Setup could not detect any soundblas

I have an audigy 2 SB card. Prior to a month ago, it worked fine. My motherboard blew a gasket, and I replaced it with an ABIT VT7. After installing the audigy 2 card on the new MB, the card seemed to work, although it seemed to have a conflict with my video card (an ati 8500 all-in-wonder) which it didn't have before changing motherboards. In an effort to solve that problem, I uninstalled all my video and audio drivers and started over (among other things), and I decided to install my soundblaster drivers first. I decided to start with the original disk and then automatically update. And here's what happens.
When I boot, the computer detects a multimedia controller. I "Cancel", thinking that I will install that via the CD-ROM. When I go to install the drivers, I get the following message: "Setup could not detect any Soundblaster audio card on your system." Please ensure that your Soundblaster hardware is properly installed," etc.
This seems like a contradiction - it is clear that the computer plug-in-play knows it's there, so why can't I install the drivers? I've done searches for this problem and cannot find a solution anywhere.
By the way, my uninstallation of the old drivers included (i) removal of the card and (ii) uninstallation using CTZAPXX.exe on the CD-ROM.
I'm at a complete loss as to what to do. I guess the question is whether the card has burned up.

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Setup could not detect any Sound Blaster Audigy card on your system

Hi from Barcelona!
I've a Soun Blaster Audigy card (Model: SB0090)
I tried to install the Audigy software and drivers from the original product CD but Setup was unable to find Augigy hardware and halted the installation!
"Setup could not detect any Sound Blaster card on your system. Please ensure that your Sound Blaster hardware is properly installed before running this Setup program"
By the way. Manually the sound drivers can be installed working only front speakers of the 5. Creative system
I tried a clean installation of Windows XP and Windows 2000 PRO (reformatted the hard dri've) but Audigy install CD still could not find Audigy hardware.
I've changed the card to a different PCI slot with the same results!!! Damaged?
What is happening? I need a solution!! Many users have this problem to with other Sound Blaster cards and models...

ADSLNEW wrote:
It seems to be an important BUG of Creative Sound Blaster Audigy cards related with EEPROM!!!
Yes, indeed, that is my theory as well. After much ****hing and on-line research, it seems that this problem has been around since 2002. From Creative Labs point of view, it appears they view this as "pilot error" -- the user has installed the card in a system that is not fully compliant with the latest standards -- specifically Microsofts ACPI (configuration and power management). A wide variety of configurations and/or actions seem to cause the PCI subsystem ID in the Audigy EEPROM to be erroneously overwritten -- including certain older motherboards, certain older PCI cards, and perhaps other actions.
Once the subsystem ID in the EEPROM is overwritten and has garbage information, many or all of the Creative applications cease working and various sound problems can arise. Attempts to reinstall the driver or update to the latest driver consistently fail becuase of the dreaded "Setup could not detect any Sound Blaster Audigy card in your system..." error message.
There appear to be four fixes:
) Get a replacement Audigy card from Creative, but <EM>only</EM> after you perform their prescribed troubleshooting steps to prove that the card is indeed the source of the problem. Apparently, the steps include installing the card in another PC. Apparently, Creative in Europe is more willing to replace your card than Creative in the US. It's up to Creative Labs whether or not they issue you an RMA ("Return Material Authorization").
However, this fix will fail if the root causes of the EEPROM error are not corrected. Apparently, Creative Tech Support isn't always a foolproof source of guidance, so the burden is on you. The root cause MUST be corrected before the new card is installed, or the same problem will happen all over again. Eliminating the root cause may involve replacing your motherboard, replacing other PCI cards, or manual configuration (disabling ACPI).
2) Reprogramming the EEPROM. This is for advanced PC owners only, because it involves desoldering the EEPROM, programming it, and resoldering (and even lifting some pins to prevent reprogramming). There are instructions on how to do this posted in the German Creative Labs discussion board, by a Russian (!). I have links for those who are interested.
3) Removing the Creative drivers and software (using Clean Sweep procedures and third party utilities), updating again using Windows XP SP2, then physically moving the card to different PCI slots (multiple times if necessary), until ACPI Bios writes the proper information into the EEPROM. You can then reload the drivers.
Again, the root causes of the problem must be removed or your fix will only be temporary (a day or two). This solution also seems to be very dependent on the specifics of your system (motherboard, PCI cards, etc.).
4) Some people have had success in by-passing the step in the driver installation process where they check for the Audigy card subsystem ID, using a utility called CTZAPxx on the installation CD. Then then manually install each of the applications they need to use.
5) Use the open source driver from the kX Project (http://kxproject.lugosoft.com/index.php). This driver (and associated utilities) does not depend on the detailed configuration of the card (i.e. they don't check subsystem ID) and appear to work fine even with cards with corrupted EEPROM.
This driver is aimed primarily at computer music applications, and opens up the on-card signal processing capabilities. The downside is that the Audigy 2 ZS does not have all of it's capabilities supported <EM>yet </EM>(e.g. Dolby Digital decoding, S/PIF passthrough, possibly some game sound features, THX, 24-bit recording, support for Hyperthreading CPUs, etc.). But scanning over the discussion boards, the user community seems to be MUCH happier with the performance and support associated with these drivers than with Creative's.
This is the direction I'm going. I'm not a big gamer and I don't really care about the latest in home theater audio performance. Basic 5. surround sound is all I care about, and I'm much more interested in computer music capabilities.
I have also lost faith in Creative Labs as a vendor to provide the support I want and need going forward. Just imagine if the Creative Labs were running the Space Shuttle program :smileysurprised:.

