Neo4-F + Audigy 2 Platinum issue

Hi all!
I've had an audigy 2 platinum sitting around my house since it originally came out. I never installed it on my new board because I was lazy, and impressed with the onboard sound. I'm a musician and gamer and it is time to get that crisp sound back.
I installed the card and about 20 minutes later, my computer blue screened and made a horribly high pitched noise until it rebooted itself. After rebooting, the frequency of these reboots increased. I turned off onboard audio and switched pci-slots, neither solved the problem. I figured the card was static-shocked or simply dying, and I bought a replacment. The replacment does the exact same thing!
Now that I'm on my second card, I leaning towards a compatibility issue with the motherboard. My computer runs oh so sweet until an audigy is placed in it.
The blue screen refers to something like "IRQL_LESS_THAN_OR_NOT_EQUAL." That may not be exactly it, but I think its close.
I've live-updated the board and have the latest BIOS. No overclocking.
My machine in a nutshell.
MSI Neo4-F
AMD 64 3000+
Connect3d X800XL PCI-E
Soundblaster Audigy 2 Platinum
2 x 200GB SATA HD
1024MB OCZ Platinum Revision 2 (2-2-2-5)

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Dear Martin
Thanks for your reply
I am sorry for the problem you are facing.
To achieve outputs from all the speaker during speaker test, you will need to have an analog connection, or digital DIN connection.
That will be possible if you connect the three line out jacks on your soundcard, to the three audio input (analog jacks->green,black,orange) on your speaker, if it has this connection. Or, you may connect them using Digital DIN, if they have this connection.
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Best Regards
(Mod Note: Name Removed)
Creative Customer Support Services
Creative Labs Europe:
Original Message Follows:
Hi
I understand you must be busy, so no problem.
No I do not hear EAX when in Pro-logic mode. I only hear (depending on the game in question)
Half life two: front left-right and centre. NO rears
Fear: Front, left, right, & centre. No rears
Farcry Front left, right & centre. No Rears
When I run your speaker test HISSSSS, No Rears, no front left or right
Beats me?
Regards
Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: CLE Customer Support [[email][email protected]]mailto:[email protected][/url]]
Sent: 24 January 2006 5:44
To: Martin
Dear Martin
I apologize for the delay on the answer.
If you select Dolby Prologic mode on the decoder, are you able to listen
the game audio, with EAX, in all of the speakers?
Regarding to the optional bay dri've, you can purchase it from ou
Best Regards
(Mod Note: Name Removed)
Original Message Follows:
Hello
Your email was helpful, unfortunately, not for my unit, you see I would
have
connected the Jack leads in by now if the inspire had Jack lead inputs
as
you describe
Please don't think I am being sarcastic, but from reading the
correspondence
below it would seem as if your department is having difficulty
understanding
my problem.
Also it would seem your department doesn't have the necessary technical
information on your very own product, so to help with your dilemma I
have
taken photos of the input/outputs on the Inspire unit.
You will clearly see the inspire has no inputs other than Coaxial and
Optic.
This leaves me back to my last post. I think the solution would be for
me to
purchase the correct processor, which would have come with the original
sound card had I not been a little tight on the money front.
I have attached a photo of the sound card with the processor, I would
love
to buy this processor but find myself unable to locate this product on
your
web site. Would you possibly be able to send me the correct link to this
item so I can buy this Processor Please?
Kind regards
Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: CLE Customer Support [[email][email protected]]mailto:[email protected][/url]]
Sent: 8 January 2006 0:3
To: Martin
Subject: RE: CLE -
Dear Martin
Thanks for your reply
Your soundcard is Audigy 2 ZS
Your speaker is Creative Inspire 5. Digital 5500
You will need to have a 3:3 cable(with the color green, black, orange)
to connect your soundcard to your speaker, to achieve the 5. effects
with games.
Below is the connection:
- Connect line out jack of Audigy 2 ZS
to 'Front' of Creative Inspire 5. Digital 5500 using the green color
connection
- Connect line out 2 jack of Audigy 2 ZS
to 'Rear' of Creative Inspire 5. Digital 5500 using the black color
connection
- Connect line out 3 jack of Audigy 2 ZS
to 'Center/Subwoofer' of Creative Inspire 5. Digital 5500 using the
orange color connection
Once you have done the correct connection, play the game DOOM3.
Ensure you have selected either the EAX or surround option in the game
