Sound Blaster Cinema with z87 g45

Hi to all.
I have the z87 g45 motherboard and I can't use Sound Blaster. When I open it, there's this text:
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The current audio device is disabled, not present, not supported by the application, or has unplugged jack connestions. Do you want to select another audio device now?
And if I click Yes
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There is no supported audio device available.
I already have installed che realtek hd audio, so what's the problem? Thanks.

Same Problem here. System is irrelevant. Got the Problem on Win7 64b; Win8 64b and Win8.1 64b ... Seems to have happened after updating Sound drivers on my PC. Couldn't even get it back with reinstallation of Windows in general!

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Realtek HD audio manager vs Sound blaster cinema 2

Hey guys,
Quick question. I have an MSI GAMING 5 motherboard and I have both Realtek HD audio manager and Sound blaster cinema 2 installed. Can I remove one? Which one provides the best sound through headphones (Razer Kraken)?

As okultis said, you can have both.
The Realtek HD audio manager is the driver and manager for the actual sound card itself.
The Sound Blaster Cinema 2 is mainly software that works in conjunction with the audio card driver to give it some more advanced features.
You don't NEED the Sound Blaster Cinema 2 software, but it's generally good to have it installed. It will improve the sound output under many conditions.

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As okultis said, you can have both.
The Realtek HD audio manager is the driver and manager for the actual sound card itself.
The Sound Blaster Cinema 2 is mainly software that works in conjunction with the audio card driver to give it some more advanced features.
You don't NEED the Sound Blaster Cinema 2 software, but it's generally good to have it installed. It will improve the sound output under many conditions.

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I have the 970 Gaming with the board-isolated RealTek 1150 & the frequency booster integrated into the circuit design, and I'm very pleased with it--I'm actually surprised that the quality of sound seems (to my ears at least) noticeably superior to the sound of the RealTek 892 in my last motherboard (a MSI G46-970.)
I'm running Windows 10x64 build 10122 at the moment, with the RealTek 6.0.1.7503 drivers, and everything is great--no problems, no hiccups at all. Very pleasing. But I am puzzled by the SB Cinema 2 software that is meant to overlay the standard RealTek 1150 driver software--I can't see what it is supposed to do... I've actually uninstalled it completely because I think the 1150 sounds much better with the unvarnished RealTek drivers and nothing else. This is really not surprising to me--only logical. Yet I'm wondering if there is some purpose to the SB Cinema 2 software that I have somehow missed because it doesn't seem worthwhile for MSI to put the software in the 970 Gaming package--unless there's something I'm missing somehow.
I've tried every configuration I could think of for the 1150 & the SB Cinema 2 software--can't escape that the sound quality is simply better by a large degree if I uninstall the Creative software. If someone could shed some light on the purpose of this software I'd surely appreciate it...

Quality is measurable, but what you are talking about is personal preference.
The Sound Blaster Cinema is altering or "enhancing" the sound which may not be to your taste (or mine).
IMO it takes less than a day for the ear to get used to any sound environment, and the sound chips now a days are super no matter which one it is.
Are you using the same speakers/headphones you have used with the 892, same settings?
Bottom line is, why worry about it, if you are happy with your sound without Sound Blaster Cinema than just don't use it

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Hello everyone,
For a few months I've been using a GE60, and I've been more satisfied than I was expecting to be by far (for someone who is afraid to put money into a more-than-decent notebook because of lack of upgrades), however one department in which this notebook lacks has to be audio software. Sound blaster Cinema has become one of the only banes in my daily use with this notebook. Pretty much all I do is either play CubeWorld or listen to music.. and when doing either of these two things, both, or anything else involving audio, the automatic volume leveler, at least with any pair of headphones or earbuds, is far too under-intelligent to be considered anywhere near convenient. Even on the Quiet setting it will slowly raise the volume of anything without constant bass to the point that, in the default mixer, 3% volume sounds like 70-80% volume. This can become annoying if I'm doing something IRL while listening to music and cannot instantly correct the volume, or whenever I don't want to continually correct the volume to suffice for changes in songs, for example when a bass line in a song ends, Sound Blaster starts to slowly boost the volume of the song to what (very) closely amounts to full volume, regardless of distortion.
Additionally, this software is of a novice level since, in replacement of an actual equalizer, it has a 'crystalizer' which is not very useful to someone who wants to tune their audio. I've searched for any feasible alternatives to no avail, and made this post to ask, are there any alternatives to Sound Blaster Cinema compatible with the GE60 that at least include an actual equalizer?
Thanks for your time in at least reading this lengthy post.

