Sound Blaster Mic Probl

Hey I installed my SoundBlaster Audiology 2 ZS Gamer and my mic does not work any more. Can someone help me?

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    mja8784 wrote:
    I have an older sound blaster Li've card. It stopped working so I tried to install new drivers for it. That diddnt work. I tried to let creative labs web sight try to do it automaticly, but it says no creative labs?sound device found. So I took a working card, "The same Kind" and put that one in.
    When I restarted windows, it told me it found new hardware, but it said it diddnt want to install the new drivers that I downloaded because windows diddnt test them yet. I installed them anyway. This?card does the?same thing the one I took out did. When I play music?in winamp I get an error? No Sound Device Found. In media player I get windows cannot play this file there may be a problem with a sound of video device. I checked out my video card it seems to be working. I think I may have changed some settings somewhere but I cant seem to find anything myself. I would just upgrade but I'm afraid There might be something else wrong. Anyone can help I would aprecieate it Thanks in advance
    I would really suggest formatting your harddisk and install the os afresh. If the sound card suddenly stop working, most likely it bode signs of the os having some problem already.

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    mja8784 wrote:
    I have an older sound blaster Li've card. It stopped working so I tried to install new drivers for it. That diddnt work. I tried to let creative labs web sight try to do it automaticly, but it says no creative labs?sound device found. So I took a working card, "The same Kind" and put that one in.
    When I restarted windows, it told me it found new hardware, but it said it diddnt want to install the new drivers that I downloaded because windows diddnt test them yet. I installed them anyway. This?card does the?same thing the one I took out did. When I play music?in winamp I get an error? No Sound Device Found. In media player I get windows cannot play this file there may be a problem with a sound of video device. I checked out my video card it seems to be working. I think I may have changed some settings somewhere but I cant seem to find anything myself. I would just upgrade but I'm afraid There might be something else wrong. Anyone can help I would aprecieate it Thanks in advance
    I would really suggest formatting your harddisk and install the os afresh. If the sound card suddenly stop working, most likely it bode signs of the os having some problem already.

  • SOUND BLASTER X-FI PLATINUM - MIC NOT WORKING... NEED ANSWER

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  • Sound Blaster Z headphone/mic not working. I am sad :(

    Hello I bought a Sound Blaster Z yesterday. I am running Windows 8.1
    I have a Turtlebeach X12 headset and when I plug the mic/headphone jacks into the Sound Blaster Z I get no sound when swapping to headphones in the SB-Z control panel and also my microphone is not detected. I am using the latest drivers, I have disabled my on-board audio and uninstalled its drivers, and my X12 usb is plugged in for power. I also have double checked the connections from the headset to the SB-Z itself several times.
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    Glad you got to resolve your issue!
    We would really appreciate it if you could post how you were able to resolve it (if it is not too much trouble on your side).
    This is so that other forum members who might experience the same issue can be referred to this particular thread.
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  • Sound Blaster Live 24bit External (5.1) Mic-In / Line-In prob

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    at drivers?
    IF you mean those third part yASIO drivers they limit to 6 bit recording whic hisn't an issue wuth Acid pro, it's the bandwith and asio offset. DO you ahve a link?

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    I became fed up so I decided to buy a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio sound card thinking that would be the end of my mic problems (Yes i did uninstall everything related to the on board audio from ASUS and disabled on board audio in BIOS). Last week I ditched my on board audio for a Creative X-Fi sound card from Scan.co.uk. It worked instantly out the box, I installed the drivers that were provided on the CD that came with the sound card. The auto updater then update the drivers to the latest. However up until today the problem has started with the Creative card. It started with a friend saying he could hear train like sounds coming from my mic in game and I decided to check it out with Windows sound recorded and in fact the problem has resurfaced. I can record fine up until I stop and start again. Occasionally when I restart recording the interference/high pitched noise starts, I can tell by the graphic line moving up and down without me making any sound.
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    Motherboard: ASUS P5B-Deluxe WiFi
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    Bump.
    I am having this issue as well.
    Got an eVGA nForce 680i MoBo, never had other problems with it.
    This is the second problem I have with my Xtreme Audio, and should nobody have a response, I will be sending it back where it came from.
    I am sick of the terrible support Creative offers. :-(

  • Sound Blaster ZX mic muffled and low volume

    Hey guys!
    I'm having a bit of trouble with the microphone bundled with the ZX card. The ACM mic that is.
    I'm not sure if it's the card or the mic, but my problem is that when recording or talking on Skype/TeamSpeak, my voice if very low (even tho I have all sliders maxed out) and it's muffled. It basically sounds like I'm talking in to a pillow.
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    I got to have both the volume and the mic boost maxed out in the Sound Blaster control panel to even hear myself at all. If I turn the noise reduction off the sound gets a bit clearer, but the static noise gets so bad it's unbearable.
    Is my card faulty or is this a driver issue?

    I have exactly the same problem. On Teamspeak my friends were complaining that I was barely audible and sounded muffled/distorted. I tried plugging my logitech desktop mic into the soundblaster, but this didn't solve the issue - so I presume the problem is not with the ACM mic. I also tried playing with the settings in the control panel, but this had little effect. Increasing the boost to 30db improves it slightly, but then the mc also starts picking up my fans and even movement from the headphone cable. Possibly a driver issue???
    Like you I have had to resort to plugging my microphone into the onboard sound card.
    In fact I've just realised that this problem is being discussed in another thread: http://forums.creative.com/showthrea...=699346&page=2

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    Come on somebody should know!!

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