Creative Sound Mixer / EAX Control Panel-Audio HQ Sect

After updating my Creative LABS Sound Blaster, I now have a problem with the [color="#cc3333">Reverb & Chous effects. The sliders no longer increase or decrease the number sequence, meaning from number (0) zero to whatever the highest number is. It now only shows [color="#cc3333">NaN dB, no matter where I position the slider. What is NaN dB? It did work once before, for a long time. Any help out there would be appreciated. ThanksMuzikmaker43

I recommend you do a full UNinstall and then use the Driver Cleaner 3 utility to remove any residue dll's etc. You can search google for the cleaner.
Once you have done this reinstall and update. Let us know the results.

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[Sound Blaster ZX]Control Panel takes 6 MINUTES to load and is nearly unusable?!

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The driver install seemed to go well though it was a little disconcerting when the 'Check for update' button in the auto update tool that runs right after install was grayed out. I noticed that I was not getting sound out of the 5.1 analog inputs that I had connected up to my Logitech Z680 speaker system. So I checked the system tray and there was a new SB icon there, that was clearly a utility to get to the configuration. Knowing this was probably the right place to start fiddling with the settings, I clicked it. And waited. And waited. And waited some more.
Strange I thought, so I checked the Windows task manager and located the Sound Blaster control panel in the list of running processes. I waited another minute or so and still nothing was displaying. So I killed the process in task manager, located the shortcut to the SB ZX control panel in the start menu and launched it. Again with the waiting. I immediately took to google and started researching a potential problem with this card.
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Anyone experienced this and know of a fix or a remedy? I really want to enjoy this sound card.
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I just wanted to post up and say that I solved this issue by first uninstalling all drivers for both the SB ZX and my Radeon graphics card. I then used Driver Fusion(http://treexy.com/products/driver-fusion) to perform a registry/file cleanup on all files associated with AMD graphics cards and Creative sound cards. Then I installed the drivers & software for the SB ZX from the CD that came in the box. I was pleasantly surprised to see that the software was responsive and the hardware was fully functioning. I then installed the software for my Radeon card however this time, I selected a custom install and chose NOT to install the HDMI audio driver. I don't know if this was key or not but at any rate, after the graphics card drivers and software was installed I am happy to report that the SB ZX software remained responsive and fully functioning.
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[SOLVED] HDMI sound mixer, volume control. Is it possible?

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Is it possible to have sound volume control mixer when system is connected with HDMI cable?
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Thanks!
Last edited by 10robinho (2012-03-19 18:39:03)

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EDIT:
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