SB AUDIGY prob

I recently bought a new computer that came with the sound card. I recieve no sound whatsoever. The card is installed properly. The installation was correct. And my speakers worked for my old computer. Its only 2 speakers. I have tried putting the jack into all the holes but it still does not seem to make any sound. I keep the jack in the output hole by default. Any help would be apreciated. I also read the faqs and the manuel and they do not help.

K dude this problem could be anything, which is probably why nobody has stepped up to the plate. You want to turn off the digital output, because you are using an analog plug. Try double clicking on your volume tab to bring up the control panel for volume. Make sure all of your lines in and out are up in volume. Also, go into the Windows control panel, to "Sounds and Audio Devices." Click on the Advanced tab at the bottom and make sure you have selected "Desktop Stereo Speakers." It also couldn't hurt to just plug those speakers into a portable cd player or something to make sure they are indeed working properly. If the speakers have any input options, make sure it is some sort of "Direct" input... but I doubt your 2.0 speakers will have that. So run a diagnostic (channel or noise test are the easiest) through the THX console to see if you are getting sound through the computer to the speakers. If so, then you know that it is just a matter of switching a certain setting somewhere.... make sure the button in the THX console is switched to analog as well. If I think of anything later I will post it. If any of these work let me know.

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Have posted the following earlier today in Soundblaster forum - then thought it may be better off here.....
Hi all - have just had to quickly buy new soundcard as main line-out on sblive gave up the ghost, after years of no probs. Bought Audigy 2zs, as thought this would not be too much of a shock for ageing AMDk6 450mhz running Win98se. (Am waiting for new pc music system.) Installed Audigy, using 1xm1n's excellent set-up guide, and thought everything was ok. However, when running sequencer, the midi tracks are fine, while the audio slowly goes out of sync. Can anybody explain what's happening? Would not normally panic, and wait for new pc, but have a deadline to finish project for the Barmy Army !!
Seriously thinking of reinstalling sblive, and using the rear line-outs to monitor on - but line-in & mic will then not work. Also was hoping the Audigy ASIO drivers would let me do the final mix in Cubase.
Did I mention the odd crackle & pop....? .....Aaaaaaargh!!
Regards.

Jason,
Yes I tried pulling card. What has happened.
. Card was "re-found" by windows for no reason which started the problems.
2. I deleted driver in control panel, shutdown and pulled card, rebooted again with no card.
3. Put the card back and rebooted again and at that point it showed as Audigy ZS, although it did not look like all functionality was there as before.
4. So I installed the new January 06 drivers. Seemed to go okay.
5. Upon reboot, came up as Creative Audigy Audio Processor" again. However things "worked" for a while. The mixer came up, etc.
6. Seemed to be working, then stopped working (no sound)....and upon a reboot, was re-found again and was using old generic drivers from 2003. And was no longer called a ZS.
7. EDIT: Important, in the "sound and audio" devices in control panel, it is listed as an EMU0k (or some such designation) which I understand may mean the card has gone bad.
8. The network fiber connection also periodically came up as yellow exclamation mark or working based on what was going on above.
It appears that these problems may be symptoms the card is going bad based on some other posts I found? Something about a scrambled EPROM? I do have a new unused Audigy ZS card I can try.
What is the best approach to put in another ZS. Delete the driver, shutdown, pull the card and put the new one in? And of course plug in the breakout box to it. Will it "find" the new January 06 drivers upon install or will I have to re-install those again on this new card. I know it is the same card but I assume the ID will be different.
If I need to re-install the drivers, do I just re-run the install or do I need to run CTZAP etc. first? I already have all the applications loaded off the original CD and would prefer not to have to do all that again...
Thanks again,
BJB
Message Edited by BJB on <SPAN class=date_text>08-22-2006 <SPAN class=time_text>09:4 AM
Message Edited by BJB on 08-22-2006 0:50 AM

