Audigy 2 install probl

Hello,
I have windows XP and an audigy 2.
When i run the autosoftware update on the websites it suggest this driver:
SBA2_PCWDRV_LB__84_55-R
But when i try to install thios driver it tells me that i can't install it because i dont have an audigy 2 installed.
Before i ran the web setup i installed the soundcard with the cd that came with the card.
Bas

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All,
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- Installing with daniel's drivers: install freezes, cut power to reset and laptop refuses to boot with the zs notebook card in the slot and when in windows the card is pushed in the laptop freezes up yet again.
- Installing either of both drivers in safe mode results in a normal correct install: no freezing or crashing however the second i boot up in normal mode the laptop freezes before loading windows and the power has to be cut yet again.
So far every time this is fixed by using the recovery backup i made to have everything to normal again.
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If i install in safe mode the onboard sound card doesnt get loaded at all, then the installation of the zs notebook runs correctly.
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Message Edited by Natharneal on 05-23-2008 07:35 PM

Thank you for the reply split0,
as for the informati've post, thank you for the compliment, i tend to not open a thread at all unless i have spent enough time on the problem and searched around enough for solutions, and after that i only post if it has enough info regarding everything in inside the thread.
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The PCMCIA adapter in my laptop is a Texas Instruments PCI-8x2/7x2/6x2 CardBus-controller.
Which is one of the most common controllers and should normally not cause any troubles at all, also in another thread on this forum i found a differant driver for it, i even tried that with no result sadly.
At the moment personally i am thinking the whole problem lies within not being able to uninstall the onboard sound card to full extent somehow, and while i posted here i also have all this info in a direct message sent to creative, and even acer for that matter.
In hopes of some kind of solution for this so i can keep my hopes up for not having to return the card itself.
What bugs me is that there is option at all to disable the onboard sound through the bios.
Because right now whenever i install the ZS notebook card it checks hardware for the onboard first installing it again, then setting priority for the zs notebook.
This is what seems to result in the crashes through a conflict in drivers in my idea, but thats just a hunch which i cant do anything about currently in regard to testing unless someone has an idea for me to try.
Message Edited by Natharneal on 05-23-2008 0:54 PM

Audigy 2 ZS Install proble

hi
had a few problems installing new drivers so i removed them and used the orignal install disk that came with the card when brought new but now when i try to set the card up with EAX it says "the audio device supported by this application is not detected. The application will now exit"
if i try to use THXConsole it says " THX setup console cannot execute!Audio driver is incompatible"
please please does anyone know how i can fix this?

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Check the Device Manager, under Sound Video and Game make sure the Audigy is listed there without any errors. Also check for any entries such as "MS Audio Kernel MIxer", "Wave Device for Voice Modem" or anything related to your onboard audio card (if you have one). Disable these entries if found. You'll have a few entries for Legacy Video/Audio and A/V Codecs which you can ignore as well as Media Control Devices.
Once done re-attempt the install.
Hope this hel
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SB Audigy Series Install Disc 2.0 (02/24/2015)

