Bad_Pool_Caller - Audigy 2

This is a new thread from an old one...easier to find the problem this way.
I am having BSOD with error Bad_Pool_Caller with my Audigy 2 ZS card. I have had this problem ever since installing the new Audigy 2 ZS install replacement disc I got the other day. This installation is also wrecking havoc on my multi-monitor system. Basically I can't run my second video card when I install the new drivers or the Audigy software.
My system is as follows:
MSI K7N2 Delta2 Platinum MB
AMD Athlon 3200+ 400mhz CPU
Ram: 2 - 52MB PC 3200 running DDR at 400mhz
GeForce4 4600 Ti AGP in 4x with fast writes Video card by PNY
GeForce4 MX 4000 PCI by eVGA
ATI TV Wonder Pro Remote edition
Audigy 2 ZS Platinum
A number of USB devices on USB 2.0 hubs
So... I did a whole days worth, and I mean a whole day, of troubleshooting. Here is what I found...
NOTE: I had my system working with my multi-monitor, TV tuner, and the Audigy card prior to the new install disc. I can't seem to find out which driver I was using though as I have not been able to get the system work work as it was before I had to do a clean install because of the BSOD.
Using driver version .84. - EAX 4.0 Advanced HD driver update I am able to boot into windows XP Pro if I disable the sound card under safe mode first and then after I am in Windows I can enable the sound card. I am not able to install any Audigy software though with out causing an Error 0 on my PCI video card (the 2nd card). If I just try to boot straight into Windows I freeze immediately after the Windows XP logo or I get a BSOD Bad_Pool_Caller
Using driver version .84.40, same problem as above.
Using driver version .84.50, same problem as above.
Using driver version .84.055, immediate BSOD Bad_Pool_Caller. Unable to use the trick above.
I have tried all kinds of combinations of PCI slots. I have also disabled piece by piece the startup items and the services that are non-microsoft under MSCONFIG without any difference. I have also removed all the USB devices with difference. All of my MB drivers, graphics drivers, TV drivers, and my BIOS are all the latest editions, no beta versions. My system is not overclocked. I am not running a lot of programs at the moment as I just did a clean install of Windows XP Pro...yay for me...blah.
I have to go into the registry after each driver test to remove ALL references to Creative, and I mean all or else the next driver immediately BSODs. You guys sure to leave a lot of mess in the registry even after I use the ZAP proggy thing you have.
I am utterly frustrated beyond belief. I came back to Creative Sound after using a different sound card for a number of years because I read some good reviews. So far I am not too happy that I did.

Ok, further research so to speak...
I broke down and removed my PCI graphics card (the 2nd video card - GeForce MX 4000) and I still get the Bad_Pool_Caller screen immediately after the Windows XP logo on boot unless I disable the sound card prior to booting (through safe mode). I can then boot into Windows XP and reenable the sound card. It is a pain in the butt. This is all still without any software save the drviers installed.

