Audigy 2 ZS! Major Prob

My Audigy 2 ZS no longer will make any window noises, when I try and openiTunes/WMP it says an error with audo config or hardware, when I open up ventrilo(Microphone Chat pgm) it wont make noises such as the youre now in the blah blah channel yet I hear chat and people can hear me speaking! but when i goto Setup it says no hardware mixer and when i try to open Creative Sourround SOund mixer software w/e thing it says your device cant be detected.... So i've pulled it out and put it back in PCI slot, re installed Software/drivers and its still doing it, please help me out if you know what youre talking about thanks.!

You could try this. Remove the sound card from the computer PCI slot and boot up the computer. Let Windows finish loading and register that there's no sound card and then have it shutdown. Slot back the sound card to the same PCI slot and boot the computer.
Jason

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Audigy 2 ZS driver prob

*sigh* Where to start?
A couple of days ago I made the huge mistake of deciding to reformat my hdd's and "start fresh" as my computer had been developing some issues over the past few months. I'll spare you the horrid details of my struggle to get WinXP Home installed.
I get booted up with my fresh install of XP and begin the wonderful task of installing Norton Internet Security, Ad-Aware and then playing the update game for Windows. Once that is all done I decide it's now time to get my hardware drivers up to date. I begin with my Audigy 2ZS Gamer card. In a nutshell what's happening is this: I can install just about every driver package I have (Install CD and downloaded versions) but my sound card just flat won't work. I have zero sound with the exception of my system speaker in the case which only beeps to alert me to errors or during bootup.
When I check the status under Device Manager it shows everything is working perfectly. No conflicts anywhere. I browse through to the actual listing for the sound card itself and the initial screen tells me that my device is working properly. In fact every screen/window I look at tells me that my card is installed and working just fine except for one. In the properties tab (where it shows what device is being used for certain programs such as midi device, mixer, etc.) if I highlight the device under any of the trees and click the properties button I get the following message "Driver is enabled but not functioning properly". Furthermore, when I click on the settings tab in the window that gives me the status I get an error message stating "Cannont load Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM) driver. The driver file may be missing. Try installing the driver again, or contact your system administrator".
This is a problem that I have never encountered in my 0+ years of building and maintaining my own systems. I am a total loss of what to do next. I have double, triple and quadruple checked my BIOS settings to ensure that my onboard sound was (and stayed) disabled. I have un-installed and re-installed my card numerous times using 3 different PCI slots. During this Windows never once auto-detected my card. It always attempted to install a Multimedia Sound Device instead of a SoundBlaster Audigy 2 product. To test my card to make sure it wasn't fried I installed it in another computer running WinXP and it auto detected it just fine and began the installation process with no prompting from me at all. I have un-installed and re-installed the drivers from both the install CD and stand alone downloaded drivers using numerous methods (including the ones listed in the "Read this before posting" thread for this forum). An interesting note regarding driver installations. The latest stable (ie Microsoft signed) drivers will not install for me. I get an error message stating "Setup did not detect the set of required components you have. Setup will exit". Yet I have 2 sets of beta drivers that install just fine. Well except for the part where they are enabled but not functioning properly =P.
So now I am stumped. My card worked perfectly in this same exact system just 2 days ago before I decided to reformat. I didn't have any problems installing it when I originaly built the system either. In fact this is the first major problem I've had installing a SB card in any system for quite a few years now. Short of attempting to re-install Windows again (which I highly doubt would work anyways) I am all out of things to try. Anyone have any other suggestions or perhaps even experienced this problem before and might be able to help me out? Oh and before someone suggests it, yes I did keyword search these forums prior to posting and didn't find anything that would help =).
P.S.: It seems that these forum don't want to play nice with me either. Appologies for the horrid formatting of this post. I hope there aren't too many cases of bleeding eyes because of it =).