This software/driver pack is unofficial, not supported by Creative Labs.
Use it at your own risk.
Supports any model of the following Sound Blaster cards (based on Emu10kx DSP):
- Audigy
- Audigy 2
- Audigy 2 ZS
- Audigy 4
- Audigy 5/RX
Does NOT SUPPORT Audigy SE/LS/Value.
Operating systems supported:
32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows 10 / 8.1 / 8 / 7 SP1 / Vista SP2 / XP SP3
Included in the Disc:
- Audigy series driver 3.01.0039 (Windows Vista or later) (**)
- Audigy series driver 2.09.0016 (Windows XP)
- ALchemy 1.45.03
- Audio Console 1.41.00
- DDL License Activation 1.00.04 (*)
- Diagnostics 5.11.35
- Dolby Digital Live Pack 3.03.08 (*)
- EAX Console 3.00.60 (Windows Vista or later)
- EAX Console 3.00.59 (Windows XP only)
- Entertainment Center 5.10.21
- Feature Mode Selection Utility 2.10.07
- Graphic Equalizer 2.10.01
- Karaoke Player 2.12.02
- MediaSource DVD-Audio Player 2.00.78 (***)
- Online Manual
- On Screen Display 2.20.03 (Windows XP only)
- Remote Control System 5.00.34
- SB Audigy Control Panel 1.00.15 (Windows Vista or later)
- Smart Recorder 2.41.30 (Windows Vista or later)
- Smart Recorder 2.30.08 (Windows XP only)
- Sound Blaster Plugin for Microsoft Media Center 3.00.05
- SoundFont Bank Manager 3.21.02
- Speaker Calibrator 1.60.14 (Windows XP only)
- Speaker Settings 2.10.05 (Windows Vista or later)
- Speaker Settings 2.10.04 (Windows XP only)
- Surround Mixer 4.00.76 (Windows XP only)
- System Information 2.00.03
- THX Setup Console 2.20.08 (Windows XP only)
- Vienna SoundFont Studio 2.40.73
- WaveStudio 7.14.01
(*) Purchase and activation required, more info at http://buy.soundblaster.com.
(**) - For Audigy 5/RX (SB1550) and Audigy 4 Series II (SB0612) this driver also supports Windows XP.
(***) - Requires Audigy 2, Audigy 2 ZS ou Audigy 4
Does this driver improve sound quality or performance Are there any tweaks ?
No, this driver does not improve sound quality nor increase performance.
No, there are no tweaks.
If someone states that its driver improves sound quality and performance, you are being fooled, cheated.
It is even worse that the so called tweaks come from a person who is not EVEN technically acknowledged, does NOT know anything about Windows internals, software engineering and sound fidelity that all audiophiles always look for.
If you "feel" the sound better, that is the infamous placebo effect and there is no real proof that any tweaks work.
In fact, I have yet to see a driver that states in its release notes that it improves sound quality.
I've disassembled about every single .SYS driver, .DLL libraries and .EXE executables and found nothing.
There are some undocumented registry values, but nothing related to sound quality or performance.
Would the so called tweaks even exist, they would be in my Support Packs, you can bet that.
Fixes and improvements:
- Fixed Audigy 5/RX support.
- Readded "EndPoint Utility" to enable the use of other digital devices to output Dolby Digital Live encoded audio.
- Fixed driver installation issues on Windows 10.
- Fixed Audigy "1" or Audigy 2 mute issue.
- Audigy RX is now fully supported.
- EAX Console now works on Windows Vista or later.
- Karaoke effects now work properly on Windows Vista or later, just use EAX Console to enable them. Effects will only be applied to the Microphone input.
- Sound Blaster Audigy Control Panel now available for all cards, but it lacks many settings available on Audio Console, so use the later.
- Added instructions on how to install the Gameport.
- Fixed missing speaker settings strings on Windows XP when DDL is enabled.
- Improved driver installation, less confirmation prompts.
- Improved setup procedure and scripts.
- Removed Encode switcher for now, only DDL is available.
- Installation now customizable, select what you want to install.
- New integrated Post Driver Install Helper tweaks the driver without tampering certificate.
- CMSS2 is now available.
- OpenAL 64-bit support.
- Dolby Digital Live now works on Windows 8.1 (update 1). Creative Audio Service was not being installed on that OS.
- Special FX, Advanced EQ, Studio and Custom presets now available on Windows Vista or later.
- Audio Console does not crash anymore on non-English localized installs. Localized resources for Online Karaoke tab were missing; added mostly localized Korean and Chinese (Traditional) resources.
- Online Karaoke page is available for all Audigy cards on Windows Vista or later; this is NOT a new feature, but an easier way to configure the Microphone.
- EAX Settings for Windows Vista or later includes EAX Studio, a fancy version of EAX Control Panel, no changes in functionality, except the Test button now works.