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RE>BAD_POOL_CALLER (c2)
The current thread is making a bad pool request. Typically this is at a
bad IRQL level
or double freeing the same allocation, etc.
Arguments:
Arg: 00000007, Attempt to free pool which was already freed
Arg2: 00000cd4, (reserved)
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Arg4: 8667c648, Address of the block of pool being deallocated
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POOL_ADDRESS: 8667c648
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BUGCHECK_STR: 0xc2_7_Wdm
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DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: DRIVER_FAULT
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STACK_TEXT:
a79850 8054a583 000000c2 00000007 00000cd4 nt!KeBugCheckEx+0xb
a798a0 8054a95f 8667c648 00000000 a799c nt!ExFreePoolWithTag+0x2a3
a798b0 f70feff 8667c648 f70979 86ff008 nt!ExFreePool+0xf
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a799c f6cb6b22 00000000 84ba300c f6ca8b53 ctoss2k+0x2ff
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00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ha0kx2k+0x4bb05
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ctoss2k+2ff
f70feff ? ?
SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX: 3
FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner
SYMBOL_NAME: ctoss2k+2ff
MODULE_NAME: ctoss2k
IMAGE_NAME: ctoss2k.sys
DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 432e767
STACK_COMMAND: kb
FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: 0xc2_7_Wdm__ctoss2k+2ff
BUCKET_ID: 0xc2_7_Wdm__ctoss2k+2ff
Followup: MachineOwner
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Updated nforce4 chipset drivers, Bios, moved card to another slot. Nothing hel
ps.
Random bluescreens still. The only things that help is removing the card and using the onboard audio...
BSOD of the day is below, also caused by a creative driver..
KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED_M (000008e)
This is a very common bugcheck. Usually the exception address pinpoints
the driver/function that caused the problem. Always note this address
as well as the link date of the driver/image that contains this address.
Some common problems are exception code 0x80000003. This means a hard
coded breakpoint or assertion was hit, but this system was booted
/NODEBUG. This is not supposed to happen as developers should never have
hardcoded breakpoints in retail code, but ...
If this happens, make sure a debugger gets connected, and the
system is booted /DEBUG. This will let us see why this breakpoint is
happening.
Arguments:
Arg: c0000005, The exception code that was not handled
Arg2: ba0d58e3, The address that the exception occurred at
Arg3: a6c449b4, Trap Frame
Arg4: 00000000
Debugging Details:
EXCEPTION_CODE: (NTSTATUS) 0xc0000005 - The instruction at "0x%08lx" referenced memory at "0x%08lx". The memory could not be "%s".
FAULTING_IP:
ha0kx2k+508e3
ba0d58e3 8b4a78 mov ecx,[edx+0x78]
TRAP_FRAME: a6c449b4 -- (.trap ffffffffa6c449b4)
ErrCode = 00000000
eax=89b3870 ebx=00000005 ecx=878b339c edx=473e897f esi=878b339c edi=878b35f0
eip=ba0d58e3 esp=a6c44a28 ebp=a6c44a50 iopl=0 nv up ei pl zr na po nc
cs=0008 ss=000 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=0030 gs=0000 efl=0000246
ha0kx2k+0x508e3:
ba0d58e3 8b4a78 mov ecx,[edx+0x78] ds:0023:473e89f7=??
Resetting default scope
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LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER: from ba0d5cda to ba0d58e3
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a6c44a50 ba0d5cda ba08d44e ba0db6ff 878b339c ha0kx2k+0x508e3
a6c44a74 ba5c4df 878b3398 00000000 00000039 ha0kx2k+0x50cda
a6c44ab4 ba52995 87950280 80000004 879372b8 ctaud2k+0x554df
a6c44ae0 ba522046 804fabaa 879372b8 ba4ca82 ctaud2k+0x5a995
a6c44b08 ba4ca0 879372b8 00000000 a6c44b24 ctaud2k+0x5b046
a6c44b28 ba4ba95c 00000000 89d58d88 89d58e40 portcls!CPortPinWavePci:istributeResetState+0x27
a6c44b54 ba4b369d 879372a8 89d58d88 00000000 portcls!CPortPinWavePci:eviceIoControl+0x2b
a6c44b70 ba53bf0f 89d58d88 8785280 a6c44b98 portcls!DispatchDeviceIoControl+0x49
a6c44b80 ba4b3880 89d58d88 8785280 87853c8 ks!KsDispatchIrp+0x26
a6c44b98 ba4b384 89d58d88 8785280 a6c44be0 portcls!KsoDispatchIrp+0x43
a6c44ba8 ba53b67 89d58d88 8785280 89d95378 portcls!PcDispatchIrp+0x5f
a6c44be0 ba98b3a2 87df7820 87a208a0 87a6f558 ctaud2k+0x4cb67
a6c44c30 ba53bf85 87df7820 8785280 a6c44c64 sysaudio!CPinInstance::PinDispatchIoControl+0x38
a6c44c40 804eeeb 87df7820 8785280 806e440 ks!DispatchDeviceIoControl+0x28
a6c44c50 8057e680 87853c8 87b95e8 8785280 nt!IopfCallDriver+0x3
a6c44c64 8057f4e3 87df7820 8785280 87b95e8 nt!IopSynchronousServiceTail+0x60
a6c44d00 80578038 00000334 0000064 00000000 nt!IopXxxControlFile+0x5c5
a6c44d34 8054060c 00000334 0000064 00000000 nt!NtDeviceIoControlFile+0x2a
a6c44d34 7c90eb94 00000334 0000064 00000000 nt!KiFastCallEntry+0xfc
002afe0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 0x7c90eb94
FOLLOWUP_IP:
ha0kx2k+508e3
ba0d58e3 8b4a78 mov ecx,[edx+0x78]
SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX: 0
FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner
SYMBOL_NAME: ha0kx2k+508e3
MODULE_NAME: ha0kx2k
IMAGE_NAME: ha0kx2k.sys
DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 42b34649
STACK_COMMAND: .trap ffffffffa6c449b4 ; kb
FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: 0x8E_ha0kx2k+508e3
BUCKET_ID: 0x8E_ha0kx2k+508e3
Followup: MachineOwner
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Any advice you could give would be great.
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Windows no longer detecting my Audigy 4?(Non-P

