Installation Problem with SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio P

Question

Hello,
I bought a X-Fi Xtreme Audio PCIe yesterday and I can't install this card on my WinXP 32bit.
My Board is an Asus A8N-E with a nforce4 ultra chipset.
Windows detects a "pci device" at startup.
In the hardware manager there is a "pci device" listed with a black exclamation mark on yellow ground.
But I can't install the driver correctly. The driver always says that "no supported hardware" is found.
I have tried out the driver on the CD and many drivers from the internet.
Does anybody know a solution?
Thanks in advantage!

Answer 1

I see several issues here:?. It's an AMD system.2. Aside from my bias towards preferring Intel systems, the actual issue is related to the ESCD system. In modern day boards, you have a system called Extended System Configuration Data that holds the information from the Plug and Play Identifier that is read from a card when it is plugged into a board. This is what triggers the New Hardware Found information. If this identifier can't be decoded correctly, the .inf file with the PnP coding in it can't identify the card, and the drivers will not load, and with the NT kernal system, they can't be forcibly installed very well either, and in most cases, the board won't initialize correctly anyway. Possible Resolutions:?. Try updating the motherboards BIOS if you haven't done this already. According to Asus, the latest (and most likely final) edition is 03. They have a Windows installer which can update the BIOS, but you need to make sure ALL background programs, Anti-Virus, ect. are closed down to prevent a corruption of the BIOS update.
PLEASE USE CAUTION UPDATING YOUR BIOS AS IT WILL RENDER YOUR BOARD INOPERABLE
!!! 2. Remove all other cards if any, and be sure the onboard sound is disabled. You may simply have something preoccupying the memory addresses the card wants to use.
3. Be sure to go into the BIOS and Enable Reset Configuration Data. This will clear the ESCD. Once cleared it will redetect the board, and unless there is a problem on the board's PnP side, it should pick it up. 4. One big possibility is the RAM and/or the CPU. While it is rare the CPU causes this issue, it unfortunately is not unheard of. However, bad RAM is not unheard of, and will usually manifest itself with the computer also having unusual problems like locking up unexpectantly, poor DVD playback (excessi've artifacts, pausing, ect.), and the famed BSOD or spontaneous reboots. It is also noted that the nForce 4 chipset and the Sound Blaster cards have known compatibility issues. I also have a small issue as it is with my nForce 680i chipset and the Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum. This is also a known problem, and it will not be resolved. The card works, but just has problems when running the Test in 5. and 7. modes. It is my overall guess it is simply a BIOS issue, and if you update the BIOS and the problems continue, then you will want to send the card back for a replacement. If the replacement has the same issue, I'd replace the motherboard. I hope this hel
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and Good Luck.