Hi nevrean,
It's been said by others that audio driver and audio system management software for computers is some of the worst in the industry and I agree. I don't have a GE60, but if I did, the first thing I would do is find our what audio DSP is on the motherboard. You can get an idea from the Windows Device Manager. Look for your main audio device under "Sound, video and game controllers". Ignore the ones for your video card (which work via its HDML and/or mDP outputs).
For example, my MSI GT80 Titan-001 lists the following:
Sound, video and game controllers
----NVIDIA High Definition Audio
----NVIDIA Virtual Audio Device (Wave Extensible) (WDM)
----Realtek High Definition Audio
In my case, the motherboard audio DSP is from Realtek and it's their high-definition part which is good. Hopefully you have a Realtek part also.
If you do, go to the Windows Control Panel and select Programs > "Uninstall a program" and remove your Sound Blaster Cinema software. It should restore the Realtek HD Audio Manager to its original state which includes a graphic EQ.
My GT80 came with Sound Blaster Cinema v2 and, in my opinion, it is pure junk. The sound quality is terrible (I've worked in the pro audio industry since the early 1980s) and it's user interface is beyond awful. This isn't new---Creative Labs (or Creative Technologies) has consistently turned out lousy audio software. It's a shame because their hardware isn't bad.
But the Sound Blaster Cinema v2 software took over part of the Realtek HD Audio Manager in my GT80 and removed it's acoustic environment settings, EQ presets and graphic equalizer options in favor of its own. Uninstalling the Sound Blaster Cinema software restored the Realtek stuff. Perhaps this will work for you as well.
If, on the other hand, you have a different audio DSP on your motherboard, you'll need to do an online search for audio drivers and managers for it (usually the audio management software comes with and is installed with the audio driver). And you'll probably need to find out the specific model and version of your DSP.
Kind regards, David

Sound Blaster Cinema 2 Msi Z97 Xpower? Where?

Good night
I recently removed the sound card to test the sound of the motherboard and have to say that the sound is very poor, lacking punch and bass.
I have read that the sound quality is very good but I do not see it.
I have read that using the Creative Sound Blaster Cinema 2 software but once I install it tells me it is not compatible. Does this benefit?
I use headphones Philips Fidelio X1 and the difference with my sound card is beastly.
My previous motherboard, Asus Maximus Formula V had better sound but do not see it this time.
Help me because you might place the sound card in another computer to the living room.
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I had this problem before, try uninstall the Sound Blaster Cinema 2 software, and reinstall again.
When installing the Sound Blaster Cinema 2, it seems take longer time to complete the installation.
Maybe it not installed properly, cause the not compatible problem.

