Soundblaster Live! 24-bit No Sound Prob

I installed this sound card on my windows xp sp2 comp and it worked fine, I went to install the same soundblaster li've! 24-bit card on my windows 2000 sp4 comp and installation went fine. My problem is I get no sound what so ever on my windows 2000 comp and my windows xp comp did, I tried plugging in different speakers, headphones, and any other audio devices I could find that I know worked(tested on numerous things besides my windows 2000 comp) and nothing works. Driver version is 5.2..34, which came directly off the CD from the retail box that I purchase. I could not find any new drivers for this sound card off Creative's website, so I figure there wasn't any new releases. My sound panel has all my volume controls at 00%, the Creative Surround Mixer has all my volume controls set at 00%, and I know for a fact I have everything plugged in correct(Audio output device plugged into green, mic plugged into blue, nothing in orange or black). Any help would be much appreciated,
Thanks.
EDIT: System specs are;
AMD Athlon XP 2200+, 768mb RAM, Radeon 9600xt, FIC motherboard.
Message Edited by Seventhwind on 2-3-2004 0:02 AM

Seventhwind,
Did you check Speaker Settings application and ensure that the Digital Output Only option has not been enabled.
Also disable any onboard audio from the BIOS if any.
Jason

Similar Messages

Soundblaster live platinum 5.1 sound prob

I have Soundblaster li've platinum 5.. I have just formatted and restored all my software.
I can not get any sound from the inputs from the front panal of my sound card.
I am using XP. If I uninstall the software for sound card i can then get sound through an instrument plugged into the dual line in/mic socket. But as soon as i reistall the software it goes.
I have downloaded the patch from the site, all updates for xp service packs are installed.
I have installed the sound card then service pack and then vice versa but still nothing.
HELP its driving me somewhat mad.
Andy suggestions will be greatly recieved.
cheers
sloman

halfnuts wrote:
Pay special attention to the replies from Creative staff as they are the most helpful.
I can appreciate sarcasm as much as the next person, but I think you should take a look at the announcement at the top of each board: "These forums are primarily intended for user interaction. Read more."
sloman - it would be strange the driver stops working once you install the driver. Did you check the mixer (when the driver is installed)? You didn't mention which options are set there, but as long as this is all selected it should work. Do the headphones work on the dri've then? Can you record from the input on the back of the card?
Cat

Blue screen after installing creative soundblaster live 24-bit exter

hey,have a bit of a prob here...i get random crashes after installing my external soundcard which i've just bought...i'll get the blue screen everytime it happens but unable 2 catch the blue screen msg as it flashes for 2 secs...anywayz i'll explain my com setting...i'm using a acer travelmate 270,about 3 yrs old now...it has 3 usb . ports at the rear n i added 2 usb 2.0 slots via pcmcia card...i connect my external hard disk using the 2 usb ports at the back as port has not enuf power..so that leaves port...n the pcmcia card ports i attach a external cd burner n a usb 2.0 hub....could it be that the error msg im getting is due to the lack of current in my laptop?is there a way 2 check the power capacity on the usb ports?the blue screen has appeared numerous times alredi n is very annoying...but i managed to solve the prob though for now when i go to control panel/sounds and audio devices..then under the volume tab,i goto speaker settings/advanced/performance..in here,i lower the hardware acceleration bar to the 2nd bar n the sample rate conversion quality bar to the st bar ...the crashes haven't happenned so far....but just wanna get anyone's opinion on why the blue screen crashes happen...isit bcoz my laptop is unable 2 supply sufficient power to the external soundcard when functioning at its full capacity?(causing me 2 lower its performance via lowering the bar)any help would be much appreciated...thanx.....

Have you try installing the X2 Dual core processor driver?
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/..._87_38,00.html
Jason

My analogue 5.1 Sound System doesnt work on Soundblaster live 24-bit soundcard

Hello!
I have a WavemasterMX-5 5. Surround Sound System with Subwoofer (=http://www.hms-media.de/EN/?Tab=Products&Group=3&Product=7) and it doesnt work on the Soundblaster li've 24 bit.
I have installed all the drivers properly and the card seems to be working ok.... 
But i have a analogue Surround Sound System what must i do to get this working?
Is it possible to add a converter that can transform; digital to analogue signal? Or can i change some settings >?
Plzzzzz Help me !!! I love my music :smileyindifferent:
Greetz Axz:.