Hey all. I've had my Audigy 4 (non-Pro) installed and working super for about 50 days, but it started giving me a weird problem. Windows was no longer detecting the card! It was weird. DX Diag, programs like EVEREST... they all report no sound card whatsoever.
Here are my PC specs:
XP Home Edition
Albatron K8X800 Pro
S754 3200+ ClawHammer
x 2 OCZ ELPE 52 MB(2-3-2-5)
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XP has been repaired. Went from Service Pack , updates, and all the way to Service Pack 2. The card requires XP w/SP2, yes, so I have that covered.
Onboard audio is disabled through the bios. I have AC'97 integrated audio on this.
My motherboard has fi've PCI slots - although I can only access 4 because my video card is in the way, and I have tried three of those and I get the same problem.
I have tried it in other PCs in my house, double-checked each time - so it is not ESD as I originally believed. It works just fine on those PCs. It is being not located only on MY PC.
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Hello All,
I have tried not to push this, for the past year, but I have really reached the end of my patience. The driver support for the Audigy 2 NX (USB-External) sound card is nearly 'non-exsistant'and it is have a major adverse effect on my gaming.
It has been more than a year since Creative has taken the time to provide the many owners of the Audigy 2 NX -USB sound card with a driver that is anywhere near the capabilities of the sound chip in our device. We do NOT have support for Open AL, we do not have 'REAL' support for EAX 3 or 4 (I mean a driver that REALLY works on most; Lucasarts, EA, and Valve games), and NO HD 'Dependable' support in games or DVD play back.
This is a crime, seeing as this card costs JUST as MUCH as the Audigy 2 ZX (that I also own, and bought FIRST for my HP zd8230us... and used until HP Tech support told me to NOT use the PCMCIA card) and yet has Half the features and lass than /4 the driver support... for the same money!! That is right, I said 'Crime', because I have been buying and using ONLY Creative cards for the past years and have never EVER seen Creative turn their backs on a product the way they have done with the Audigy 2 NX.
Let me be 'Brutally Honest' about the lack of support and 'Expanding Use' of a FINE audio chipset. While Creative has regularlly expanded the features and use of the chipset in the ZS notebook card (added EAX 4.0 support, refined the HD support, and made regular driver updates), they have left the owners of the NX sound card BACK in the 20th Century. There is NO support for; EAX 4.0, Open AL, OR THX for my NX the very same people have gone out of their way to provide ALL of those features and regular updates and expansion of these SAME features in the ZX Notebook card. I have both of these cards, and have used both in my HP Pavilion zd8230us Notebook computer. I have to be clear and precise, the difference in; sound, use, and capabilities of the ZX to the NX is like putting a SB 'Li've' card against and Audigy 4 card. I paid the exact same amount of money for BOTH cards, yet (because my mobo does not support the PCMCIA card) I am left with this 'Black Sheep' of the Creative family, and this has me at the point I am seriously thinking of never buying another Creative product for ANY of my four desktops and one notebook in my entire life.
I am experiancing problems with the NX card on; Half Life 2 and HL2 - Episode , ANY Lucasarts game (they work sometimes and mostly do NOT), MOST EA Games titles, and Activision games are not much better. In my current notebook hardware, my Audigy 2 NX is the 'Weak Link' in the chain. I have a Pentium 4 HT 650 (3.4Ghz-800 Mhz FSB), ATI X-600 PCIe 28MB video card, 024 MB 533 MHz DDR2 RAM, and XP Professional with Media Center 2005. My Audigy 2 NX is what is keeping this system from reaching it's FULL and AWESOME capabilities in; Gaming, DVD playback, TV HD audio, Media Center On Line services, CD & DVD Audio playback, and every other Audio aspect of my near cutting edge system.
This is completely unacceptable, and to add insult to injury. When ever I contact Creative support regarding updated drivers, or problems with the current *MORE than year old drivers, I am told "Creative has no plans to update or upgrade the drivers for your sound card". WOW, that is the lowest point in years of purchasing and using Creatives (usually) fine products and services. Why has Creative turned it's back on the awesome sound card/chipset and is there ANYTHING that a lifetime user of Creative products can do to get more and better support for the ONLY product you make that is compatible (as per HP) with my new notebook computer? I am dead tired of this product being the 'Bottleneck' in my system. I am frustrated, to the extreme, at the completely apathetic technical support for a 'same priced' item as the ZX.
What can a consumer do?
Terribly Desperate,
Enzo Matrix