settings.
Does it work?
Best Regards
(Mod Note: Name Removed)
Creative Customer Support Services
Creative Labs Europe
Original Message Follows:
You have lost me. Your sound card clearly states that I can have EAX
surround decoding from the sound card I have purchased.
All of the games on your web site claim to give me an environmental
effect
that will blow my mind, hence EAX.
All I have done wrong is NOT buying your decoder that comes with the
sound
card. My mistake.
All I want to do is re-address this issue and buy the correct
decoder/processor.
Can you point me to the correct link on your web site so I can buy the
correct decoder/processor?
As for the PCM out of the above cables, this foxes me as my other
equipment
only use Optical cabling on my Lexicon processor and from that I have DD
7., DTS 7. and meridian 5. lossless.
My issue is more to do with NO EAX from the rear and centre channels
while
in-game.
Kind regards
Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: CLE Customer Support [[email][email protected]]mailto:[email protected][/url]]
Sent: 6 January 2006 09:3
To: Martin
Subject: RE: CLE - Technical Support Request (KMM887805I6636L0KM)
Dear Martin
Thanks for your reply
All commercial digital connection eg. optical or coaxial cable will only
carry PCM stereo signal. If you want to output the signal to a surround
5. with extra EAX environment effects, it will not be possible at all
since it is only restricted to stereo channel signal.
As per current industry limitations, we are bound to follow the standard
one-signal output for all our SPDIF and Optical output jacks. This is
something that is currently shared by all vendors for all products.
Please note that all games are not dolby digital, even they are , it
will require certain motherboard to encode it to dolby digital signal,
which our soundcard does not support.
You can only use analog connections to gain true 5. surround for
gaming..
email.
Best Regards
(Mod Note: Name Removed)
Creative Customer Support Services
Creative Labs Europe
Original Message Follows:
Hi Joong
I don't fully understand your email, but I do get the gist of what
you're
saying and understand I need to connect the analogue cable to fully
appreciate the sound in EAX.
Would you be able to tell me what product I could buy from your
catalogue
which would marry up with the sound card I have, as I understand now
that
the Inspire 5. will not do the job.
Kind regards
Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: CLE Customer Support [[email][email protected]]mailto:[email protected][/url]]
Sent: 6 January 2006 04:00
To: Martin
Subject: RE: CLE - Technical Support Request (KMM8875697I6636L0KM)
Dear Martin
Thank you for the reply.
Computer games written with support for 3D audio do not require a Dolby
Digital Interacti've Content Encoder (DICE) to output multichannel sound,
with no exceptions. Sound devices that support the real time encoder
technology from Dolby will simply receive the multichannel wave file
output and encode it in real time to a somewhat modified Dolby Digital
bitstream. Creative does not support the Dolby Digital Interacti've
Content Encoder on any of its sound cards.
The only difference between a Sound Blaster card and an audio card that
has a real time encoder, is that you can make a one-wire, digital
connection from your audio card to your home theater receiver and enjoy
discrete multichannel sound from the game. However there will be a
continuous, slight delay, known as "latency", as the encoder is creating
and transmitting the bitstream, and of course the compression scheme
being used is "lossy" (i.e. not bit-accurate).
If you want to enjoy 3D audio in 3D enabled PC games in multichannel
surround sound with a Sound Blaster card, it is recommended that you
connect the analog outputs of the sound card directly to the analog
inputs of the receiver. This will require 3 cables for 5. surround
sound, one for front right and left, one for rear left and right, and
another one for front center and subwoofer. Though it requires more
cables than a real time encoder system, it will not have any latency
issues. When connecting PC audio to a home theater receiver, Creative's
latest sound cards such as Sound Blaster Audigy, Sound Blaster Audigy 2
are likely to provide higher quality audio than any Dolby Digital real
time encode system available for the PC today.
Please retain all the previous correspondence when replying to this
email.
Best Regards
(Mod Note: Name Removed)
Creative Customer Support Services
Please do not use this link to submit technical queries
Original Message Follows:
Hi
One particular game which has "in-game" DD is Farcry; I used this as my
benchmark disc for DD and to push my Nvidia 7800 GTX GPU's (I have tried
it
on friend's machines and they get the full surround effect so I Know
