Sound blaster live! 5.1 with a Audigy1 I/O Drive bay

Question

OK, heres the deal. i've had my Audigy with I/O dri've bay for a while now and have been very happy with it, shunning on-board sound throughout numerous upgrades of my PC. the thing i love about it the most is the dri've bay because i used it to record samples and songs in general as well as hook up my decks and have my friends use it as an amp for his guitar when he comes around to jam with me. now heres the snag, over the last couple of months my computer has been shutting down as and when it pleases. When i consulted my computer expert friend he was convinced it was the sound card dying, I refused to accept it (obviously). But sure enough, 2 months down the line, its toast. Understandably im devastated and would have gone down to the shops to buy a new one if i was not a student and real short of the green stuff. I had an idea of a tempoary measure that would?keep me going until i have the cash. So I went through my huge box of obsolete computer boards and found a soundblaster Li've! 5. which i notice has the same AUD_EXT pins as the Audigy . Is it possible to?connect the SB li've 5. with the audigy dri've bay? and if so how can i do it'sAny help on this matter would be extremely appreciated. Thanks - disgruntled student DJ?PS The SB li've has the model no. ?SB000

Answer 1

job done! i spent all night looking through forums and doin homework on it to make sure, before i stuck it in and, knowing my luck blew up the entire PC lol.the SB Li've! 5. is the same as the platinum version of the same model?but without the 'Li've Dri've IR'. the main difference between the Audigy dri've and the li've dri've being the inclusion of a firewire port on the Audigy version. So i've lost a Firewire port? Not exactly,?i had a slot gathering dust on my motherboard which the cable slotted nicely into. Score!I went and got the Sound Blaster Li've! 5. Platinum drivers from the Creative website and installed them instead, which as far as i could see were probably the same as the non platinum version. they installed without a hitch. followed by playcenter, and the rest of the garbage i didnt bother with. except the remote center, because the remote is another useful tool. but?for some stupid reason, creative?felt it nessesary only to release an update for the remote center and not the full install. It would tell me that i needed a full version of remote center to continue. so another 2 hours of looking for the full copy of the remote center ensued. Eventually, i ?went to the one and only DriverGuide.com (which is a god send) and found version .40. This for some reason didnt want to complete installation and i had to shut it down via task manager. but enough of it had installed so i could install the Update and have a fully funtional, bodged up Audigy/SB Li've! with operational firewire and remote! im happy, but im goin bed lol.just thought id post, just in case anyone else happens to be in this crazy and unlikely situation.Happy student DJ!