::"setup could not detect any sound blaster audigy on your system

Hej!
Har ominstallerat WinXP PRO och tappade bort ljudet helt! Datorn kan se ( via Windows update) att det ?ren ljudenhet installerad men kan inte hitta drivrutiner, gick d?refter in p? er sida och provade f?rst med manuell nedladdning men d? kommer ett felmed upp som lyderkonstigt t?nkte jag..Provade erat eget autodetect program men d?r hittade programmet r?tt!!
Produkter i ditt system:
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
Laddade ner och k?rde programmet och d? f?r jag medd IGEN!!....
Allts?:
Era program hittar mitt kort f?r att sedan INTE hitta mitt kort...
HJ?LP

mrbergman wrote:
Hej!
Har ominstallerat WinXP PRO och tappade bort ljudet helt! Datorn kan se ( via Windows update) att det ?ren ljudenhet installerad men kan inte hitta drivrutiner, gick d?refter in p? er sida och provade f?rst med manuell nedladdning men d? kommer ett felmed upp som lyder:"setup could not detect any sound blaster audigy on your system"..konstigt t?nkte jag..Provade erat eget autodetect program men d?r hittade programmet r?tt!!
Produkter i ditt system:
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
Laddade ner och k?rde programmet och d? f?r jag medd::"setup could not detect any sound blaster audigy on your system".. IGEN!!....
Allts?:
Era program hittar mitt kort f?r att sedan INTE hitta mitt kort...
HJ?LP
Hejssan
I think you understand english good enough (som ni alla svenskar brukar g?ra (b?ttre ?n vi finskar i alla fall)) so I just give a link to another thread on this forum.
This issue you're having, is quite common for Creative Audigy carrds (perhaps with OEM models mostly) if you just search this forum.
You can use those instructions to get some drivers installed to your card. Install drivers first and then all the Creative software you need.
You need WinRar being installed into your system to get driver package extracted. You can download it from http://www.winrar.de/edownload/winrar.html
Here is the link
.jtp

Setup could not detect any Sound Blaster Audigy 2 on your Sys

Here's the deal. I have used my Soundblaster Audigy 2 Platinum without incedent for a long time with the following box:
Asus A7V333
XP 800
.5 GB DDR 2700
I changed cases, but all of the components remained the same. Everything else went like clockwork, but no Audigy.
So I did a clean and replace of the drivers, however, I had no Audigy CD. I ordered the CD from Creative, but it looks to be a CD for the Audigy 2 XS...will this work for the Audigy 2 Platinum?
So when I go to run the CD, I get the following error:
Setup could not detect any Sound Blaster Audigy on your system.
Please ensure that your Sound Blaster Hardware is properly installed before running this Setup program
Setup will now exit.
I didn't change slots and the IRQ is still the same.
I can provide any additional documentation, i.e. screen shots of device manager, et al. to anyone interested in helping.
Also, if you li've in Chicago, I will get you drunk.
I am so irritated with this thing... I remember it being a pain in the @$$ to install the first time, but not like this.
Cheers,
-rob

Okay I ended up fixing this problem myself seeing as a lot of these forum topics just come to a dead end with no real resolution.
Let's get 'Creative' ...
I removed the reg entry hkey_local_machine/software/creative tech, removed all drivers, programs, and anything that even smelt faintly of creative.
Just to make sure I ran the CTZAPXX.exe on the cd and removed drivers again there also.
Then upon a swift reboot I used CTZAPXX.exe to install the drivers, ran the cd, unchecking the option at the bottom of the 'custom' install list to install windows drivers (as it had already been done)
Now I'm back in business
Though, all through the ages I've never had a creative soundcard, which hasn't given me trouble at some stage, man I even have shameful memories of my AWE64... Lift your game creative, you've got a great product line, just a pity the shoddy drivers sometimes let them down.
This post may be a little outdated, but it's really intended for all you googlers out there I really hope this fixes your problem!

Setup could not detect any SB Audio Card on your system..... (win XP and SB02

What do I need to do? I run it under Win XP, have installed the XP drivers but when Im trying to run the Installing Program from the original CD I get the above message...
Creative model SB 0220
Anyone has any suggestion?
Thanks

Have you tried running the "CTZAPXX.exe" or "Setup.exe" file in the "Drivers" folder in the unzipped files? It should have no problem installing the drivers, unless you have a defecti've card. You may alos need to install the programs by using the setup file in each program's folder.

