Audigy 1 + Audigy 2 ZS Platinum + Vist

So I decided to plug in my old audigy to have an extra sound card to play music and use with ventrilo.
Once I got around some problems getting the driver installed I noticed that I get no sound whatsoever out of the Audigy . When I checked the device properties for the audigy I noticed there was no tab for "Tone," "Custom," nor "Levels."
However the Audigy 2 ZS works 00%.
anyone else try this or another combination of different model Audigys?
What are the odds that this combo ever working under vista?
-- judging from some of the complaints about the lack of updates I'm thinking never?

terror_adagio wrote:
It would seem Creative's Audigy and also Audigy 2 ZS sound cards produce unwanted sound problems with RAID setu
ps.
Specifically, my testing was done on an onboard Promise 378 RAID 0 setup. The following setup was configured:Windows XP (Tested both Home & Pro)Intel Pentium 3.4C Ghz HT 800FSB2GB Corsair TWINX PC3200ASUS P4C800 Deluxe2xWestern Digital 60GB Caviar's Special Edition 8MB Cache in RAID 0Onboard Promise RAID Controller Fasttrak 378 (old and newest drivers tested)Creative Sound Blaster Audigy MP3+ Retail & Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Retail (all available drivers tested)The sound problems are heavily distorted sounds, cracks, cut-outs, and hissing when any type of audio is playing and is especially apparent with using the hard dri'ves.The standard Intel based Non-RAID configuration contains zero problems with any sound. It is only when users are using RAID that these problems occur. It would definitely be in Creative's best interest to investigate this issue and resolve a solution. This problem has been around for a long time, with no support from Creative.Please note, the onboard sound audio was tested with RAID setups and non-RAID setups and there were never any sound problems with either. All available PCI slots were tested and various PCI Latency configurations were tested within the BIOS. No solution was found.
Hi, have you find a solution?
I try to disable the Promise PDC20378 controller and the problem seems disappeared.

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