Scared to install new Audigy 2 Va
Hello,
I just bought a new retail Audigy 2 Value as an upgrade to the onboard audio on my 3 week old HP Media Center PC. After browsing the forum and hearing all the problems people have had I am afraid to install the card. I share the PC with my wife who uses it daily for her work, and who has previously been unamused by my self-inflicted computer problems. I have already upped the RAM and upgraded the graphics card but am almost ready to return the card unused. Anybody got any good news regarding Creative hardware and/or drivers?
If I decide to give it a try I presume I can disable my onboard audio by using Device Manager under Hardware and leave any existing sound drivers on my system, such that I may easily go back to my current sound setup. Yes or no?
Thanks for any replies.
just put the card in a free pci slot, and not shared with other pci slot.(so near the card we prefer a empty pci slot. Also keep it away from your agp card(not directly near it, agp shares with first 2 pci slots) a video is audio and video at the same time, that's why
if you've installed the card, start the computer up (don't change bios , because if your computer has irq sharing onboard(normally they have) then you can use more then one or two soundcards, it sholdn't have to give any conflicts.(it's even handy to have more then one soundcard).
If windows is starting and also gives messages about hardware found , do cancel it all. Don't let windows install it , this because i prefer a install direct from cd.(otherwise you'll get windrivers , and then when running cd, then it updates again to creative drivers(who're more up to date).
So cancel windows found new hardware , and just run the setup (installation) from Creative CD..
after that, check if windows is updated , after that go do a creative webupdate (you can find it on this site,unfortunately it only works under InternetExplorer)
just don't be afraid of your compu dude , it should be viseversa, LOL
(maybe first backup your documents(of your wife) on Cd-R(W) (or DVD-R(W)) just in case)
oh Jason: I'm happy with my Audigy2zs, sounds so crystal clear on 2xstereoamps & 4x discospeakers (quaddrosetup)now i'm a DVD-A collector but now i want to buy a A2zs dri'vebay...in a Store @ NL, and Linux support (same features as Windows)!
...but the problem is that most users already experience the answer....NOMessage Edited by www_96KHz_tk on 02-5-2005 06:22 AM
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