this
version is ok. I also have ALL of the game patches & updates.
I would like to point out that while playing Doom 3, Half Life 2,Fear,
Colin
McRae rally 04,FIFA 2004,Meddle of honour pacific assault, Rome, Shadow
ops, All these games have EAX HD, which is enabled within the options
menu
"in-game", But I do not get ANY use out of the rear's and I might as
well
listen in stereo.
No, inspire 5500 does not automatically switch while "in-game" when DD
is present as you would expect, but does if it was a Movie, which makes
me
think the DD stream isn't getting to the processor.
I originally thought I could put all this to rest if I could buy the
control
panel that would have come with the Sound card if I had not tried to
save
money, but every time I search your accessories site I get completely
lost,
it really isn't user friendly, the sub-menus are very time consuming and
point you in the wrong direction because they are not categorised as Joe
public would understand
I downloaded your TEST Movies and creative demo player utility, ran it
but
still no EAX HD or DD if that were present.
I want to put this card and Processor into my boys computer (which is
the
same Spec as mine and I will update to the FX series, but I am unwilling
if
I cannot find a logical reason why this set-up cannot work first.
Would it have anything to do with the pins on the Digital out on the
sound
card plug, the one I bought and was attached to the last email? Only
sending
certain channels down to the processor?
Regards
Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: CLE Customer Support [[email][email protected]]mailto:[email protected][/url]]
Sent: 5 January 2006 08:09
To: Martin
Subject: RE: CLE - Technical Support Request (KMM8868993I6636L0KM)
Dear Martin
Thanks for your reply
Your speakers are fine as you mentioned that there is sound from all the
speakers when you are playing movie.
May i know what game are you playing when there are no sound from the
rear speakers?
Have you done the appropriate settings in the game to achieve the 5.
sound?
Is there any game patches that you will need to update?
Does the Dolby Digital LED light up when you are playing the game?
Please retain all the previous correspondence when replying to this
email.
Best Regards
(Mod Note: Name Removed)
Creative Customer Support Servic
Original Message Follows:
Hi
I am sorry; I should have said the Inspire 5. was model number digital
5500
S/N SW330030026.
The inspire has these connection on the back of the processor
>From top/back of unit
Audio Outputs
Front
Rear
Centre/subwoofer
Audio inputs
Audio line in
Coaxial
Optical
DIN
The Din to a remotely located Subwoofer which has the speaker leads
inputting into it. Plus power.
Attached is the creative view of the controls menu and I have attached
the
invoice I was sent, it shows the lead I was told to fit.
As I said, I can now hear DD5. while within a movie from ALL speakers
BUT
no sound from rears during IN GAME DD5.
I do not use this PC for films only games.
Regards
Martin
If you are having a digital connection, it is normal for only get only
front left/right is you use the speaker test option.
http://us.creative.com/support/kb/article.asp?l=3&sid=4858
Speaker test only outputs from two front speakers?
You mentioned that that you are unable to get any sound from the rear
speakers when playing game right? May i know are you using a digital
connection? May i know what speaker settings have been made under
Creative Speaker settings?
Do get back to me on the above.
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I have enabled ALL sp-diff settings and digital in
setting on every program/utility/kitchen sink and all.
I have an SP-Diff wire from DVD burner to creative
sound card, and yes its enabled and digital only
is selected.
I can play a DVD and see the inspire 5.
automatically change from Pro-logic to Dolby
digital when it See's an AC-3 stream.
when I try and play ANY game you say has EAX
,2,3,4 I cannot get any sound from my rear
speakers (see above in Dolby Digital ALL speakers
work correctly)
when I enter the set-up menu within the creative
software you supply with the sound card and select
5. speaker, digital only, test the speakers via
the white noise function, all i hear is left and
right noise. no centre, no rears.
I phoned you tech support line, the boy on the
phone didn't have much of a clue about your
product and I had to tell him what connections sit
on the inspire 5. series amp/processor.
I want to build another PC for my son, I want to
add the FX series sound card and amp, but i am not
willing to buy anything until i feel you have
helped me to solve this problem first.
please can you help, I am at the end of my tether
with this sound card.
kind regards
Martin Waite
Message Edited by Daniel-CL on 0-28-2006 :36 PM