OK, first; thanks for the link. It is very much appreciated. Next, this is the only card compatible with my Pavilion zd8230us (as per HP Senior Support Technicains). I was told that the Audigy 2 zx PCMICA was compatible (BY Creative), only to be told by HP that that card can and will do damage to my notebook. I find it very disturbing that Creative would suggest a product that would damage my computer! Last, the box (for the NX) says that it is 24 bit HD audio 96KHz/02db Signal to noise ratio. As well, it clearly states ON THE FRONT OF THE BOX:

"...EAX ADVANCED HD game effects" 

Sorry, but in English (at least American English) that means it supports EAX in games, yes? lol So, THEY Are the ones that decided to put that on the FRONT of the box, if it doesn't support it then they should have a class action lawsuit filed against them by EVERY SINGLE person that ever purchased an NX and we should be paid for; purchase price, pain and suffering, and puniti've damages. THEN Creative might learn a lesson. roflol

Now on to the 'driver' isssue. Simple, Alexs3d2, the American consumer expects 'Driver Updates'. Why? Simple, what version of Direct X was standard when the NX came out, and what version are we using now? Microsoft sees fit to improve the API that Creative is making money off of, but Creative does NOT see the responsibility to the consumer to keep UP with the technology that we end users update on a regular basis. Next, I am tired of people dogging ATI BECAUSE they have taken on the responsibility to issue monthly driver updates! Granted, Alex, you may well understand 'what' the driver updates ARE better than the average user. However, that does NOT dismiss the BETTER PERFORMANCE that WE experience every single we update or display adapter drivers! Just because slough (on the part of SOME companies) is accepted by a small cross section of the population does not mean that the rest of us should LOWER our expectations? of the company that WE keep in business. Least THEY forget that WE are the reason they ARE in business!!! Driver updates are GOOD. Driver updates are what end users EXPECT. Any company that does not want to support a product that is still on store shelves should just pack up and leave. Period. 

Last, here is a little quote from the back of the NX box. 

"USB 2.0 is only supported in Windows XP and REQUIRES ONLINE SOFTWARE update(s) from Microsoft and SOUNDBLASTER.COM..." 

How the hell am I supposed to accomplish THAT when Creative screws me out of what they tell me I require? 

In closing; this venue is not the only place that I have been sounding off a bout this problem. I have written Creative (SB) Tech support, and they are giving me 'double speak'. I have kept every single email that they have sent back, and cc'd to another email addy for verification. I li've in California, and you can not swing a dead cat without hitting an attorney. I WAS hoping that Creative would be GOOD and RESPONSIBLE partners, but they have forced my hand. I have filed a complaint with the California Department of Consumer Affairs, and am in the process of gathering users for the afore mentioned 'Class Action Lawsuit'. This way, the PEOPLE get to decide WHAT is responsible corporate stewardship, and IF Creative is acting in a deliberate way to misrepresent their products, and their capabilities and IF they should have to release Drivers just the way they tell us they are going to on the packaging!! 

EnzoMatrix

P.S. Umm, the whole Nazi thing... that is a bit over the top. I am Jewish, and Creative may have killed my love of their products, but I do not know of anyone that they have actually killed. If you know otherwise, let me know... that info could come in very handy in my class action lawsuit!! roflol
P.P.S. Looking at this forum, I get the impression that I am not the only person that feels screwed by SB and Creative. THAT should make for a VERY favorable jury pool for the lawsuit.
Message Edited by EnzoMatrix on 07-2-2006 2:3 AM
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Analog inputs no longer working on Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro's external dr

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I had made no major changes to my computer - software or hardware - when the problems began. I recently added a new SATA hard dri've, but the Audigy dri've did work after that.
I've taken steps suggested in another thread on this forum and uninstalled all Creative software and drivers, used the latest driver package's uninstall program as well as Driver Cleaner, and finally manually deleted everything related to Creative and Audigy from the system registry (and rebooted quite a few times in between). I then installed the original drivers from the CD that came with the sound card (a setup that has worked before), but still the problem persists.
Any ideas on where to even begin looking for a solution? I find it hard to believe that it's a hardware problem, since three inputs suddenly went silent at the same time, and no other connections were affected. Yet I've done as clean a reinstall as possible, and that hasn't solved the problem.
My current computer configuration:
OS: Windows XP Pro (SP2 and all latest updates)
CPU: Athlon XP 500+
RAM: 2x 52 MB
Motherboard: Abit AN7 (integrated sound chip disabled)
Video card: Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro
Network card: D-Link DFE-530TX
Hard dri've : Seagate ST320026A, 20 GB IDE
Hard dri've 2: Maxtor 6L080J4, 80 GB IDE
Hard dri've 3: Seagate ST330083, 300 GB SATA-II