> i have surround sound only when i play *.acc files but with *.mp3 files it doesnt work
You'll have to enable surround matrix decoding for stereo material. There are several analog encoding standards (Dolby Surround, Dolby ProLogic, Dolby ProLogic II) but Creative's driver doesn't have an official decoder for any of them Instead, they provide their home-grown decoders and call them CMSS or DTS NEO:6. I can only assume they want to dodge Dolby's license payments by not supporting familiar standards. Anyway, you will find the CMSS modes in the driver or, in case of NEO, in their mediasource player. NEO - because it's in a player and not in the driver - is out of reach for other players such as WinAmp or multimedia and TV software.
If you plan to listen to music only, the Creative CMSS matrix decoders ("upmix") might satisfy you. If you plan to watch movies or watch TV, you will find that, with exception of DTS NEO:6, they are not good at all. A ProLogic II decoder sounds much better. If you are lucky, your player has a software ProLogic decoder. For example, WinDVD has one. Unfortunately, in that case the soundcard's high tech DSP - which you payed $$$ for - will not be used at all.
An alternati've solution for non-gamers (for movies and music) is to install the kx driver from the kx project at http://kxproject.lugosoft.com/index.php?language=en
For music, this driver - strangely enough - not only sounds better than Creative's own player, it is also far more configurable. For example, if your center speaker is from a differerent brand than the main speakers, you can put an equalizer before it. Or you can redirect bass from small speakers to larger speakers and not just to the subwoofer, as is the case with Creative's drivers. The options are endless. You can even create totally different configurations for different situations (movie/music/...) and switch on the fly. Other benefits: the driver is very small and very fast, everything happens instantly. However, its user interface is weird and the project lacks documentation. You will need determination on the first day. Afterwards, you will be able to configure your music/movie system to sound far better than with Creative's driver and customize details that simply can not be customized with the official driver. And the best thing: everything will run inside the card's DSP and the computer's CPU is free to do other stuff. Btw, the link above leads you to the last official release. If you read their forum, you will find a more recent beta release from this year.Message Edited by mirko on 0-2-2005 0:22 PM

Help I need to locate a driver for my soundblaster live 24 bit soundcard

My son has been given the following PC games for christmas:-
Command & Conquer 3,
Command & Conquer Red Alert 3,
Arma; Armed Assault,
Medal of Honour: Airborne
The problem he is having installing these 4 games is this. About half way through installation an error message appears that quite simply states "The software you are installing does not bear a WHQL signed driver. This software will not be installed".
The PC we are running is a Dell Dimension 900, that we purchased about 4 years ago, and it was bespoke.
I have run DxDiagnostics and it tells me that the driver for the graphics card is called p7.sys and the sound card are not WHQL logo'd, so how the hell do i download a driver for my soundblaster Li've 24 bit, that does? bear a digital signatre that is WHQL Logo'd. I hope you can help, me please.
Message Edited by simonwicker on 2-26-2008 2:9 PMMessage Edited by simonwicker on 2-26-2008 2:25 [email protected]

Re: Help I need to locate a driver for my soundblaster li've 24 bit soundcard? I guess you and your son are currently using windows xp. Well, what you can do is now is ignoring the WQHL pop-up window and choose the "install anyway" option during the installation of the soundcard driver, since WQHL only means the driver is tested by Microsoft and nothing more; drivers without the WQHL qualification does not mean they are bad drivers, they usually works as good as the WQHL ones.
Ofcourse you can also download the official drivers for the mentioned Soundblaster li've 24bit at Creative Labs support/download site.
here is it:
[url="http://uk.europe.creative.com/support/downloads/download2.asp?MainCategory=&Product=035&dlcentric= 025&Product_Name=Li've%2+24-bit&filetype=&OSName=Windows+XP">Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Value/SE/LS and Sound Blaster Li've! 24-bit XP and Windows Vista Pack .04.0077 (63.39 MB)?[/url]
The driver is for all Soundblaster Audigy Value, SE, LS and Soundblaster Li've 24bit, since they are all based on the CA-006 soundchip (with other words Creative Labs renamed the soundcard several times). Also this driver should be WQHL-ed (if not, choose "install anyway" option during installation of the soundcard driver). Make sure you have uninstalled the older driver before installing the new one. For troubleshooting use utilies like "Driver Cleaner" or "Driver Sweeper" (google for Guru3D and go to the site and their download section to get the utilities/tools) to clean up the junk files of the older driver that are left in the Windows OS.
Good luck and Merry Christmas!!!
Message Edited by CTman on 2-26-2008 0:2 [email protected]

Sound Blaster Live 24-bit PCI Sound Card and Creative Sound Blaster PCI Card not detect

Ok here is my problem. I bought a Creative Sound Blaster PCI sound card a while back and it was working fine but recently when I would boot up my computer and try to play music say off of Winamp it says Bad DirectSound Driver. When I check device manager it shows no sound card there and in sounds and audio devices it says no audio device. Now my brother believed this to be a card fault so we went to Frys and bought a Sound Blaster Li've 24-bit PCI card. I uninstalled the old drivers and installed this new one but yet it's the same problem. My assumption was that Windows XP had something conflicting so I reinstalled the OS. It found the card and I installed the latest drivers?off of this site but now it does the same thing yet again with a fresh install of Windows XP. The card has been in all 3 of my PCI slots and it will detect it for a moment but then acts like as if the card was never installed. Like I never installed a sound card into the computer. The onboard audio has been disabled for a while now but I do not know what the problem could be. I did Scan for hardware changes but it doesn't show up. Sometimes when the card is detected if I do scan for hardware changes and the card is there it will just magically disappear from the device manager as if it was never there. Even when I try to load music and I see the card is detected it will not play the music and ends up locking up Winamp to the point that sometimes will go BSOD. Now I would really like to find out what the issue is because I am planning this weekend to swap out my motherboard with a duplicate board to see if that will end up fixing the problem but I want to find out if there is any other way to fix this issue. Thank you.Message Edited by AuXoIs on 02-25-200808:28 PM

