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To increase performance I added 4 Gb memory (up to 6 Gb) and reinstalled from 32 b win 7 to 64 b win 7. Everything has gone OK except for the sound.
I installed Creative SB driver 6.0.1.1375 from 2010-05-05. I have sound but it is heavily distorted. I also tried driver 6.0.230.4 from 2014-02-28 but with no sound at all.
I reduced the memory at start-up to 3990 (anything less than 1024 * 4) as a hint from a Microsoft support page and with that the sound is OK.
But I would like to use all memory so my questions is:
1. Is there any driver available to get SB to work with full memory?
2. Is SB X-FI not compatible with memory above 4 GB? Which sound card shall I then upgrade to (working with main memory of 6-8 GB)? I only use the speakers for Music (spotify & iTunes) and some video and TV, no games.

Windows Upgrade Advisor says Creative X-Fi is compatible with Windows 7 64b.
I have tried the Vista 64 b driver from HP from 2007 but the installation is not fullfilled (Computer does not have the requirements for this with error code 9998). Installation is terminated.
I have placed a mp3 music file on desktop and started it with Windows media Player and iTunes. If I use RAM below 4 GB it is working fine, if I use RAM over 4 GB sound is heavily scrambled/distored. If I use a later driver from 2014 no sound at all.
I include my latest conversation with Creative Support. If no solution is to find do you think the newer sound card they propose will work?
Creative:
Based on the information you provided, the Sound Card that you have is an OEM product which means that support is handled by the PC manufacturer. Kindly check there support page if there is any driver available for the card.
You may want to try the latest driver that we have for the retail version. This is unsupported.
http://files.creative.com/manualdn/Drivers/AVP/13079/0x4967B6B7/SBXF_PCDRV_L11_2_30_0004.exe
My reply:
HP does not have any driver to support.
The 2_30_004 driver you gave a link to is not working with X Fi. I tried
once more. And if I run a Creative Auto Update the recommendation is to
use it but in the comment it is written that it should not be used for X
Fi. The result is the same, no sound, and if I use Spotify I even get a
message that the sound card is not working.
My conclusion is that my sound card is not compatible with windows 7 64
b with memory above 4 GB.
Have you any proposals what I shall change to?
Creative reply:
You may want to check the Sound Blaster Z to replace your current sound card.
http://en.europe.creative.com/p/sound-blaster/sound-blaster-z

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