I don't have a Platinum Pro or the dri've, but a general hardware troubleshooting step I would take would be to remove the soundcard and either move it to another slot or re-seat it. Also, I'd disconnnect and reconnect all cables to and from the card and the dri've. If I had another machine I could try the card or dri've in, I'd do that. If I could borrow another dri've or even another card, I'd test those too. (Swapping parts is often the simplest diagnostic.) Yeah, maybe it's not a hardware problem, but I'd take these steps just to rule out some possibilities.
Edit: And if you can remove or disconnect the SATA dri've and restore the system to the condition before you installed it, that's another good test.Message Edited by Katman on 2-8-2005 2:56 AM

Headset no longer works with Audigy Platinum dr

I have a Logitech headset that plugs into the headphone and mic jacks on the Audigy Platinum dri've. On Saturday I had to do some work in my computer, so I disconnected the dri've from the card to get the data cable out of the way.
This may not be related (I hope not), but I plugged my floppy dri've in wrong and fried the floppy dri've and melted the wire to the PSU. I got a new floppy dri've and PSU. I don't believe the sound card or Platinum dri've were effected because they both work fine otherwise.
Anyway I no longer get any sound from my headphones when they're plugged into the dri've, but do get sound when they're plugged into the Creative Labs remote control for my speakers. I get no sound from my mic when it's plugged into the mic jack on the Platinum dri've either. I haven't tested it with another jack yet, but assume it'd work.
I also notice in my Windows mixer, that the option for Line In/Mic 2 is no longer there, either in the main part, or under Recording. Line In/Mic 2 is the mic jack on the Platinum Dri've.
The Platinum dri've works fine otherwise. I can use the firewire port on it and I know it's receiving power because I can see the red light in the optical connector. To be sure, I went back inside my computer and doublechecked the connections. It IS hooked up properly.
How can I get the jacks to work again, short of uninstalling/reinstalling the driver? I don't think this is necessary because the sound works otherwise. Thanks all!

The Audigy dri've works from three different cables. One is the power cable, one is the IEEE394 cable, and the last is the data cable. If the power cable and IEEE394 cables are connected, but the data cable is not fully seated, you will see power from the optical output and the 394 port will work, but the inputs and outputs will not work or be seen by the Windows mixer.
I would definitely try reseating that data cable. Also make sure that none of the pins are bent. If that doesn't work, you may want to try moving the card to different slots.

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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!!!

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The pc and soundcard was purchased from a really good service and I have faith in them. The computer is rarely online, and when it is - is only to auth and register purchased software. No viruses onboard to my knowledge.But anyone had anything like this?cheersg.
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Audigy 4 non-pro, multimedia probl

Hi there,
Got the Audigy 4 non-pro card, and I'm sticking with it for a long time... but it does have a few problems, I was hoping some of you may have the same problems and could help me. The first one may not be a problem with the card itself.
The thing is, I have a certain DVD-title that has Linear PCM Stereo and DTS-Digital 5. Surround soundtracks. The stereo works fine (let's say in Windows Media Player), but when I switch to DTS (hoping for a surround experience), there is no sound! I am able to have surround sound with most DVDs, although it's usually Dolby Surround. Do I need special software to play DTS soundtracks? I know that PowerDVD (or whatever its' name) has to be upgraded for DTS, but the Windows Media PLayer does have a DTS logo thing, when I play it, but there is no sound!
The other problem seems to be more serious.
When I work with MIDI, or play MIDI files, there's a strange lock-up of the system, although on an irregular basis. Sometimes, suddenly, instantaneously, everything stops, and there is a sustained and quiet MIDI sounds, as though the last notes are held, and the system is in a state of complete lock-up. Does anyone have a problem with taht? Or a solution, even better!
Cheers.