- Added fully localized Korean and Chinese (Traditional) resources for EAX Studio, which were missing.
Undocumented fixes by Creative (not listed in the release notes):
- Headphone mode now sticks and does not revert automatically to Speakers mode on Windows Vista or later.
- Special FX, Advanced EQ and Studio presets were not working on Windows Vista or later.
Release Notes:
IMPORTANT: Driver uninstall on Windows Vista or later
The included driver for Windows Vista or later has a bug that causes a stop (blue screen) error when unloaded by disabling the Audigy or uninstalling the driver.
To workaround this issue, run the KillDrv.exe utility included and restart when asked to do so. Proceed normally and uninstall all the software or only the driver.
If you have previously installed the Audigy 5/RX driver, you MUST run this utility.
As the KillDrv verify the driver version installed, running it won't do any harm, even if the driver version is not affected.
HOW TO INSTALL THE GAMEPORT DRIVER
You can find a Gameport\ReadMe.htm file in the folder where you unpacked the Support Pack.
Just follow the steps shown in the screenshots.
WINDOWS 8.1 OR LATER DOES NOT SAVE SETTINGS
- Configure all settings and shutdown. Your settings will be saved.
- This does not work if you disable Fast startup permanently or temporarily (by holding the Shift key while shutting down).
OpenAL 2D benchmark in RightMark 3DSound crashes your system
The included driver for Windows Vista or later has a bug that crashes your system if you run the OpenAL 2D benchmark using 63 buffers.
No problem With 62 or fewer buffers.
OpenAL 3D and OpenAL 3D + EAX benchmarks are not affected.
Details: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (0x000000D1) - ctoss2k.sys
There is no DirectSound hardware acceleration on Windows XP 64-bit (x64) with 4GB RAM or more
The Audigy driver does not support 64-bit addressing, disabling the DirectSound hardware acceleration and causing multichannel sound to be played only in the stereo channels (front left/right).
Workarounds:
- install the 32-bit (x86) version of Windows XP.
- limit to less than 4GB the amount of RAM available to Windows.
- enable the "Memory Hole" setting in the BIOS Setup, if your motherboard supports it.
- install and use Creative ALchemy to convert the DirectSound API calls into OpenAL, which is not affected by this issue.
Karaoke effects make the audio play in mono
You can avoid this issue by using EAX Console to enable Karaoke effects. Audio Console is affected by the issue.
Optionally, follow the steps below.
Open EAX Settings, select a Karaoke effect, then click the Edit button.
Click on the Source (Wave) tab and change the Original sound to 100% and Pitch Shift to 0%. Click the Save environment button.
Repeat the steps for all Karaoke effects.
These changes will be valid only for the current speaker configuration. If desired, repeat the same process for each speaker configuration.
MediaSource DVD-Audio Player system requirements
- 32-bit edition of Windows XP or later
- any Audigy 2, Audigy 2 ZS or Audigy 4 card
Built-in Decoder on Windows Vista or later
To use the built-in decoder, make sure it is enabled in Audio Console.
Select "SPDIF Out (Creative SB Audigy (WDM))" as the output device of your player and then configure the AC3/DTS filter to send the stream through SPDIF.
When you restart your computer, the Tone settings (Bass and Treble) are not applied.
Just readjust one of the controls one time per boot.
Equalizer and EAX effects are not available when using OpenAL or ALchemy
Only Tone (Bass and Treble) and CMSS 3D (CMSS, CMSS2 and Stereo Surround) features are available.
There is no sound in games with OpenAL support
Disable Advanced EQ and Special FX by selecting "No effect" before running the game or program.
Equalizer settings are not applied after using OpenAL or ALchemy
After you run a game with OpenAL support or using Creative ALchemy, the Equalizer settings are applied.
Just run Equalizer and the saved setting is loaded automatically.
Tone settings are lost when speaker configuration is changed
Bass and treble settings reset to their default values when speaker configuration is changed.
Download:
Filename: Audigy_Series_ISO_2_0.exe
File size: 448 MB
CRC32 hash: A746058E
SHA- hash: 3035E45928BCA852A638BE511A5A042310B26359
Uninstall any Support Pack before installing this CD.
This is an ISO image, you need to burn it on a CD/DVD or to mount it as a virtual CD drive.
Mirrors: Google Drive
All files are property of Creative Technology Ltd, unless otherwise noted.