I have almost the same problem,
I'm going crazy on this, I have a long story of self built computers too...
Audigy 2 ZS "correctly" installed, but drivers details on "mixer", "midi" and all the codecs details are "installed but not working correctly".
I'm going to format and reinstall everything to see if it's due to previous drivers for an "onboard" sound card
O.S.: windows XP SP2
Proc.: P4 3,40 GHz
GBytes RAM DDR2
Sapphire X300 pro
ASUS P5LD2 mobo

To Creative: Audigy LS has major issues with Tomb Raider Lege

Hi,
I tried playing Tomb Raider Legend and turns out
that the Audigy LS card can't play audio properly in this game..
The sounds cracks, booms, buzzes and produces hiss etc.
Honestly it makes my ears bleed if I listen to it for too long.
At first I thought this was only a problem with my card, since I didn't
find anything related to this issue here at creative boards, but turns out
many other forums (several French and German boards)
got ppl complaining about this problem.
Also the 24-bit Li've! card seems to have issues with TR:Legend so that makes me think
the drivers are inadequate since both of these cards share same drivers.
AC97 works for now, but changing back and forth between audigy card and
on-board AC97 is quite tedious process to do just to play this one game.
Dear Creative team,
please respond and introduce a fix to this problem.Message Edited by Anvirol on 04-07-2006 07:06 PM

Squeal Of Death does occur in Tomb Raider Legend. I've finished the game and it happened to me 3 times forcing me to reboot the computer. It even occured while I was in the menu.
But this is not uncommon for my computer though. I used to have many probs with my audigy2 zs while playing games like wow, mohpa and especially bf2.
The point is Squeal of death DOES occur to X-Fi models also, which I currently own after selling my audigy2 zs. Bf2 doesn't lock up anymore (at least for now) and I thought that the problem was gone until I played Tomb Raider Legend.
So if u ask me creative cards are to blame for the prob but only partly though. The squeal and lock up of the pc used to occur more often when I had audigy2 zs. Now it only occurs in TR Legend-for the time being. And of course bf giving away my old card I had tried all possible sollutions.
My specs are
Athlon64 3000+
MSI K8N2 Platinum
2*52 Kingston value Ram
2*80GB Seagate Raid 0
Creative XFi Extreme Music
2 Optical Dri'ves
Modem
Nothing is o/c and all pci slots are taken-no conflicts.Message Edited by forwardS on 04-5-2006 07:02 AM

Solution to my Audigy 4 Digital Output probs... please make a stic

I was recently playing Q3TA with my son when my overheat protection kicked in. I exited to windows to see the temp and throttle back my CPU a tad, and when I returned I had no sound from my digital output. Analog was working fine, however.
Setup:
Giga-byte GA-MA78GM-S2H w/780g chipset
Athlon 64 X2 5000+ BE
Integrated Realtek HD audio (disabled)
Integrated ATI HD 3200
2xGB 800MHZ DDR2
Creative Audigy 4
Boston acoustics Digital BA735 2. speakers
I went over every setting in all of my consoles, HQ's and drivers. I played with driver versions, DirectX versions, diagnostic programs and procedures in the knowledge base. In defeat, I even wiped out my XP install and started fresh with the Aud-4 removed, using analog on the integrated card thru headphones. Then I disabled the integrated card and reinstalled the Audigy 4 only to find that there was still no sound from the digital speakers.
Solution?
I[color="#ff0000"] unplugged the power to my speakers, and reconnected everything. As soon as the power was back up, the sound started playing (I had a .MP3 on for testing).
This stumped me for two reasons that occur to me know:
. These speakers (and possibly many others) don't fully power down when you turn the volume knob off and the light on the satellites goes out. The decoder and subwoofer unit keep their light on.
2. Apparently, some situations introduce a faulty signal to the digital output that scrambles the speaker units and they refuse to operate any longer.
Now I know, unplug the power to my speakers. My system works on all three sampling frequencies in "audio console" 44., 48, and 96KHz. None of the troubleshooting procedures touched my problem, because they didn't even mention the speaker setup, let alone doing a hard reset.
Please please please!
Make this a sticky for future me!!!