I think you should try some modded driver. It will provide better sound. Try these following links and find out which driver will give your favorite sound. But remember to back up your system (system restore is a good choice before doing so)
YouP PAX Fi 3.33 For X-FI:
http://youp-pax.com/youp/YouP-PAX-Fiv3.33-XFi.rar
YouP PAX A4 3.33 For Audigy X:
http://youp-pax.com/youp/YouP-PAX-A4v3.33.rar
and many other:
PAX-TH 76.92MB.
Soft for PAX VI v? PAX ZS
http://file2.mydrivers.com/sound/PAX-TH.ZIP
http://file.mydrivers.com/sound/PAX-TH.ZIP
http://file3.mydrivers.com/files/sound/PAX-TH.ZIP
http://file4.mydrivers.com/files/sound/PAX-TH.ZIP
http://crc.mydrivers.com/sound/PAX-TH.ZIP
http://sc.mydrivers.com/sound/PAX-TH.ZIP
Links for Pax VI Ultra (Li've! series on WinXP SP2) 62.4MB
http://file2.mydrivers.com/sound/YouP-PAX-VI-Ultra.exe
http://file.mydrivers.com/sound/YouP-PAX-VI-Ultra.exe
http://file3.mydrivers.com/files/sound/YouP-PAX-VI-Ultra.exe
http://file4.mydrivers.com/files/sound/YouP-PAX-VI-Ultra.exe
PAX VI .68 7.7MB
http://file2.mydrivers.com/sound/YouP-PAX-VIv.68.rar
http://file.mydrivers.com/sound/YouP-PAX-VIv.68.rar
http://file3.mydrivers.com/files/sound/YouP-PAX-VIv.68.rar
Zhengzhou downloads 4
http://file4.mydrivers.com/files/sound/YouP-PAX-VIv.68.rar
http://crc.mydrivers.com/sound/YouP-PAX-VIv.68.rar
http://sc.mydrivers.com/sound/YouP-PAX-VIv.68.rar
Links for ZS2.66( d?nh cho Audigy, Audigy2(ZS))
http://file2.mydrivers.com/sound/YouP-PAX-ZSv2.66a.exe
http://file.mydrivers.com/sound/YouP-PAX-ZSv2.66a.exe
http://file3.mydrivers.com/files/sound/YouP-PAX-ZSv2.66a.exe
Soft for cho Audigy2 (262.73M)
http://file2.mydrivers.com/sound/A2-ZS-PAX.exe
Http://file.mydrivers.com/sound/A2-ZS-PAX.exe
Http://file3.mydrivers.com/files/sound/A2-ZS-PAX.exe
Http://file4.mydrivers.com/files/sound/A2-ZS-PAX.exe
Http://crc.mydrivers.com/sound/A2-ZS-PAX.exe
Http://sc.mydrivers.com/sound/A2-ZS-PAX.exe

Audigy 4 (non-pro) he

I just recieved my audigy 4 *no pro* driver by mail. It does not work because I need a driver, and I can't install the cd because it says I need windows XP to use the Disc. All I want to do is play multiple streams of music from this. I have old drivers and I was wondering if I can get around this in any way shape or form?

I think you should try some modded driver. It will provide better sound. Try these following links and find out which driver will give your favorite sound. But remember to back up your system (system restore is a good choice before doing so)
YouP PAX Fi 3.33 For X-FI:
http://youp-pax.com/youp/YouP-PAX-Fiv3.33-XFi.rar
YouP PAX A4 3.33 For Audigy X:
http://youp-pax.com/youp/YouP-PAX-A4v3.33.rar
and many other:
PAX-TH 76.92MB.
Soft for PAX VI v? PAX ZS
http://file2.mydrivers.com/sound/PAX-TH.ZIP
http://file.mydrivers.com/sound/PAX-TH.ZIP
http://file3.mydrivers.com/files/sound/PAX-TH.ZIP
http://file4.mydrivers.com/files/sound/PAX-TH.ZIP
http://crc.mydrivers.com/sound/PAX-TH.ZIP
http://sc.mydrivers.com/sound/PAX-TH.ZIP
Links for Pax VI Ultra (Li've! series on WinXP SP2) 62.4MB
http://file2.mydrivers.com/sound/YouP-PAX-VI-Ultra.exe
http://file.mydrivers.com/sound/YouP-PAX-VI-Ultra.exe
http://file3.mydrivers.com/files/sound/YouP-PAX-VI-Ultra.exe
http://file4.mydrivers.com/files/sound/YouP-PAX-VI-Ultra.exe
PAX VI .68 7.7MB
http://file2.mydrivers.com/sound/YouP-PAX-VIv.68.rar
http://file.mydrivers.com/sound/YouP-PAX-VIv.68.rar
http://file3.mydrivers.com/files/sound/YouP-PAX-VIv.68.rar
Zhengzhou downloads 4
http://file4.mydrivers.com/files/sound/YouP-PAX-VIv.68.rar
http://crc.mydrivers.com/sound/YouP-PAX-VIv.68.rar
http://sc.mydrivers.com/sound/YouP-PAX-VIv.68.rar
Links for ZS2.66( d?nh cho Audigy, Audigy2(ZS))
http://file2.mydrivers.com/sound/YouP-PAX-ZSv2.66a.exe
http://file.mydrivers.com/sound/YouP-PAX-ZSv2.66a.exe
http://file3.mydrivers.com/files/sound/YouP-PAX-ZSv2.66a.exe
Soft for cho Audigy2 (262.73M)
http://file2.mydrivers.com/sound/A2-ZS-PAX.exe
Http://file.mydrivers.com/sound/A2-ZS-PAX.exe
Http://file3.mydrivers.com/files/sound/A2-ZS-PAX.exe
Http://file4.mydrivers.com/files/sound/A2-ZS-PAX.exe
Http://crc.mydrivers.com/sound/A2-ZS-PAX.exe
Http://sc.mydrivers.com/sound/A2-ZS-PAX.exe

