Need SoundBlaster Live! Digital (Dell) Driv

I am having a very difficult time with SoundBlaster Li've! Digitial (Dell) drivers. I have a soundblaster li've model SB0203 installed on my dell dimension 4550 running windows 2000. I was originally running winxp, but when I installed win2000, dell does not have drivers for it.
I downloaded the appropriate Li'veDrvUni-Pack(ENG).exe from creative, but when I run it, it goes through the extraction process and then I get the following error:
Setup could not detect any Sound Blaster Audio card on your system.
Please ensure that your Sound Blaster hardware is properly installed before running this Setup program.
Setup will now exit.
Please help. MC

you need the dell drivers...i think they offer them on this site, but they prolly won't work, like a lot of software on here...if dell has drivers on their site for you card that work on xp, then d/l them and install them on 2000...that is what i meant originally, or if you have the original drivers on a cd that would be better...

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http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&prod_no=69&maincat_no=&cat 2_no=&cat3_no=
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If I am right the onboard Audigy on the MSI K9N Diamond utilizes the CA006 chip instead of the EMU0k2, therefore it is not a real/genuine Audigy soundcard. In fact it's the same as your former soundblaster li've 24bit which also utilizes the same CA006 chipset. That's why you can use the driver from the SB li've 24bit for your new "Audigy" onboard sound. Also there are other soundcards that are not genuine Audigy soundcards: Audigy Se, Audigy LS and, yes, also the X-fi Xtreme Audio, all utilizing the same chip, CA006. Creative Labs use some marketing techniques, add some different (newer) software/apps for the soundcard and give the soundcard (with the same chipset) a different name. In my opinion, if you for example buy a X-fi Xtreme Audio you in fact for the most part paid for the included newer softwares (which for example add "X-fi features like Crystalizer etc.).
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Official Creative Labs driver for Sound Blaster? Audigy? Value/SE/LS, or Sound Blaster Li've!? 24-bit audio devices
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Message Edited by CTman on 05-07-2008 0:28 AM

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