Karaoke Player
You can use hardware or software-based Microphone effects.
If you select an effect in the Karaoke Player itself, it will be software-based and you might experience delays or increased CPU utilization.
If you enable the Karaoke effect in the EAX Console, it will be hardware-based (using the Audigy DSP) with no delay and not relying in the system's CPU. Highly recommended.
I did not make any extensive tests, so please try the software-based Microphone effects and share your experiences.

SB Audigy 4 Driver Probl

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Just about every other time I start up my PC, my SB Audigy 4 (Retail) runs into a problem. That is, the nice Exclamation Point shows up, and it doesn't see it as a SB Audigy 4, but rather a "Multimedia Audio Controller" (MAC for short). So I uninstall the MAC, reboot (note, at reboot, it shows it as a Creative Soundblaster Audigy Audio Processor, still with the yellow exclamation point next to it, and still with (CODE 0) attached, and install the SBAX_WEBUP_LB_2_08_0004.exe drivers. (Why, oh why does it only come in EXE format? What happened to the Good old days of .inf files?)
Pic Follows:
http://www.sglider.net/images/Audigy4uninstalled.JPG
I install, and everything goes well. I reboot, and my Sound drivers are there, so I can play my favorite games. But, the next time I reboot my PC, I'll have lost my Sound Drivers again --- though it doesn't happen every time, but I can't go more than 2 reboots without it happening again.
I'm really getting tired of reinstalling these drivers on every boot up. Does anyone have the skinny?
My system details follow:
AMD Athlon XP 3000+ (333mhz Barton)
Soyo KT400 Dragon Ultra Mobo (Via chipset - Newest Hyperion Drivers installed) - Motherboard updated.
Ati Radeon X850XT AGP
SB Audigy 4
2 GIG PC2700 DDR SDRAM
Microsoft Windows XP Professional w/SP2 and all updates.
Thank you for your patience, and your assistance.

Thanks for that tip, that may make it so I don't have to do stupid things to get it to see the driver.
Next step though is to find a way to keep the Driver from mysteriously uninstalling or borking itself so I don't have to keep reinstalling it. Any ideas?

Audigy 4 decoding probl

Hello all!
I just became the owner of an audigy 4 pro and everything seems to be working fine except for the hardware ac3 and dts decoding.
Both windows media player 0 and powerdvd 5 behave as if the dvd is scratched (glitchy playback) when i turn on the spdif output.
I tried to play a vob file from the hard dri've to make sure it doesn't have anything to do with data transferring and i got the same problem.
There's no conflict with my graphics card drivers (radeon 9600pro) and the on-screen dolby/dts logo appearing when i start playback, because i turned the osd off and the problem persists...
Powerdvd's soft decoding works fine but i'd rather have it the hardware way... after all i paid for it.
Strange thing -dvd audio works flawlessly.
I previously had the li've 5. installed, could there be any conflict with the old drivers?
Driver problem or faulty card?
Thanks for any help!
Ledz
System: athlon xp 2600+, 768 ddr333, asus a7n8x deluxe mobo, ati radeon 9600pro agp8, audigy 4pro
sony 6x dvdrom...

Well I have to say thank you for saving me $300.00 bucks. I have the Audigy 2ZS Platinum and it does exactly the same thing. When the "scratching" finally goes away, the audio and video are out of sync and I cannot seem to fix it. It appears that this is something of an emerging problem as I have seen more and more people complain about it in the last couple of months. I have yet to find the answer to fix it and Creative has not responded here concerning the issue, at least that I have seen. I am using the nVIDIA DVD Decoder with a GeForce 6800GT OC and I get the same response with both Dolby Digital and DTS. I have seen various postings of people trying many different options such as changing PCI slots and manually setting IRQ's but this has not remedied the situation. I am wondering if it is driver or hardware related. Does anyone at Creative know anything about these problems?

Audigy 4 pro probl

Hi,
I am having problems getting dts sound from my audigy 4 pro soundcard.
i am using inspire t7900 speakers.
when i play a movie in powerdvd i only get 2 front channel working, even though i select dts format.
what am i doing wrong?
i get the same effect when a play a movie on my dvd player [home]. i am using the left and right audio leads commected toline in 3 on the back of the audigy external box, but still only get two channels.
Please help, what am i doing wrong?

Do you have the 2 pin Digital cable running from the DVDrom dri've to you card or to/from the I/O port?
Use it if you dont.
Go to windows control panel then audio HQ.
Open up device controls and then decoder.
Select SPDIF passthrough. ( ensure you speaker set up can decode it though ) Id say yours do
In control panel open up sound and audio devices then hardware. Select your sound card in the list.
Highlight and go properties then go to properties in the next window.
Open up each device and ensure its set to use audio features on this device.
With powerdvd in the advance options for audio ensure its set to 5. or which ever speaker set you have. Same with audio in windows control panel and Creative Surround Mixer.
What codecs/filters are you running? IF you have installed too many codec packs that can/may cause issues.
For the most part all you need is WMP0 + AC3 filter and or FFDshow. Your DVD player software ( your case Power DVD ) and Xvid or full Divx version, for most common AVI files and the like.
In the advance options in Power DVD is there an Audio option for SPDIF? If yes, select it.
Also ensure its set to use your card and NOT default audio device which is, I think wav - direct sound, in other words not full range, you want full range that your card can do. an excample.
WMP has 2 options for its sond device - open up tools, options, devices then speakers - properties. Here you will see default direct sound and then your card. You should have simular setup system in Power DVD.
If that fails.
Can you uninstall Power DVD and try WinDVD, you may have this with your mainboard?
If you can get WIN DVD ensure its set up to use SPDIF.
Ok, try that for starters and see how you go.
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Audigy (1) - install nightm