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Hi all - have just had to quickly buy new soundcard as main line-out on sbli've gave up the ghost, after years of no probs. Bought Audigy 2zs, as thought this would not be too much of a shock for ageing AMDk6 450mhz running Win98se. (Am waiting for new pc music system.) Installed Audigy, using xmn's excellent set-up guide, and thought everything was ok. However, when running sequencer, the midi tracks are fine, while the audio slowly goes out of sync. Can anybody explain what's happening? Would not normally panic, and wait for new pc, but have a deadline to finish project for the Barmy Army !!
Seriously thinking of reinstalling sbli've, and using the rear line-outs to monitor on - but line-in & mic will then not work. Also was hoping the Audigy ASIO drivers would let me do the final mix in Cubase.
Did I mention the odd crackle & pop.... .....Aaaaaaargh!!
Regards.

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Since this week i got a problem with my Audigy Player.
Everytime i test my boxes with the Surround Mixer, i can hear the voice from the front boxes, but from the center and the rear boxes you can hear nothing...
It seems to be a software problem, because all satellites working fine...
I searched this forum and I fond one guy, who had exactly the same problem one year ago :
-> http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&message.id=34383#M34 383
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soul

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No, i saw this thread with the logitech webcam prob, but i have no logitech software installed, but yesterday i plugged out my headphones( they were connected to the Audigy-analog-inputs), and now it works fine again...
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bye
soul

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. These speakers (and possibly many others) don't fully power down when you turn the volume knob off and the light on the satellites goes out. The decoder and subwoofer unit keep their light on.
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HI!
I encounter Installation problems with that file:
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Value/SE/LS and Sound Blaster Li've! 24-bit XP and Windows Vista Pack .04.0077
I Use Vista 64Bit Ultimate and when I try to install this package I have an error message after my language selection. Is there a known issue for this
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estebandit wrote:
Is there a known issue for this
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SBAX_PCDRV_LB_2_8_000.exe
Also helps if you click on the "Show Details" link on the download page, then you would see that the one you tried to install doesn't support your card,
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This is my first post to this form
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Well, I am new to high-end sound cards, and I may be misinterpreting the terminology, but the sound card is supposed to be a 24bit/96kHz card.
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Hello i have a audigy 4 pro the problem i am having is i cannt get it to pwer up. I have tryed useing a brand new remote with new battery to turn it on but note happens. The blue light stays on and that it.

yup, power spliiting is not something new. What you should think should be "is my power supply good strong enough?"

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hey guys, I'm new to this message board but have been a supporter of creative for quite a few years now, but anyways I have a problem hopefully a few of you can figure out for me as I'm currently stumped.
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I have cleaned out the registry and uninstalled everything Creative like I said, tried installing a few different driver's but nothing seems to work. There is nothing in the drop down box under speaker selection and the cmss and eax tabs doesn't look quite right either, I can't synchronize with the windows control panel wither cuz the box is missing, I am out of options and don't really want to reinstall Vista, like I said before I installed the SP beta for the public it worked fine but after that it hasn't, would it be a good idea to maybe try and get the released version that's leaked or is there another set of driver's that I haven't tried that might work Also I'm using the 32-bit Vista but can upgrade to 64-bit but I'm not sure if that will make a difference, if anyone can help me, please do! I'll try to respond to any questions you guys may have, thanks in advance.

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Audigy 4 rear speakers prob

Hi.
I've got a problem with my sound.
I use a Audigy 4 pro with the external unit and a Cambridge Soundworks (Creative) DTT3500 digital speakerset. The external unit only sends the digital signal to the speakerset.
When I Test the speakers the sound "Rear right" comes from front right and "Rear left" comes from front left. Front speakers and center speaker sound works fine. Untill now I had no problems with my sound. I didn't change a thing. Speakers and software options haven't changed. The EAX console says 5. speakers. CMSS is off. I've installed the latest drivers and that also didn't make a difference. I think the problem started after I installed a logitech webcam but if I disconnect the webcam the problem stays.
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I had exactly the same problem. Only solution for me was to slightly withdraw the 4 pin plug from the Audigy 4.
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Audigy 2 ZS Platinum pro with RM-1500 prob