Audigy 2 Platinum random rebo

I got the Audigy 2 Platinum shortly after it was originally released. It worked for several months beautifully, then started randomly blue screening and making a terribly high-pitched noise before rebooting itself. I tried different pci slots and it kept doing it whether I was playing games or typing a paper.
Eventually, I built a new computer with a new motherboard and figured that would cure the problem. It didn't take long before the reboots started. This time I assumed it was actually the card to blame. I found a replacment platinum card on Creative's Ebay Store and installed it only to still suffer from the same problem.
I have the latest drivers and latest software via this site's support links.
If anybody could share any light on this matter, I'd deeply appreciate it as my onboard sound is nothing compared to the brilliance of the Audigy 2 Platinum.
My system in a nutshell:
MSI Neo4-F
AMD 64 3000+
Connect3d X800XL PCI-E
Soundblaster Audigy 2 Platinum
2 x 200GB SATA HD
024MB OCZ Platinum Revision 2 (2-2-2-5)
Also, I've disabled onboard sound but the problem still occurs.Message Edited by gillbell on 2-3-2005 0:6 PM

Please move your thread here: http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&message.id=39573
Are you using Ventrillo or TeamSpeak?
Describe the stuff you are doing when this happends...

Audigy 2ZS Platinum Pro - ...trying to record with Videostudio, Virtual VCR, Roxio DVD Builder

...just bought (and installed) a SoundBlaster Audigy 2ZS Platinum Pro - the one with the "breakout box" - to replace the on-board Dell audio sound system, which seems to have died after 4 months.
I am able to get good, clear sound from any and all applications that use "playback" audio.
At present, I can get "playback sound" from one program feature that came with my capture device - an Aver Media USB 300, which was plugged in to the "Line in 2" socket on the break out box. Then I tried to record with it... - "Record Operation Failure!" I'm stilll waiting to see what responses I get from the Aver message board in that regard.
Then I tried recording video (and the accompanying audio) with Ulead Videostudio 8, Virtual VCR, and Roxio DVD Builder, none of which could record sound, even in "preview mode". Before the on board sound system stopped functioning, those features worked on all of the above programs except for Virtual VCR, which I hadn't yet installed or tried out.
I've checked the Play/Record Volume Control in "Accessories/Entertainment" and the Line 2 is activated and selected. I've tried plugging in to Line /Mic but that hasn't worked either. I need to go to Radio Shack to get an adapter to plug in to Line 3 and give that a try.
But before I spend even more money, have you ever seen anything like this?
- Jeff.

Jorge,
Thanks kindly for the suggestion, during the installation it did not complain about this patch being installed allready, I'll give this one more shot and see if it persits.
I ran memtest on the machine (10 cycles) wow this thing (G5) is loud in single user mode. I guess the fans don't have power management enabled.
I'm guessing that the issue is from lack of RAM, (512) but I am not 100% on this. Though my research points towards that, It's kind of odd that an app would reach into some other memory segment.
Thank You Again.
I throught all Tiger updates would be obtainable via "Software Update" . I should have searched support.apple.com first.
Quad G5 Mac OS X (10.4.7) 512MB Ram (Stock Config)

Audigy 1 Platinum

Have any of you got an audigy 1 to work with the k8t-neo?Mine wont boot with it installed,it runs perfect without it.

