DON5408 and Crystal Semiconductor Present Audio Drivers for Crystal sound cards
One annoyance reported by those with newer model Aptivas with the Crystal Semiconductor sound card is that upon every startup the following message is presented: While this does not indicate a problem (see IBM's explanation HERE) this "informational message in error message format" has bothered many. Previously there was no way to eliminate this message, however several users have noted that after applying the updated audio drivers from Crystal this message no longer appears.

In addition to removing the "cannot load..." message, the latest drivers from Crystal add the following functionality: NOTE: While Crystal indicates that these drivers "should work with most implementations of our chips" and this has been confirmed by Aptiva owners, these are *not* IBM supplied nor supported. Should you have any difficulty see the details below on reinstalling your original drivers
b95us250.zip
File Date: September 23, 1997
File Size: 606 Kb
Description: Microsoft DirectSoundTM audio drivers certified by Windows 95 for the CS4232/6B/7B/8B cards
Translations: Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Thai

w95us272.zip
File Date: April 28, 1998
File Size: 466 Kb
Description: Windows 95 audio drivers for the CS4236B/7B/8B cards. WHQL certified for Windows 95 on CS4236B/37B and CS4235/39.
Translations: Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Korean, Traditional Chinese

After downloading the appropriate file be sure to read the README
file contained therein.


Reinstalling the Original Crystal Audio Drivers

  1. Uninstall the B95US250 drivers as per the ReadMe
  2. Open Windows Explorer
  3. Insert the Blue Diagnostic and Utilities CD-ROM
  4. Double-Click on Drive G in Explorer
  5. Double-Click on the Disks folder
  6. Double-Click on the Crystal folder
  7. Double-Click on the Install folder
  8. Double-Click on the Setup file


�The Setup (Install) program will reinstall the software, then prompt you to Shut Down Windows95.

�You need to remember to remove the Diag CD before shutting down. Otherwise, the system will boot from the Diag CD instead of from the hard drive.



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