Is this GOOD? External Sound Blaster Live! SB0490 5.1 Chann

Hi,
I want to connect my laptop to my A/V unit, and I am thinking about this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E68290274
I have read reviews that it can NOT produce 5. sound, just defaults back to 2.
Is this true? I need to be able to use my PowerDVD software and get true Dolby Digital 5. or DTS 5. out of this card.
I have XP PRO SP2.
Thanks in advance!
Should I get it or get a PCMCIS Audigy one instead?
Thanks!

The PCMCIA card is much better than this external 24Bit audigy. This card is hardware- accelerated as i know and will support EAX 4 and so on.

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Hello,I'm about to buy a " Channels 24-bit 48kHz in 5. mode and up to 96kHz in stereo mode USB Interface Sound Card - Retail" and I'd like to know if it's compatible with?any?operating system and notebook. Thanks so much!!Veronica.

Okay. Would it be compatible with an?Everex Laptop (Everex VA200T)?SPECIFICATIONS
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Memory: GB DDRII 533, upgradeable to 2GB. 2 Memory slots onboard.
Hard Disk Dri've: 80GB SATA (5400RPM).
Optical Dri've: DVD-ROM/DVD+/-RW with Double Layer Support (4X DVD+R DL, 4X DVD-R DL, 6X DVD-RW, 8X DVD+RW, 8X DVD+R, 8X DVD-R, 8X DVD-ROM, 24X CD-RW, 24X CD-R, 24X CD-ROM)
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How to produce 5.1 sound with logitech z5500 running on iMac 10.5.8 with sound blaster live 24 bit external.

How to produce 5.1 sound with logitech z5500 running on iMac 10.5.8 with sound blaster live 24 bit external.

First off your operating system version is obsolete and not being updated for security issues from Apple.
OS X 10.4/10.5 need to upgrade, 10.6.8 ok still
So at least you need to upgrade to 10.6.8, and that will make your machine secure again.
However if you decide to upgrade further to 10.7 or 10.8, be forewarned your PPC based software of old is not going to work any longer. and your machine may require more RAM.
Check here to see and download the free MacTracker to see your machines true RAM potential and specs. There are videos online at YouTube, it's really easy to install yourself.
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table
I checked out the z-5500, apprantly the optical out shouldn't be a problem, however the surround sound decoding is a problem as the Mac doesn't do it, just passes it through for decoding on a receiver via the optical out port if your Mac has one.
Use the free MacTracker to find out or when you upgrade OS X, there is a option in the System Preferences > Sound.
https://logitech-en-ap.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/9693/section/trouble shoot/crid/409/lt_product_id/224/tabs/1,3,2,4,5/cl/sg,en
The Sound Blaster Live 24 bit doesn't do Dolby 5.1 according to Wikipedia. More info on it is here.
http://support.creative.com/Products/ProductDetails.aspx?catID=1&prodID=10702&pr odName=Live!%2024-bit%20External&CatName=Sound+Blaster
If it's able to accept optical toslink cable from the Mac's toslink stereo mini port (if it has optical output) and then send that to the z-5500 via the analog speakers, then you should be fine.
I'm afraid you'll have to do some more digging to get it to work.
The only surround sound your going to get is by playing DVD movies that have it, then it can't have Dolby 5.1 as the Live 24 bit can't decode it.
So do your research on what surround sound formats the Live 24 can decode, then compare your DVD collection for those movies that have it, then get it all connected and enable it on the movie preferences at the menu.
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Connecting a mixer to sound blaster: live 24bit externa

Iv got some dj decks, and wanted to record my mixes to my laptop, so i saw the external sound blaster li've and thought that would do the trick. But it turns out that it is alot more complicated than?i thought. First of all, it took me ato install everythnig without something going wrong, but all the driver (for vista) seem to be ok now. Once installed, i connected a 3.5mm jack into the line in, on the soundblaster, and conncected the other end to my mixer. That all done, i went onto the recording programme that you get with the sb, but here is where it goes wrong the message 'there is no audio device on the system, the application will now close' comes up. Of course this stops me getting onto any of the programmes, and stops me from recording. After this i checked on control panel/device manager, and it said that everything was working correctly, but on another page it says 'cannot find hardware connected' although the blue power light is on. I have now run out of ideas of what to do, so any help would be great.

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Sound Blaster Live 5.1 - SF1 damaged.