The Digital output jack on the card isn't of optical signal type.....you will need to get those I/O module mention bt johnston2 for optical connection.

Audigy 4 pro power prob

Hello i have a audigy 4 pro the problem i am having is i cannt get it to pwer up. I have tryed useing a brand new remote with new battery to turn it on but note happens. The blue light stays on and that it.

yup, power spliiting is not something new. What you should think should be "is my power supply good strong enough?"

Audigy 4 rear speakers prob

Hi.
I've got a problem with my sound.
I use a Audigy 4 pro with the external unit and a Cambridge Soundworks (Creative) DTT3500 digital speakerset. The external unit only sends the digital signal to the speakerset.
When I Test the speakers the sound "Rear right" comes from front right and "Rear left" comes from front left. Front speakers and center speaker sound works fine. Untill now I had no problems with my sound. I didn't change a thing. Speakers and software options haven't changed. The EAX console says 5. speakers. CMSS is off. I've installed the latest drivers and that also didn't make a difference. I think the problem started after I installed a logitech webcam but if I disconnect the webcam the problem stays.
Help please.

I had exactly the same problem. Only solution for me was to slightly withdraw the 4 pin plug from the Audigy 4.
I guess that means it is now acting as a three pin plug, but works for me. I don't know why?:angry:
Bob

Audigy 2 LineIn mute prob

Hello.
Card is Audigy 2 (6., no external dri've, analog connection to speakers)
In mixer I always mute everything but Wave/Midi, since I'm not using these a lot. With fresh Windows installation, and original driver/apps version from support CD this results in perfectly clear sound. But after driver/apps update, I end up with this problem: upon windows start, there could be heard a low level noise (mouse moving, HDD coping...) This noise is quiet, it can't be distinguished on cheap PC speakers, I'm talking about HiFi here.
Problem isn't there during hardware accelerated music play or EAX games. Not even if I pause in Winamp. But upon stopping music/game there isn't complete silence and it pi**** me off!
I solve this problem by re-muting LineIn. It simply isn't muted on windows start wherever slider is (not even if mute icon is activated).
Everything else runs perfectly, so my guess is that it's Mixer bug.
Thx.

You could try this. Remove the sound card from the computer PCI slot and boot up the computer. Let Windows finish loading and register that there's no sound card and then have it shutdown. Slot back the sound card to the same PCI slot and boot the computer.
Jason

Audigy 2 ZS Boot Prob

Hi folks,
i've switched my pc on some days ago and it didn't boot at all. After some testing of parts in other systems i've found the problem: the power supply was damaged! I've bought a new one and everything is running fine except my Audigy 2 ZS card ;( As soon as i put the card into a slot the system does nothing when pressing the power button. If i put the card out, everything boots normal. I've tested every little PCI slot i have - nothing. With card = no boot (neither a fan nor anything else seems to work) / without card - clean boot! I can't believe my card is broken. I love it. It must work...
Anyone in here who has a suggestion what to do here? I've already tested the card in another system: same problem, when pressing power, nothing happens ;( i've searched for broken stuff on the card or something else, nothing, looks like brand new...
Please help me! i don't want to buy me a new one - and my Nvidia Onboard sound sucks like hell... Maybe anyone had the same problems ?
System:
Asus A7n8X-E with Nvidia NForce2U400
Athlon 3200 XP+
2 x 52MB Samsung DDR-400 Ram
350W Powersupply (new!)
Thank you very much,
Regards
BeatcoreMessage Edited by beatcore on 0-20-200704:57 AM

It's likely a faulty card if you're getting the same result with two different system.
Jason

