Xfi Extreme Gamer: Vista 64: Microphone is no

As title suggests, I am using the XiExtreme Gamer in?Vista 64. When I plug a microphone into the 3-way jack, even if I select microphone in the audio console, all I hear is a pulsing noise wjen I test the mic in BF242. Is there something else I need to do? I tried a headset and a stand alone mic.

Good luck, lots of x-fi things don't work right in 64. Most people I know just gave up and use the onboard audio mic instead, less hassle.

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  • Headphones & speaker q on the xfi extreme ga

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    Re: Xfi extreme audio SB0790 Windows Home Premium0 As I stated in my first post I did my due diligence and after installing beta drivers for the SB0790 then installing the recommended driver dated July 09 it still does not recognize the device (7 Home Premium). I have gone through every forum google points me to we are not alone, taking advice I've installed then deleted these drivers about 0 to 20 times I've tried compatibility mode "Vista" "Vista SP", "Vista SP2", "XP", and so forth with no luck also running the driver as admin. Every time I update driver in 7 it tells me I have the current driver yet I have a red X and no sound.
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