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Yesterday I've found on my SBLi've5. that subassembly signed as SF (near MID/Gameport) is corrupted (looks like burned out).. Is this little one correspond with using an eventual midi keyboard od game controller? What kind of component is that? Resistor? Or something else? If this thing is important for communication through MIDI/Gameport, and if yes - could it be repaired by changing invalid component?

Originally Posted by dogweed
I lost my install disk for my sound blaster live 5.1 model SBO 100 for windows 98se. I cant seem to find drivers on creative's web site that will work with my card. Any one know where I can get them.
Here:
http://ccftp.creative.com/manualdn/D...BL51_W9xME.exe
Creative Surround Mixer (Windows 95, 98, and Millennium)
Creative AudioHQ (Windows 95, 98, and Millennium)
Creative Installer 1.00.07 (Windows 95, 98, and Millennium)
here:
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or here:
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Similar to the thread for Win XP, I have inherited a BA7500g speaker system, and purchased a new Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit card for my Win2k system. Cannot get the speakers to work, although the speaker test works from the BA control unit. Noticed the digital audio input cable is color coded, and I don't have the original card that matches this scheme. Could this be the problem?

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not quite sure how much this goes contrary to the interest of this Forum :smileytongue: but according to this it works:
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Sound Blaster Live! 24 "no audio device" no so

I tried to install the driver with autoupdate it installed fine but there is no sound and in "Sounds and Audio Device Properties" it says "no audio device" but the driver is installed in device manager.
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I just got this card.
first I installed
Filename: SB24_VTDRV_LB__04_0077.exe
This suite of drivers and applications has been updated and combined for your convenience. It installs the following applications to control your audio device's settings. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.
Applications included in this release:
* Creative Audio Console (for Windows Vista? only)
* Creative Device Control
* Creative EAX Console
* Creative Speaker Settings
Added Features or Enhancements:
* Enables 44. kHz sampling format for SPDIF In and Out.
Requirements:
* Microsoft? Windows Vista 64-bit, Windows Vista 32-bit, Windows? XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 or Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004
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. Download the file onto your local hard disk.
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THEN I installed this driver
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Sound Blaster Live! 5.1, DR release 1.

I have this card instalelc currently my pit bull ate my CD. so when I formatted now I have a "BLUE" mixxer But I originaly had the "Cold Platnuim" look one with the Soundblaster center that droped down from the top of my screen?So now my sound card dont work to well cant do any affects on the mic anymore and my Mixxer dont load my Mixxer sounds. Can anyone help me find the mixxer/drivers/ instal lfor my Soundcard please?Im on Windows XP atm?My card as noted is ""?Thanks Bamsen

Originally Posted by dogweed
I lost my install disk for my sound blaster live 5.1 model SBO 100 for windows 98se. I cant seem to find drivers on creative's web site that will work with my card. Any one know where I can get them.
Here:
http://ccftp.creative.com/manualdn/D...BL51_W9xME.exe
Creative Surround Mixer (Windows 95, 98, and Millennium)
Creative AudioHQ (Windows 95, 98, and Millennium)
Creative Installer 1.00.07 (Windows 95, 98, and Millennium)
here:
http://www.vogonsdrivers.com/index.php?catid=3
or here:
http://www.touslesdrivers.com/index....ge=12&v_code=4
Next time please use 'uncle google'...

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Hello Guys
First, sorry for my english, i'm polish.
Yesterday I sold my old motherboard (Shuttle AK32A), and i bought new motherboard MSI KT3V. After instaling all peripheals I install on formated partition Win2000 SP3, Via 4in1 4.45, Drivers for my GF4 MX440, Network Adpater 3Com-SOHO, and sound blaster Live 1024. After this i instal game IGI2, and try play, After 30 s. in game main menu my computer crashes, screen is black, led on monitor is lights on yellow, after this i hear 10 - 20 second music from main menu in speakers, after this time my computer crashes completely, a hear beeeeeeeeep from speaker, and this moment I can only push reset button :(
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P.S. On old Mothearboard all works fine :(
Anyone can help me solve this problem. Please
Grettings Mark
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512 MB DDR 266 Mhz
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enjoy
Markoul

Quote from: Markoul on 22-May-05, 00:07:32
This is the new Official Audio driver released by Creative for Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit for Windows x64.
You can not install this driver in your MSI nForce4 based boards without first applying the OnBoard Sound EEPROM fix first found here
You have to boot in win98 or winMe using a boot diskette in order to run the fix.
enjoy
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First i thought it works but then i realized that there is only sound from the 2 front and the center speakers. There is no Signal on the Sorround Speakers.
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Creative Li've! 5. Digital Drivers:
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