"Setup could not detect................

..............any Sound Blaster Audigy 2ZS on your system."?Just installed this card in my Dell 8400. Windows detects new hardware, I cancel out, and run the SB installation disc. It says "setup could not detect blah blah blah". I was runninig with onboard sound before installing the card. I disabled onboard sound in the BIOS, but didn't uninstall the SoundMax drivers. I tried the Search function here, and didn't find anything I thought would help. If windows knows it's there why doesn't SB detect it's I've tried reseating, different slots, etc., same problem every time. HELP!

There is a free Windows tool for checking what's installed on the PCI bus. If the sound card wasn't detected then it needs re-inserted or moved to another PCI slot.
http://members.datafast.net.au/dft0802/downloads.htm
Richard S.Message Edited by redhawk000 on 0-3-200608:37 PM

"Could not detect any Soundblaster Audio card" - HE

Hi all,
Hoping someone out there can shed some light - I've read about a million posts on various forums suggesting how to solve the problem but nothing seems to work.
Everything was running just fine until I exchanged a video card. Swapped back from a nVidia Geforce 4 MX 64MB to an Asus V8200 64MB in the AGP slot. All of a sudden - no more soundcard. In Device Manager it tells me that it can see a PCI Card that it doesn't recognise and a Multimedia Audio Controller that it doesn't recognise.
Am running the following:
OS: Win2K (fully updated)
MoBo: SiS 730S (notably only 2 PCI slots and an AGP slot)
Soundcard: Soundblaster Li've! CT4670
I've tried swapping the Li've! card between the two PCI slots (including with complete uninstalls in between), have reseated both the Video and Sound cards and reinstalled drivers for the Video card AND MotherBoard.
I have a vague suspicion that the problem lies in an IRQ conflict, but the system resource tools in Windows suggest that there are no conflicts (even thought the video and sound cards are sharing IRQ ). I haven't been able to adjust the IRQ settings because if I take off the automatic settings in BIOS, Windows refuses to boot. :P
I've tried running the latest driver software from the Creative website and it just tells me that it couldn't detect any Soundblaster Audio Card. Extracted the zip file and tried to apply the drivers manually - reckons it's not the same. Tried the KX drivers - still doesn't want to talk.
The sound icon in system tray has vanished - but the system still recognises the gameport, midi controls etc.
HELP!!! Anyone got any ideas? (save going and buying new equipment?)

Have you tried running the "CTZAPXX.exe" or "Setup.exe" file in the "Drivers" folder in the unzipped files? It should have no problem installing the drivers, unless you have a defecti've card. You may alos need to install the programs by using the setup file in each program's folder.

Any sulutions for audigy 2 issues(setup could not detect the card at my pc)

i've looked for so long for a propper solution but i did not find anything usefull.
first i've downloaded the drivers and try to install them with no success.
second, i tried with the original cd, again no success.
iv'e moved the card to a diffrent slot , still nothing, always the same info when trying to install.
iv'e looked some here but there are a lot of threads about audigy, it will take a couple of years to look into all of them
i'm using win xp, my p.c is kind of new( year old), gigabite dsl motherbord if it matters.
even tried before a long time to contact your support, its a shame for this company, no single answear from you(even the other time i tried to contact you about my speakers).
hope that someone here can give an idea/s what else i can do with this.
thanks in advance
p.s
creative support/management its about time to treat your custumers or close this company, you have a lot of issues and you have zero support, your loss...

Okay I ended up fixing this problem myself seeing as a lot of these forum topics just come to a dead end with no real resolution.
Let's get 'Creative' ...
I removed the reg entry hkey_local_machine/software/creative tech, removed all drivers, programs, and anything that even smelt faintly of creative.
Just to make sure I ran the CTZAPXX.exe on the cd and removed drivers again there also.
Then upon a swift reboot I used CTZAPXX.exe to install the drivers, ran the cd, unchecking the option at the bottom of the 'custom' install list to install windows drivers (as it had already been done)
Now I'm back in business
Though, all through the ages I've never had a creative soundcard, which hasn't given me trouble at some stage, man I even have shameful memories of my AWE64... Lift your game creative, you've got a great product line, just a pity the shoddy drivers sometimes let them down.
This post may be a little outdated, but it's really intended for all you googlers out there I really hope this fixes your problem!

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Setup could nod detect any Sound Blaster Audigy 2 on your sys

I want update my Sound Blaster Audigy 2 driver. I click on Software AutoUpdate, system show me version my driver - DR release .84., than offered update to - Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 and Audigy2 ZS Driver Update .84.55, then download file SBA2_PCWDRV_LB__84_55-R.exe. I run file and see the message ".
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