APPENDIX B

Trouble Shooting

Strange Behavior in General

When the Sonic Blaster doesn’t seem to be playing or recording properly, it’s probably do to a loose connection somewhere.

*Important! You must connect the mounting plate to the back panel of the computer for proper grounding. If you do not, Sonic Blaster cannot function properly.

Check the cables connections to the card, to the motherboard and to the back panel. Check the cards connection to the expansion slot.

A quick and thorough visual inspection before calling Technical Support can save you both time and trouble.

Reversed Speakers

If you notice that the stereo sound from a game, music program, or other sound software is coming from the ‘wrong” speaker (left instead of right or visa-versa), simply switch the speakers or their plugs around. The Sonic Blaster uses the Apple standard left (Our channel 1) and right (our channel 2) output assignment. Some programs, however, have the channels reversed.

"Check startup device" message

If you’re trying to boot the program from a RAM disk, you must initialize the RAM disk before copying the program disks files onto it.

"Unable to load ProDOS" message

If you’re trying to boot the program from a ROM or RAM disk, the system folder must be on the main level (the root directory) of the ROM disk. If you dragged the icon of the program disk to the ROM or RAM disk (using the Finder), all the boot files will be in a folder of their own on the disk. You’ll need to open this folder, use the Select All option, and drag the folder’s contents to the ROM or RAM disk. You can then throw away the empty folder out of which you have moved the files.

App. B - Trouble Shooting

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