Labway A521 W0 User Manual

W00

C-Media CMI8738 - PCI SOUND CARD

Configuration and Hardware

USER MANUAL

MAR 2002

W00 C-Media CMI8738 PCI Sound Card Configuration/Hardware

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. DESCRIPTION..............................................................................................2

1.1. FEATURES..........................................................................................................................................................2

2. C

ARD FIGURE FOR “C-MEDIA CMI

2.1. CONNECTORS FOR “C-MEDIA CMI8738 W00”....................................................................................................3

2.1.1. External Connectors:...........................................................................................................................3

2.1.2. Internal Connectors:.................................................................................................................................3

2.2. AUDIO CONNECTORS:........................................................................................................................................4

3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION .................................................................... 5

3.1. HANDLING THE PCI SOUND CARD ....................................................................................................................5

3.2. INSTALLING THE PCI SOUND CARD...................................................................................................................5

8738 W00”.....................................................3

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W00 C-Media CMI8738 PCI Sound Card Configuration/Hardware

1. DESCRIPTION

“C-Meida W00” are new audio adapters that provide the next generation of PCI audio
performance to the PC market. The adapters not only meet the new demands of advanced

PC audio applications but also enable the integration of a complete multimedia subsystem on
a single adapter. The adapter functionality and interfaces are compliant with all major
industry standards, including the SoundBlaster Compatible, PC’99, Windows 98 Direct
Sound, Windows Sound System and PCI 2.2 bus specification.

1.1. Features

• PCI 2.2 compliant

• Compliance APM1.2,ACPI 1.0,and PPMI 1.1

• PCI Bus master for PCI Audio
⇒ True Full Duplex Playback and Capture with different Sampling Rate
⇒ Maximum 64-voice XG capital Wavetable Synthesizer including
⇒ GM compatibility
⇒ Direct Sound Hardware Acceleration
⇒ Direct Music Hardware Acceleration
⇒ Downloadable Sound (DLS) level-1

• Legacy Audio compatibility
⇒ Genuine OPL3
⇒ Hardware SoundBlaster Pro compatibility
⇒ MPU-401 UART mode MIDI interface
⇒ Joystick

• Supports distributed DMA for Legacy DMAC (8237) emulation

• Supports AC-1 interface (AC-Link)

• Single Crystal operation (14.318 MHz)

• 5V Power supply for I/O and internal core logic

• Compliant with 16-bit codec Requirements
⇒ 1 Stereo Inputs: CD
⇒ 1 MIC Input
⇒ 4 Channel Output Front Out , Rear Output
⇒ 20 dB MIC Amplifier

• Low Power Consumption

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