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Q132581: No Sound Playing Freddy Pharkas in MS-DOS Session

Article: Q132581
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
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Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you are playing the game Freddy Pharkas in an MS-DOS session in Windows 95
on a computer with Microsoft Windows Sound System-compatible hardware, the game
may not produce any digital audio.

CAUSE
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The game tries to reconfigure the audio hardware to use IRQ 7 and DMA 1. To
maintain system stability, the device driver prevents this reconfiguration.

RESOLUTION
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To play digital audio, use either of the following methods:

- Reconfigure the Windows Sound System-compatible device to use IRQ 7 and DMA
  1.

- Create a shortcut to the game that specifies MS-DOS mode.

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