Microsoft KB Archive/230605

Links Challenge: Game Stops Responding After Your First Swing

PSS ID Number: Q230605 Article last modified on 05-28-1999

MS-DOS:

MS-DOS

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Links: The Challenge of Golf == 

= SYMPTOMS =

When you play Links: The Challenge of Golf, the game may stop responding (hang) after your first swing.

= CAUSE =

This behavior can occur if the audio settings in the Links Configuration File are not configured properly.

= RESOLUTION =

To resolve this issue:

  Click Start, point to Programs, and then click MS-DOS Prompt.   Type the following line, and then press ENTER: cd   At the command prompt, type the following line, and then press ENTER: set   Note the values following A and I in the Blaster= line. If no Blaster= line is listed, contact the manufacturer of your sound card for information about how to obtain the latest sound driver for your sound card. NOTE: The “A” value represents the port address for your sound card, and the “I” value represents the interrupt request for your audio adapter.   Type the following line, and then press ENTER: setblast   Under Select Sound Blaster Port Address, type the number next to the port address (the “A” value) you noted in step 4, and then press ENTER. </li>  Under Select Sound Blaster Interrupt Number, type the number next to the interrupt request (the “I” value) you noted in step 4, and then press ENTER. </li></ol>

= MORE INFORMATION =

For information about how to contact the manufacturer of your sound card, please query in the Knowledge Base for one or more of the following articles:

Q65416 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, A-K

Q60781 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, L-P

Q60782 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, Q-Z

Additional query words: access linkschallenge audio irq freeze crash lockup

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========================================================= Keywords : kbenv kbsound kbimu Version : MS-DOS: Platform : MS-DOS Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1999.