Please Help:(,Unable to capture from camcorder using Audigy 2 ZS Video Edi

Hi there! Well I have been trying to use the Sound Blaster Audigy 2 zs video editor to transfer Hi8 tapes from my camcorder (Samsung SLC860) to my laptop (Compaq presario, AMD Athlon 64 3200+, .25 GB RAM, xp). I have successfully done this before *sort of*. Before i was able to capture video from my camcorder without the sound. But now I cant even capture video! I get an error when using Ulead VideoStudio 8 SE reading: 5065:29:0. Please help, anything would be great! Thank you! Oh, i've tried reinstalling the drivers already, didnt work. P.S. I connect the camcorder to the Creative Audigy using S-Video. I have also tried A/V out from the camcorder to video-in on the Audigy. I have also downloaded VidCap and other driver updates from Creative but those didn't work either. I've tried VidCap other capture programs, none worked. Any help would be great. Thank you!
Message Edited by DjShadowalker on 06-06-2006 :09 AM
Message Edited by DjShadowalker on 06-06-2006 :09 AM

Hi there! Thanks for the reply, unfortunately, I've tried VidCap and it wont let me capture either. The Start button on Step 3 isn't acti've. Its not bold, and when i click on it nothing happens. But under device manager and Sound, Video and game controllers, there are alot of things. They are as followed: Audio Codecs, Legacy Audio Drivers, Legacy Video Capture Drivers, Media Control Devices, Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Video Editor Audio Device, Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Video Editor Video Device, SoundMAX Intergrated Digital Audio, Video Codecs. Do you think any of these could be interfering with one another? If so, which ones can be safely disabled? I've also tried downloading all the necessary updates for VidCap and I've even tried reinstalling the Audigy card many times. I am able to see the preview of the video on both programs VidCap and VideoStudio but I just can't capture. Once again, the error message on VideoStudio is: 5065:29:0. Thank you so much, hopefully I hear from ya soon and this can be fixed.

Audigy 2 on Neo2 Platinum causes LOCK UPs/BSODs!!! Help!

I have a videocard with a HUGE, I mean HUGE custom CPU heatsink attached to it. This leaves me only ONE slot available for my Audigy 2. And that slot is the last slot 5, orange color.
Its the ONLY ONE AVAILABLE. I read on these forums about some incompatibility of Audigy 2 with MSI Neo2 Platinum. Thats what I have. I tried several later and older BIOSes including the official one and the latest beta one.
Still, when I play UT2004 or some other games that demand EAX/Hardware 3D sound - I get a dark blue BSOD without a message (its like a non-WinXP BSOD, its a hardware BSOD as I call it, dark blue color). It comes with a sqeeking sound. I have to restart my PC afterwards.
It happens after 3-4 minutes of playing.
When I REMOVE the soundcard - everything is fine, NO BSOD.
I tried different Audigy 2 drivers, but they all give the same result. This did not happen on my old ASUS A7N8X-Deluxe 2.0, and the soundcard was in PCI Slot 5 as well. I tried to format, and etc., - same thing if the soundcard is in the PCI slot!
I have PCI lock ENABLED (AGP set to 67Mhz, and PCI LOCK DETECTION set to ENABLED).
How do I fix this problem?

Quote
Originally posted by MonarchX
I have PCI lock ENABLED (AGP set to 67Mhz, and PCI LOCK DETECTION set to ENABLED).
When you said that you have PCI lock enabled and PCI lock detection enabled, were you talking about the same thing? If not, where in the BIOS is the PCI lock? I could only find PCI Lock Detection.