Doesnt work. When i first got the card the remote worked fine. It's been a while since and i'd like to use the remote again. I instaled the drivers that were on the CD, the remote didnt respond. Downloaded the newest drivers from the download site, installed them and the remote still doesnt work.
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Hello, I have had a frustrating time getting my microphone to work consistently using this card and Windows 7 x64. Here is what is happening:
Usually when I first boot up, my microphone will not work with Ventrilo or Windows Sound Recorder (no bars in the recording meter). If I enable Line in playback I can hear myself crystal clear all of the time so this is a good control. The mic is working, but the input isn't being passed onto programs. If I open/close ventrilo maybe 20-30 times I will be able to get the microphone to work. Usually it first starts out choppy after about 5 ventrilo open/closes and then it is finally sounds good. When I first get started trying to get the microphone to work, I won't see the green bars light up in the equalizer for the mic recording device. But once it gets started, I see the lights working. I DON'T CHANGE ANY SETTINGS BETWEEN WHEN THE MIC WORKS AND DOESN'T WORK. It just starts to work. My friend says getting my mic to work is like starting up an old Model A. You have to crank on it a while.
Drivers I have tried but all behave the same:
Default Windows 7 creative Audigy 2 drivers
Updated Audigy 2 drivers (July 2009 ) 2_8_00
Daniel K Drivers (3.6)
In Windows recording devices Mic I have tried the following:
Turning On/Off "allow programs to take exclusi've control of the device"
Different bit rates
Disabling the other recording devices
In Ventrilo I have tried:
Direct Sound on/off (makes no difference), works/doesn't work both ways
Hardware Mixer NONE/Line, makes no difference.
Currently have all input devices disabled except the two below.
Code:
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6., Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.09073-255)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: NVIDIA
System Model: 22-CK-NF68
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6850 @ 3.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Memory: 644MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 642MB RAM
Page File: 594MB used, 0688MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (00 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.0.7600.6385 32bit Unicode
Sound Devices
Description: Speakers (Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS (WDM))
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_02&DEV_0004&SUBSYS_20002&REV_04
Manufacturer ID:
Product ID: 00
Type: WDM
Driver Name: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.000.37 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
Date and Size: 6/23/2009 3:39:26, 866200 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Creative
HW Accel Level: Basic
Cap Flags: 0xFF
Min/Max Sample Rate: 00, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: , 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
Description: SPDIF Out (Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS (WDM))
Default Sound Playback: No
Default Voice Playback: No
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_02&DEV_0004&SUBSYS_20002&REV_04
Manufacturer ID:
Product ID: 00
Type: WDM
Driver Name: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.000.37 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
Date and Size: 6/23/2009 3:39:26, 866200 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Creative
HW Accel Level: Basic
Cap Flags: 0xFF
Min/Max Sample Rate: 00, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: , 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
Sound Capture Devices
Description: Line-In /Mic (Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS (WDM))
Default Sound Capture: Yes
Default Voice Capture: Yes
Driver Name: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.000.37 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 6/23/2009 3:39:26, 866200 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x
Format Flags: 0xFFFFF
Description: "What U Hear" (Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS (WDM))
Default Sound Capture: No
Default Voice Capture: No
Driver Name: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.000.37 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 6/23/2009 3:39:26, 866200 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x
Format Flags: 0xFFFFF

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- Rear Right (Sound NO - It sounds very strange... bearly you can understand the words, Speaker: NO - The sound comes from the center speaker)
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"I thought maybe it was some kind of speaker problem but when i switched the 2 rear with the 2 front then the rear worked but front didn't."
Does this not indicate two of the speakers are not physically working? Or have a mis-interpreted?

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