Creative Labs Sound Blaster Drivers

Many people who have installed Sound Blaster cards in their computers
encounter a large decrease in conventional memory after installing the
Creative Labs software.  In addition to the CD-ROM drivers, the
installation disk will add the following lines to your CONFIG.SYS:

DEVICE=C:\SB16\DRV\CTSB16.SYS /UNIT=0 /BLASTER=A:220 I:5 D:1 H:5
DEVICE=C:\SB16\DRV\CTMMSYS.SYS

Aptiva computers with Sound Blaster 16 cards also have these lines
installed in the CONFIG.SYS file.

If your sound card has the Creative Advanced Signal Processor, the
following line was also added:

DEVICE=C:\SB16\DRV\CSP.SYS /UNIT=0 /BLASTER=A:220

The numbers in these examples may vary depending on your sound card
settings. Also, if you have a Sound Blaster Pro, the CTSBPRO.SYS file will
substitute for the CTSB16.SYS file.

The first two lines are called "low level device drivers," which provide
wave playback and recording for certain DOS applications.  Two applications
that require these drivers are PLAY.EXE and RECORD.EXE, which are in the
SB16 directory.  Some other programs that were developed with Creative
Lab's Sound Blaster Developer Kit also require these drivers.

These two lines take up about 36KB of conventional memory and are NOT
required by DOS games or Windows applications.  If you use your sound card
for Windows programs and DOS games only, you can disable both of these
lines without any problems.  If you want to disable the two lines, edit
your CONFIG.SYS file, and place a "REM" statement in front of them.  You
may notice an error message "low level driver error" in your AUTOEXEC.BAT,
but you can ignore it as it will not affect DOS games or Windows
applications.

If your sound card has the Advanced Signal Processor, the third line, which
loads CSP.SYS into memory IS required.  This program is the resource
manager for the Advanced Signal Processor, and it is used by both DOS and
Windows programs.

If you have any questions about this procedure, please post a note in the
appropriate topic or forum area. Be sure to include your DOS version and
your model number (i.e., 2155-G82).