SB audigy 2 and headset prob

Hi,
I recently upgraded my computer, my new system config?Operating System: Windows XP Professional?
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+,? MMX,? 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.5GHz
Memory: 2046MB RAM
Page File: 470MB used, 3468MB available
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GTSound Card: SB Audigy 2 Audio [9C00]Speaker: Logitech X-230 (2. Speakers)Also have a Plantronics headset connected using a splitter. My problem is that i?could not?get sound out of my headset even after turning?the volume controls to max, but works fine with my 2. speaker. since i share?the room i cannot use my speakers all the time. So i started playing tunes on winamp and begin to tweak around with the settings?when i moved the balance to left or right i get sound but?when centered it sounds like i am sitting in a cave and hearing distant sound. So i did some google search and found the CMSS simulates multi speakers on the headphone and it activated it using Creative audio console. now i get sound but no bass at all and music sounds like cheapy speaker. Then i tried CMSS2 sound level increased a bit but in came crackling with it. Also when i play world?of?warcraft or Counterstrike all i hear is music but no?game sounds of?gunshot or foot ste
ps.
I thought my headphone wass busted so i plugged it on my old system with?a turtle beach sound card?and played music and it'ssounds fine so i eliminated my headphone as?the problem. I do not have the CD?that?came?with the card originally so i can't use those?drivers either. Any kind of insight or suggestion would be greatly appreciated.Message Edited by cgowda on 09-04-20072:57 AM

Not sure if this would have anything to do with it, but in Speaker Settings, do you have "Synchronize with Control Panel" checked?

Digital output for SB Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Prob

I am trying to connect SB Audigy 2 ZS Platinum to my Amplifier (Sony DVP-NS92V) via the SPDIF coaxial digital connection (I have also tried the digital output at the rear panel), unfortunitely the output i got is only on the left and right front speakers. I am currently having a 7. channel surround system. I have clicked both the dital output only under speaker settings and advanced control for play control, and I have also?tried by using both DTS and THX media file, but still does not work. Can anybody help ?

With a digital connection (optical or coaxial SPDIF) that is normal. Check this sticky thread for more info:
http://forums.creative.com/creativel...message.id=270
Cat

Audigy 2 Zs Causing Probs... Help pls?

Hi all
First of all I love this message
Ok ever since I installed the driver for my Audigy2 ZS sound card I get an error messege regarding nvraidservice.exe (or something like that) upon boot up. I dont think its hindering my rig at all but its rather irritating. Is there a way i can disable that? if so plse let me know how.
Another problem im having is again upon boot up core center will pop up and error message first it says no hardware monitor detected, then it would say corecenter does not support your motherboard. It use to be ok but every since I loaded my audigy 2 zs drivers ive been getting those error messeges when ever i boot up. But the funny thing is after I close down all the error messages, and start corecenter then it works fine.
I dont think any of these errors are hindering my rigs performance but its getting really really annoying.
And my Msi Live update is also no longer working ever since the audigy 2 driver install.
Is there any new drivers that I can download that will fix this because I love my Audigy 2 sound card and don't want to give it up
Thanks
Jason

CoreCenter did not support my motherboard either after I added an Audigy2 ZS to my system. I never got any error about "nvraidservice.exe", but I removed the CoreCenter error by removing MSI Live Update Monitor from the autostart. Havnt had any problems since then. Hope it helps.
And oh, the rig in the signature is my personal fileserver. My gaming-rig is as follows;
"The Ryomou"
Chieftec LCX-01B-B-SL case
Antec TrueBlue 480 watt
AMD Athlon64 3500+
MSI Neo2 Platinum motherboard
1024mb Corsair DDR400 RAM
Gainward GeForce 6800GT Golden Sample
Creative Soundblaster Audigy2 ZS
One 200gb Maxtor SATA
Two Samsung 16x dvd-rom
Windows XP Pro SP2

Audigy 2 ZS Notebook Prob

Windows detect my audigy 2 Sound card but the Creative software doesn't."The audio device supported by the application may not be present or may be operating in an unsupported mode.You need to close the application. " What can i do ? I deactivated the sound card , reinstaled the driver. I have media center 2k5 . Need help . Thank you .