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I recently purchased an "Audigy2 Value" card from an eBay user, because I recently purchased some DVD-Audio discs. I downloaded the Audigy2 drivers from the website, and the Creative MediaSource player. 5. Surround sound worked fine for me, though sometimes the driver would reset to the default 2/2. sound and I would have to re-select 5. sound, which was annoying.
Then I was completely unable to get the MediaSource player to recognise my DVD-Audio discs, and the EAX functionality of the player would never work. The EAX logo never appeared in the player. When I tried installing the MediaSource player from an install disc, I got the message "can not detect sound blaster card". Then I discovered the world of EEPROM problems.
I followed advice from some other threads, including using ScanPCI to get information on the card, which yielded the following result.
When installed on my machine (Asus A7A266 motherboard) the ScanPCI reads:
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Device 0008h Unknown
Command 0005h (I/O Access, BusMaster)
Status 0290h (Has Capabilities List, Supports Back-To-Back Trans., Medium Timing)
Revision 00h, Header Type 00h, Bus Latency 20h
Self test 00h (Self test not supported)
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Subsystem ID 0002h Unknown
Subsystem Vendor 02h Creative Labs
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Supports power state D
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On another machine (specs unknown, it's a "house pc") I got this (with 3 entries!):
Vendor 02h Creative Labs
Device 0002h EMU0K Audio Chipset (SB Li've!)
Command 0004h (BusMaster)
Status 0290h (Has Capabilities List, Supports Back-To-Back Trans., Medium Timing)
Revision 04h, Header Type 80h, Bus Latency 20h
Self test 00h (Self test not supported)
PCI Class Multimedia, type Audio
Subsystem ID 002002h CT4850 SBLi've! Value
Subsystem Vendor 02h Creative Labs
Address 0 is an I/O Port : 00009000h
New Capabilities List Information :
Power Management Capabilities
Current Power State : D0 (Device fully-operational, no power saving)
Vendor 02h Creative Labs
Device 7002h PCI Gameport Joystick
Command 0004h (BusMaster)
Status 0290h (Has Capabilities List, Supports Back-To-Back Trans., Medium Timing)
Revision 0h, Header Type 80h, Bus Latency 20h
Self test 00h (Self test not supported)
PCI Class Input, type Other
Subsystem ID 002002h PCI Gameport Joystick
Subsystem Vendor 02h Creative Labs
Address 0 is an I/O Port : 00008800h
New Capabilities List Information :
Power Management Capabilities
Current Power State : D0 (Device fully-operational, no power saving)
Vendor 02h Creative Labs
Device 0008h Unknown
Command 0004h (BusMaster)
Status 0290h (Has Capabilities List, Supports Back-To-Back Trans., Medium Timing)
Revision 00h, Header Type 00h, Bus Latency 20h
Self test 00h (Self test not supported)
PCI Class Multimedia, type Audio
Subsystem ID 0002h PCI Gameport Joystick (Guess Only!)
Subsystem Vendor 02h Creative Labs
Address 0 is an I/O Port : 00008400h
New Capabilities List Information :
Power Management Capabilities
Supports power state D2
Supports power state D
Current Power State : D0 (Device fully-operational, no power saving)
(Just a note: above you can clearly see that it does not say I have an Audigy, it thinks it is a SBLi've. Is this normal? The card IS an Audigy 2, it says so on the card.)
So, I put the card back on my own PC, thinking this has fixed my EEPROM, but I get the same as before. Subsystem ID 0002h. And of course the install software will not detect the card.
I realise that I could go back to using the web drivers, but this still leaves me with MediaSource not recognising the card and not enabling DVD-Audio or EAX, which is why I bought the card in the first place!
I have heard that the VIA chipset is possibly to blame for the EEPROM problems on the Audigy cards, and certainly it seems like it is not permanent, since it gave different information on the other PC. So now I am seriously considering getting a new motherboard.
Do other motherboards cause this same problem? I don't want to buy another board and get the same trouble. All I want is to be able to install my MediaSource and have it recognise my card so I can listen to my DVD-Audio discs.
Cheers,
Russ.

Figured out my problem. Installing the drivers from the web to begin with was a bad idea. They just did not work properly with the card.
The "card not found" problem has gone as well, after installing it in another PC. I am also using the proper install disc now, as the other one I was using turned out to not be for the Audigy 2 value after all, but was an Audigy 2 install disc. That easily explains the "Card not found" error. The differing results from the ScanPCI program are still bizarre, though.
Thanks to all of the people on the forum who posted information in other threads to help me deal with this issue. For now I am sticking with the original drivers from the disc and I am not upgrading.

