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Sound Blaster 16 Value edition. Most of these have the CT1978 CQM FM synthesizer chip which is almost universally considered poorer quality than a true Yamaha OPL3 chip (some CT2980 cards have the original Yamaha chip which is preferable). If it has the Yamaha chip instead, this is one of the lowest-noise SB16 cards you will find.

CT2830 is similar to the CT2700 and even the original CT1740 Sound Blaster 16, in that it has a real Yamaha OPL3 chip, has the same DSP and even still supports a CSP/ASP chip. It comes with an IDE CD-ROM interface. The CT1703-TBS is apparently decent for noise (low) and is also found on the CT2290, AWE32 and AWE64. The CT1740 and CT1750 are the least hassle Sound Blaster 16s to buy (across all the generations). DSP versions 4.05 and lower don't have the hanging MIDI note bug (avoid later CT1750s with 4.11 and 4.12), they output genuine Yamaha FM audio, require no software initialisation, and don't take up any extra system resources. The CT2230, full name Sound Blaster 16 MCD ASP (Multi-CD with ASP chip) was the first of the 2nd-generation Sound Blaster 16 cards. Like the 1st-gen CT1750 it gotIf you are using Windows 9x, ME, 2000, or XP, and if the drive is installed correctly, it should be detected automatically and installed when the computer first boots up.

They made these same cards from 1993 through 1995, so DSP versions 4.05 through 4.13 were all used. We recommend when installing a CD-R (compact disc recordable) or CD-RW (compact disc re-writable) drive that the drive be set up as the primary drive on the second IDE/EIDE interface. Having the drive as the primary helps prevent buffer underruns when creating a CD. Attach cablesBoard revision 29417 got either the old CT1745A mixer chip from the first generation, or the newer CT1745-S. Board revision 49432 got the even later CT1745A-S. The CT2810 is another strange card in that it shares its FCC ID with the CT2290 range, but has the ViBRA-16 chip the same as the CT2260. But unlike the CT2260, the CT2810 gets an IDE CD-ROM interface. CT2772 was the same as the CT2770A, but got FCC ID: IBACT-SB16NCDR, which I can only assume means "No CD-ROM", as it didn't come with a CD-ROM interface, but this card did come with a wavetable header which is odd for a value edition card...

The CT1780 was the same as the CT1750 with the exception that the CD-ROM interface was for LMSI (Laser Magnetic Storage International) drives. LMSI was a subsidiary of Philips. The interface itself is a 16-pin header. The only other sound cards that came with an LMSI connector were the MediaVision Pro Audio Spectrum 16 LMSI (FCC ID: ICW-PAS16P) and MediaVision Fusion CD16 S/E LMSI. In June 1992, the Sound Blaster 16 was introduced as the successor to the Sound Blaster Pro, though the Pro was sold for a number of years alongside the SB16. The first '16' model was CT1740. For the first time you could get a Sound Blaster card with CD-quality (44 kHz) digital audio sampling. The CT2770, full name, Sound Blaster 16 Value, was launched in 1994. Being a value edition card, it was pared down to the minimum - no wavetable header and only a Panasonic CD-ROM interface. Open your computer and locate the CD-ROM and each of the cables connected to it. Below is an example of a disc drive, including where each of the cables should connect to the drive. Marc Sven Schulte informed me of the fact the DAC chip on these cards is sometimes the AK4501-VS by Asahi Kasei Microelectronics (AKM) and not the Creative-branded CT1701-T. It's possible Creative simply took this third-party DAC and got permission to rebrand it. More ImagesFun fact... user Imperious on the Vogons forum says he successfully ran a CT2770 on an 8088 XT (8-bit ISA slots only). The 16-bit part of the card is used for the CD-ROM interface only! Imperious said it's great for running the PC speaker audio through the sound card and out of the speakers, though there's only a tiny amount of games that can use the card's abilities on a system that slow. The CT2919 was the non-"Value Edition" version of this card, designed for the OEM market. More Images You can also compare this card's audio output side-by-side to numerous other cards in my Sound Blaster CT2770 Retro Review!

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