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Q134477: Lion King 1.0: ESS AudioDrive Hardware Not Responding

Article: Q134477
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 install The Lion King version 1.0 on a computer that has an ESS 488
sound card and is running Windows 95, you may receive the following error
message:

  The ESS AudioDrive hardware is not responding properly. Sound playback and
  recording will not be available.

CAUSE
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There is an incompatibility between the ESS 488 16-bit driver and the 16- bit
file architecture that The Lion King employs. Although Windows Audio Compression
Manager is capable of translating 16-bit files and playing them correctly, The
Lion King does not recognize the translation and incorrectly states that the
sound card is not responding properly.

RESOLUTION
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Contact the manufacturer for an upgrade of The Lion King.

MORE INFORMATION
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This problem does not occur if The Lion King version 1.0 is installed in Windows
version 3.x, and then later upgraded to Windows 95.

The third-party products discussed here are manufactured by vendors independent
of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these
products' performance or reliability.

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