Just about ALL of the Via Chipset Based Motherboards (Including VIA'S own Motherboards)....Have Major issues with all of Creatives Products (Except for the USB Pro. ie Extigy)....I remember that no matter what I did, I could not get any Files installed onto the Hard drive in my other VIA P4B-400 Motherboard while my Audigy 2-Platinum was installed in the system ..It drove me and everyone in VIA'S Forum nuts, until Creative Finally came out with a PCI Latency Patch Strictly for VIA Chipset Motherboards ...Have you gone to Creatives Website?....I am sure it is still there, as Someone in the "Intel P-4 and Celeron" Forum went and downloaded it after I told them About it.....Also for some reason, I heard that the AMD VIA Boards besides the Creative Patch have to Increase the PCI Latency Time in the BIOS to I think 92.....But Ill find out for sure about this Number, In the Meantime try raising the PSI Latency to see if it helps..............Sean REILLY875

Soundstorm versus Audigy 2 Platinum

Ok, I did it! I went and bought a Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum.Why? I don't know.Maybe it was the 129.99 price tag at Best Buy this week.I haven't opened it yet as I am going through a sort of cooling off period. Let the impulse go away and see if I should take it back.
I swore off Creative cards when I bought a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz last year, but here I am.
So tell me, is it worth it to keep? Any know issues?
Soundstorm or Audigy 2 Platinum? Decisions decisions!

Quote
Originally posted by clarkkent57
Well, if it gives you no headaches, then it's a great buy. I had nothing but problems with my SB Live! Value.
The only reason I'd buy the A2 is for the Lo-Z Mic input. I'm a songwriter and Sound Producer, and haven't found any other card with a lo-z input.
Unfortunately, I found the the Audigy, right after it first came out, was a rebranded product from another company that Creative bought, so their tech department receives no credit for development.
I am no stranger to Sound BlasterLive products.
SB Live 4.1 Gamer- Sold. Worked great with W98se no support from Creative worth a darn
SB Live 5.1 Gamer- Sold. Worked great with W98se no support from Creative worth a darn
SB Audigy Gamer My Sony VIAO had it.Stolen.
Currently have in the drawer I/O Magic Typhoon Theater 5.1 and a TBSC in my HP PC.

Problem with Audigy 2 Platinum eX (Germ

Hallo Leute !
Habe seit kurzem ernsthafte Probleme mit meiner Audigy 2 Platinum eX. Vielleicht hat ja jemand die rettende L?sung, denn bislang hat keine Hilfe gefunzt.
(Board: Asus K8V, Boxen: Logitech 5., OS: Win XP)
Problem:
System schmiert momentan mitten im Betrieb ab bzw. bleibt einfach stehen (Maus geht nicht mehr) und es ist ein permanenter Pfeiffton zu h?ren. Das passiert unter XP Desktop, aber auch mitten in Spielen bzw. beim MP3 h?ren.
Zur Anmerkung: Die Audigy 2 Platinum eX Karte lief mehrere Monate lang ohne Probleme, bis es auf einmal losging. Wenn ich die Audigy Karte ausbaue und die On-Board Karte nutze, dann l?uft alles ohne Probleme und ohne Abst?rze. Wenn ich die Audigy wieder einbaue (und dire On-Board abschalte) dann habe ich wieder die Probleme und Abst?rze.
Bislang wurde schon folgendes probiert:- System komplett + neu + sauber installiert (Windows XP, egal ob SP o. SP2)- s?mtliche alten + neuen + Beta Treiber von Creative probiert- aktuelles Direct X (Diagnose bringt keine Fehler)- BIOS upgedated- VIA 4in Treiber upgedated- PCI Slot gewechselt- keine sonstigen Hardwareprobleme o. Konflikte (ASUS K8V Board)
Alles ohne Erfolg.
Ist die Soundkarte denn wirklich defekt und muss eingeschickt werden ?!

[translation]
Hallo
'SOD' f?llt zuerst ein, aber tat diesen Problem-Anfang nach
einigen Aktualisierung (directx, zeigen Sie Treiber, bios, lassen Sie Treiber erklingen)?
Sie k?nnen etwas Information der SOD davon finden
http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&message.id=966
http://oui.com.br/nando/essays/audigy/t03audigy0.htm
Das ist On-line - bersetzt worden, so kann es einige geben...
[original]
Hi
'SOD' come to mind first, but did this issue start after some
update (directx, display drivers, bios, sound drivers)?
You can find some information of SOD from
http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&message.id=966
http://oui.com.br/nando/essays/audigy/t03audigy0.htm
This has been translated online so there may be some ...
.jtp

Neo4-F + Audigy 2 Platinum issue

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