode. * Removes popping and clicking sounds when decoding AC-3 signals from external DVD players. * Resolves noise and distortion issues during extended playback of DVD movies. * Allows compressed and uncompressed AC-3 signals when using VXD drivers.
* Removes noise from analog speakers after switching to VXD drivers using Driver Utility.
As usual, YMMV.This driver update contains enhancements and fixes to improve the performance of your Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 or Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS product.ĮAX 4.0, containing DirectSound and Open AL API extensions, to utilize the EAX 4.0 ADVANCED HD Multiple Environment feature I have a StarTech USB 3 Express card adapter, and it works okay, with the XHCI driver from Arca Noae, in my Lenovo ThinkPad T510, and my IBM ThinkPad T43. Express card connects to the PC bus, directly (no driver required), so an OS/2 driver (if one exists) can find it at boot time. Of course, if you can write your own driver, it could be an interesting project.Įxpress card adapters are slightly different. Then, you need to configure PCMCIA to manage the device (that can't happen, if the device driver doesn't know about PCMCIA). Then, you need to find the proper driver for the device (that knows about PCMCIA).
It is a terrible thing, that doesn't work with SMP systems, so you do need to disable SMP support to even try it. Over that past 20 years, or so, I have used PCMCIA to test if it will do anything. Audigy sound cards are supported (somewhat) by UniAud, but UniAud knows nothing about PCMCIA, so you would need to find some way of loading the PCMCIA support, before loading UniAud. It is an interesting idea, but I doubt if you can make it work. So, I think try to do Audigy 2 ZS Notebook work with OS/2 PCMCIA ends up being a waste of time.īelow some screenshots of PCMCIA Plug and PlayĪudigy is identified as a memory card (storage) The only thing not usual I saw in the devices list was a Bondwell B236 Game Card Pcmcia that I never heard about. However an external usb modem is more easy to find (besides the fact that the only use I make today of a modem is to remotely access my old Paradox security system at home). I think it's useless this type of cards when we already have in T61 an ethernet port and other means to work with flash memory storage cards.Īlthought, the SD card reader of T61 does not work within OS/2 (at least I didn't find anything about Ricoh R5C822 chip OS/2 support in my search), there are usb adapters to work with these cards, so nowadays, nobody really needs a flash memory pcmcia card.Ī Fax/Modem pcmcia card would be useful I think, since internal CXT soft modem of T61 not works with OS/2. Basically are supported cards for communications (ethernet, token-ring, fax-modem) and flash memory storages. What frustrated me was the poor support for pcmcia cards showed. Can be easily done with Selective Install.
I had no problems to install SS2PCI1 in T61. Ricoh RL5C746 PCMCIA interface chip used in Lenovo Thinkpad T61 as I said in my first post, is compatible with Intel PCIC driver (SS2PCIC1) available since OS/2 Warp 4 installation CD's.