CD Audio problems on K7N2-L Delta with Audigy 2

In case anyone else is having the same problem with machine lock ups and inability to play CD's in Media Player 9 when this motherboard is installed I thought I would report my solution.
Symptoms; CD Plays for a few seconds, then sound cuts out, then comes back a few seconds later (or machine locks up).
Solution; Close PC Alert(System Tray motherboard monitor).
This solved the problem on my machine.
My machine has also been locking up a lot, I will report back if this has cured that too, though I have another thread on that problem (just search for my name).
Whilst we are on the subject of PC Alert, there is a problem with this in Win XP Home SP1 when using more than one user. If you log on a second user when the first user has not signed off, you get an error when PC Alert tries to start and the second user will not be able to run the alert software. (NB Asus's Probe software suffers from the same problem)
Can one of you moderators add all this to your bug lists and report it back to MSI?
Kit on my machine as follows;
MSI K7N2-L Delta (5.2. Bios)
2 x 256MB PC2700 Ram (Corsair).
AMD Athlon XP (Barton) 2500+
Geforce 4 TI 4200 (8X AGP) 44.03 Drivers
Audigy 2 (Latest Drivers)
TV Card (Happaugue PCI Nicam)
Memorex 32x CD-RW
LG DVD Rom
IBM 80GB Hard Disk
IBM 40GB Hard Disk
Network - NVidia - on Motherboard.
Win XP Home SP1 + all patches.
The sound on the Nvidia MB is disabled, as is the parrallel port and serial port

Hi Stephen!
I really hope this works out because im having the same problems that you are having. Lock ups and freezes in games. I have been looking in the inet for days to find a fix. i also narrowed it down to my Audigy 2 sound card. If i take it out everything runs fine. I tried all sorts of things that were written in the Creative forums but nothing worked. The strange thing is that it doesnt always happen. Yesterday i was playing all day long and not one single crash. Today i booted up and had a lock up with screeching sound while playing. I really do hope it is just the MSI software because i was really thinking about exchanging this board for something else. Cant imagine it just being the software. It would be to easy..hehe. I dont really want to give up my Audigy 2 card because its a great card. Awsome sound for games. What PCI port do you have your Audigy 2 card in now? I have mine in 2 and my Network card in Slot 3. In the User´s guid i think it says there that PCI slot 2 and 3 are not shared. Not really sure to be honest. Never really had probs with other mainboards. I put the devices in and they worked. I never really had live update 3 running and still had lock ups but do have PC alert running which i just shut down. Hope it works out for us both. Gonna go try some Raven Shield now and see if it crashes. Thanks for the tipp.

MSI KT3 Ultra ARU 5.7 BIOS and SoudBlaster Cards - Audigy

I have flashed my BIOS to 5.7 Version and my sound card start to make a lot of noise (crackling) when play AC3 or DVD. If you dont want to use the new AMD CPU 333 FSB you dont need to flash the BIOS - I have Flashed to 5.6 again but, if you want to use a 333 FSB CPU you can flash the BIOS to version 5.7 and if have sound problems use the PCI latency patch for VIA chipsets.
VIA chipset MotherBoard owners who have through all of the above and still have sound problems with their Soundblaster cards, might want to look into the PCI latency patch for VIA chipsets - get it here:
http://www.georgebreese.com/net/software/
(scroll down the page there just a little to get to it).
There's also a similar page about resolving sound problems on Via chipset based computers here:
http://www.deinmeister.de/mvp3_zlt_e.htm
I hope this post help somebody
Mário Silva from Beja - Portugal
My System:
MSI KT3 Ultra ARU
Athlon 2400+
512 Kingston PC2700 DDR SDRAM
MSI Geforce4 Ti 4200
SoundBlaster Audigy
Windows xp Pro SP1
400W PSU
Creative Drx3
Pinnacle PCTV pro
HDD Maxtor 80 GB UDMA 133
DVD Pioneer slot in
RW Samsung 48x16x48
Creative WebCam Go
UPS 500 VA
Monitor Sony 19" E400E

Since my chip is an unlocked, I cannot easily run it at the default, but I can underclock it. At 100x6.0=600mhz, USB does not work, as well as 100x12.5. Same with 133x6.0 and 133x12.5. It appears to make no difference underclocking or overclocking.
I downloaded the right BIOS listed on MSI's KT3 Ultra-ARU page. I don't think the BIOSes are different anyway, since the same files, changelog, and etc are also listed for the Ultra-2 board.
A thing to note, that this is the onboard VIA-controller USB ports doing this. My Ultra-ARU's NEC-controller USB 2.0 ports work fine in both Win2k and Linux if I hook my mouse and keyboard up in those. This is not an ideal solution for me though.

Bad_Pool_Caller - Audigy 2

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