OK, thank you for the information. More than likely something has gone wrong with your Windows registry. Rather than delve into that, I would suggest that you go back into Device Manager, and 'Uninstall' you 'On Board' sound card, and reboot your machine. While the notebook is off, remove the PCMCIA card, and this will force the OS to reinstall the on board sound into Device Manager and hopefully the registry as well. Once this is done, you should see a return of your on board sound card's functions and be able to hear you on board speakers.
Please note, that it may take a secondary boot prior to hearing your on board sound card kick in. Simply 'Uninstall' the on board sound (and have the 'Drivers and Applications' CD/DVD from your notebook at hand... and the OS installation disc too), reboot then when the system logs back on it should reinstall the on board sound. It may ask you for the drivers CD/DVD and the OS CD/DVD during this process. That is why I suggested that you have it there when you start. Once this is complete, you should reboot and when your system comes back up you should have sound in your notebook's speakers.
If not, leave a message. There is one instance, I can think of, where you would successfully reinstall the on board sound (and it's system registry entries) and the sound NOT come from your speakers.
Enzo Matrix

Audigy ZS Line-In prob

Hi, just a quick problem I need a little help with if possible? I have just basically bought the Audigy ZS Soundcard, here is my problem. I've been hooking up my turntables to my PC via the Line-In port on my Audigy Soundcard to back-up my vinyl. Everything sounds very very good, the sound quality I'm very happy with......except, I've noticed whilst recording, if someone sends me an instant message via MSN, or I open a new folder, the click or MSN sound also gets recorded? This is obviously quite annoying as it means I can't do anything else whilst recording, I'm pretty sure it shouldn't be like this and should only record input coming through the Line-In socket? Please tell me if I'm wrong or how to fix this problem. I was recording earlier, whilst recording I began listening to an Online radio station, then to my horror when I played back my recording, I had my record with radio over the top!!! :-( Any help what-so-ever would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance

Hi Jeremy
The noise I get is a background static.
The TV card I'm using is a WinTV-USB Hauppauge ( I know its not very high quality )
The cable is sheided good ( I used the same cable with my all in wonder pro 9700, but thats in a diff. machine now)
I unplugged the line in cable from the win TV but left it in the sound card and was still getting the static.
I'm going to look for a different cable to see if that works.
Thanks for the Ideas.
Jim

Audigy 2 ZS Noise Prob

Out of the blue, my Inspire 7. speakers started clicking and poping. I first thought a connection to the speakers was bad but after testing the connections and muting the output, I found that the clicking and poping was actually being created by my Audigy 2 ZS card. It doesn' matter if I have any sound playing or not but it pops and clicks consistently. I've run hardware diagnostics on the card but it turns up nothing. This card was working great for almost a year. I would appreciate any suggestions you may have. Thanks.

Creatorx2000,
Check out this article for suggestions on how to resolve this:
http://us.creative.com/support/kb/ar...sp?l=2&sid=656
Jeremy

Audigy 2 ZS install prob

I had a problem when all Creative diagnostic tests failed so I tried re-installing everything. After that things got worse. Several Creative programs would not run so I tried a cleansweep uninstall. That didn't fix the problems but I li've in hope so I tried it 2 more times. No luck - the faulting programs remain as in this list:
Volume icon in systray
Diagnostics
Graphic equalizer
Speaker settings
Surround mixer
Eax consule
Nothing in Mediasource works and the toolbar appears as a blank white square.
I'm using Win XPPro SP2. Onboard audio is disabled - no virus or malware detected and nothing but information messages in event log. Can anyone give me help on what to try next?
Regards from your perplexed friend
Lee

You could try installing in a clean boot session. This mostly deals with install problems resulting from other programs like virus scanners. This is the only way I can install the software for my Audigy 2 card. The following link gives instructions on performing a clean boot in Windows XP.
[url="http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=30353">How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP[/url]
I have found that the programs you listed perform oddly or fail to run when the install is disrupted. Good Luck.

Audigy 2 ZS! Major Prob

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