For friend and LAN party, I need quickly setup machine for Warcraft III play. I use my Audigy2zs mainly, but I still have the old Audigy (), so I used it to the machine I build.
And the problem is driver instaling, clearly. I headed out for drivers to:
http://uk.europe.creative.com/support/downloads/
...picked my card and choosed Driver and downloaded these files:
AUD_EAX4DRV_0303.exe - as for drivers
and
AUD_WEBUP_PCWDRV_-84-40.exe
...as for the EAX4 update. However things did not seems working. WinAMP play and low-level detection of soundcard work, but winblows keep telling me, that there is NO AUDIO DEVICE, and so do all the other, hi-level programs, like Warcraft III :angry:
Now, what to do?
I tried the "All files" and downloaded the Surround Mixer for volume control:
SMIX_PCAPP_2_00_52.exe
and then the
AHQ200307.exe Audio HQ stuff, but both these filles - when I try use them - keep telling me that I have no "previous version" of Surround Mixer and Audio HQ in the second case, installed, and therefore Im out of luck! :angry: Now this is drivng me mad, because where can I find the ORIGINAL file for the Surroud Mixer and mainly for the recongnizing of the card by the windows?
WinXP SP.a, BTW :smileyindifferent:
Any help come handy.
I already started the search for original install CD, but no luck yet.
**bleep**, this should be on the Creative WEB to can be downloaded, right away, right?

Can't blame anyone for not wanting to touch this one with a ten foot pole.
Anyhow, caved in and took the route of most resistance. Installed Windows7, the card works now. Seems the drivers for XP are just defunct.

Plz Help: Audigy 2 ZS Probl

Hello Everyone at Creative/Forum Users! I'm new here so nice to meet you all...
I have a 5. speaker system using them with Audigy 2 ZS Platinum...
Scenario: When I'm calibrating the speakers .. I hear the correct sound through the right speaker... like when the person is identifying the speaker, it's the correct ones (rear ones work here)....all settings are on 5. ... but when i click to hear the 'Channel' or 'Noise' test in the creative program i hear the 'Rear Left' in the 'Front Left' and the 'Rear Right' in the 'Front Right' ... What is the problem?
My games aren't detecting the Surround Sound either ( GW:Nightfall and NFSC )
I've already tried uninstalling the drivers, restarting and installing either with my original cd driver / website driver ...
Thanks for anyone that dropped by!

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Jason

SB Audigy 2 Value probl

Hi
I'm new around here and I hope someone will be able to help me.
A few days ago, I bought a Sounblaster Audigy 2 Value card and installed it in my computer. Everything went well. I configuured it to go with my then, 2 stereo speakers.
Two days later, as I was very satisfied with the card, I decided to add much better 5. speakers. I could not find the quality Soundblaster speakers I would have liked in my area so, I finally decided to buy the Logitech Z5500 digital speakers.
I intalled the speakers and just about everything went fine except I have a few problems.
The speakers (all 6 of them) play very well but when I try to play a DVD and use the "DTS surround" setting, I have no sound at all. If I use the "Stereo surround" setting, everything is fine. For example, on the Eagles "Hell freezes over" DVD, there is a song that can only be listened to if you have a DTS decoder, well, I can not listen to that song.
Another "problem" has to do with the Creative "Speaker calibrator". Even if I modified the settings to "5.", it only recognizes 2 speakers on my system(even if all 6 speakers are playing).
When I tried testing the speakers, I can only hear the sound/voice in the "Front left and front right speakers. No sound whatsoever in the remaining four speakers.
Maybe I should not have listened to the guy who sold me the speakers. He assured me that all I had to do was connect the green, black and yellow cables from the "Digital Sound Touch Control Center" to the soundcard and that it was not useful at all to buy a coaxial or digital cables.
I would appreciate some help, please.

see this:
http://www.driverheaven.net/showthread.php?t=94965

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