Low sound in vista

hi guys i have just reinstalled vista, and now i installed all the stuff of mr. daniel_k for audigy 2 zs but the sound is too low, much lower than before - 50% or more ( i had my zs unrecognized once by vista but before reinstalling vista), now i must put everything (vol in my speaker and in windows) in maximum to have the normal vol. I replug the card but still can't solve it.help me plz - i have never got this problem b4

It's a good idea to upgrade your BIOS with the latest avaliable from your motherboard vendor. Then you should optimize your BIOS for improved audio quality:
-Increase VGA Shared Memory Size if you are using an onboard graphics card.
-Set AGP Aperture Size (MB) to half of the system's RAM or lower.
-Toggle Peer Concurrency.
-Toggle Spread Spectrum Control
-Toggle Memory Hole
-Enable AGP Fast Writes if your graphics card supports it.
-Change PCI Latency Timer ( starting with 32).
-Invoke dual-channel memory mode on the motherboard. Systems that are not configured in dual-channel mode can experience crackling during games. For more information about invoking dual-channel mode, please refer to your motherboard manufacturer.
-Ensure that the SATA hard dri've is not conflicting with PCI memory resources. Changing to a different controller may help.
To fix your problem:
Try to disable onboard audio in your computer's BIOS, then unplug your card from the PCI slot1. After then, uninstall your onboard audio drivers, and do a cleansweep for your audigy drivers too.
Follow these steps for driver uninstallation:
1. Open Control Panel - System - Hardware - Device Manager - browse Sound, video and game controllers - right click on Creative SB Audigy 2 - Uninstall - in the new window, select "Delete driver software for this device" then click OK
2. In Control Panel - Add or Remove Programs also uninstall all Creative software (including Audio Console)
3. Browse to the C:\Temp and C:\Windows\TEMP (if it exists) folders. All files and folders in the temp folder need to be either deleted or moved to a new folder.
4. Browse to Program Files, Creative and delete the Sound Blaster Folder. If a file won't delete, right click on the file, click Properties and clear all the Attributes. The file should then be able to be deleted.5. Restart your computer in safe mode, and delete the remaining files and clean your registry with Driver Sweeper.
5. Empty the Recycle Bin and shut down your PC.After this, choose an other PCI slot for the card. If it's possible, put your card to the farthest slot relati've to your graphics card. After you turn on your computer, cancel the Windows hardware recognition, and install?either driver you want (I recommend you to use the officially avaliable?2.2.0002 driver to fix your volume?problems?till the 2.8.0000. It will come in late July or early August.) After the driver installation, set Full Range speakers in Vista's speaker configuration, and do the speaker test. Then set 2.0 settings, and you're done.
Good luck, and don't hesitate to post any questions if you need further assistance.
Message Edited by Matthias86 on 06-09-2008 03:38 PM

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