USB Live! Sound Blaster 24bit with poppi

Hi. A month or two ago I purchased my usb connected Li've! Sound Blaster 24bit from CompUSA. It has worked fine with my logitech 5. speakers. Yesterday, I bought a 60gig Maxtor harddri've from compusa, also USB. Since I installed that, my sound has been having loud pop sounds once in a while, especially when data is being transfered to the harddri've. I have a 400watt powersuply, amd athlon single core processor, gig ram, onboard harddri've, a geforce nvida 7800gt graphics card. The video card has a printed requirement of 350watts. The harddri've has its own powercord, and the usb that connects it to my PC, and so do the logitech speakers I have both the sound blaster and the harddri've plugged into the rear of my PC.
The poping sound happens about twice, then the sound blaster box makes a click sound and turns off. When I unplug, then plug it back in or press the mute button on it, it comes back on, but I have to restart whatever application that was playing the sound because it no longer works. For instance, if I'm listening to music on iTunes, and the card turns off, I have to close iTunes and reopen it or no sound will come from that application, same goes for media players, web based sound i.e. youtube. When the card turns off, the green and blue light on the front turn off, while I can still see a red glow from the 'optical output' slot.
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It's not referring to the cable. That information is referring to your computer USB controller. If your computer USB controller is only USB . then you will face the limitation.
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- Center (Sound: NO SOUND)
- Front Right (Sound: OK, Speaker: OK)
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The wired are set correctly i checked it and I dont know what it might be wrong. Drivers are ok and everything are installed. Help please.

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Does anyone know how I can get my sound blaster li've platinium with li've dri've setup to work under XP? I have tried almost everything, ran the updated which I downloaded from this site and nothing. The li've dri've unit gets no sound out of the headphone port, not even a hiss. I can get sound if I connect directly to the ports on the card, but that defeats the purpose. Under 98 this thing rocked, but it has never worked under XP.
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Remove the little cover on the optical output to check for power, if the light shines there then there should be power going to the dri've.
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I have a Asus P5WD2 Premium motherboard and a Thermaltake Armor case, im not satisfied with the onboard sound of this motherboard and i want to buy a Sound Blaster X-FI XtremeMusic. My question is, the case has on the top some ports for audio and speaker that is possible to connect with the motherboard through jumpers, does the sound blaster card has jumpers to connect to my case upper ports?
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Hello! I recently bought the MSI Z97 Gaming 7. and everything went well. but after everything was done and set up i would open sound blaster and find that even with my subwoofer hooked into the back Audio port, the option to turn it on is disabled I cannot figure out how to fix it, and cannot find anything on google to fix it either. i have my speakers set up as 5.1, but let me be specific. I have an Altec Lansing XA3021 2.1 (2 front speakers one subwoofer) plugged into the front speaker plug, and then a Yamaha Subwoofer plugged into the Center/sub plug. with Realtek it ALL works fine. but on sound blaster the yamaha will not produce sound and the bass option is greyed out. what can I do?

You can't enable or change the bass setting in 5.1. It will be disabled.
Bass option only available to setting below 5.1 ( Quadraphonic , Stereo and Headphone)
Click the check where my cursor is set on to enable it.
You won't get any bass, unless in stereo/Quad/Headphone setting.
If you have a decent speakers with subwoofer and you want a quacking sound
you may consider getting sound card (real X-fi).
It's much better with treble and bass control plus more options.
That's what I am using.

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Hi, I recently decided to built a PC for the first time.
I bought the Z87-G45 GAMING model motherboard. Everything appeared to have installed fine, but I'm having issues connecting to the internet. The onboard LAN is enabled but it doesn't detect any connection to the internet when it's wired in. The USB slots only seem to work every other time as well which
It is running Windows 7 with a SSD and the latest generation Haswell i5. Everything was, I hope, installed correctly and it gets to the desktop no problem. It just doesn't detect Internet nor mouse
Are there any suggestions or anything I'm doing wrong?
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Agree with Bern. You probably do not have your intel chipset/lan drivers installed. They also get disabled if you do a safeboot. Make sure you either run the cd it came with and install the intel drivers or download them from another computer and put it on a flash drive.
It is best practice to download the drivers from online instead of the CD the mobo came with, BUT without the drivers you can not use the LAN connection regardless of what the bios says. Just use the CD and update the drivers afterwards.
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