Hmm what other options is there for the bios on PCI slots?Also anything you connect to the motherboard can have oxidization (I think its that) build up on the connection. Check the connector on the card and get a eraser (Pen eraser is better) and give it a good cleaning. The connector might have alot of build-up on it and you can see it by a dark yellowy colour. I cleaned my graphics card and ram connectors after they got alot of the build-up on them. On a older computer my graphics stopped working and this fixed it. Also I went away for a while (like a month) and came back to see that my puter didn't display anything. Opened it up and saw that the graphic card had alot of corrosion? on the card connector and in the slot. Does that if you computer is turned of for a long time. Had a heck of time trying to clean the slot out. One other thing that it could be is the sound card is faulty. I had an audigy 2 and it died a while back . It picks it up and then try and use it computer freezes and the after restart it's not there anymore. Hope it's not that problem. Hope this gives you something to go by.

SoundBlaster Live! vs Onboard Sound

#Hey guys, I just have a simple question to ask you as I'm pretty uneducated when it comes to sound cards. I have an onboard soundcard thats on my ASUS A8N CM VSM that uses SoundMax drivers, simple stuff. I also have a SoundBlaster Li've! from an old computer. Just wondering, is the SB Li've a better card? Would it be beneficial for me to install it's?
Thanks

'Re: SoundBlaster Li've! vs Onboard Sound-Well, technically, yes, even such an oldie will be better than that built-in sound that you have. But in fact, the difference is not that huge. When listening to loud?music?you'll hardly notice the difference between, say, 80 and 90 db noise that these cards provide. I?compared my old SB Li've! (SB000) with such an embedded codec and I only noticed some timbral differences: in my case the built-in codec didn't produce as rich bass and clear treble as the Li've!
Plus, the Li've! card supports EAX in games. Plus, with Li've! you can play MIDI with Soundfonts (SF2), although today it's not an often used feature.
The only problem with Li've! is drivers. If you?use Vista or Windows7, then there is no official driver. You only can use alternati've drivers like Vista Support Pack by Daniel_K or the one from KXProject (better). But if you have more than 2 gigs of memory installed or an x64 OS, then both drivers will be half-working (there will be a problem with MIDI playback).
So it's up to you. My advice is to use Li've! with KX-driver.

BATTLEFIELD 2 HELP! Problems with onboard Soundblaster Live 24-bit 7.1 in Battlefield

with the hardware sound option selected, the voiceovers are totally stuttery, but all other sounds come through well. The reason im posting is because i was wondering if anyone had found a fix for the stuttering. Apparently Creative doesnt care about its customers and hasnt fixed it yet, so if anyone knows a "hack" or driver edit to fix it, please let me know. The hardware option makes such GREAT use of my 7. as opposed to the Software mode. Also, if there is no fix, how can i disable the Voice overs, because the option in the Audio menu doesnt seem to do anything. Thanks.

I have the same problem and no knows what to do is it a msi k8v diamond motherbord

Soundblaster Live 24 bits questi

Hi all, I would like to know why I Can't touch my Bass and Treble setting with this soundcard? And what should I do to be able to use those settings again. Thx

And I have another problem with this stupid soundcard... when I use my microphone on ventrilo or teamspeak one time or another people doesnt hear what I say they only hear a weird sound like if i was blowing in my microphone and my friend has the same problem with his... WHY?

ALsa + Soundblaster Live 5.1 + 5.1 Sound

HI there!
I finally bought a 5.1 Surround System today, but I have a major problem. Only the Subwoofer, Fron-Left- and Front-Right-Speakers are working, no Sound from Center, Surround-Left- and Surround-Right-Speakers
Here is my modules.conf, Alsa-Page says it should work:
# module : ALSA
alias char-major-116 snd
alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1 snd_cards_limit=1
options snd-emu10k1 snd_index=0 snd_id="EMU10K1" snd_extout=0x1f0f
# OSS/Free portion
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
options snd-pcm-oss snd_dsp_map=0 snd_adsp_map=3
alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss
alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss
alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss
And now my .asounrc
pcm.emu10k1 {
type hw
card 0
ctl.emu10k1 {
type hw
card 0
I tried so much already and nothing works
I played around with alsamixer and I finally got the Center-Speaker to work, but it just works instead of the Front-Left-Speaker. It really sucks.
Maybe you can help me, it would be nice.

i had some same issues , but i have soundblaster live 24-bit , but disabling the onboard bios didnt do anything for me , so i had to look for some ways to figure out how to fix this , * love thy google.com/linux *
bash# speaker-test -c6 -t2 ( this is to test your surround speakers , providing your using ca0106 driver such as myself )
if you only get a few channels you could also make your ~/.asoundrc file with some goodies in it ill post a few examples i have found
pcm.ca0106 {
type hw
card 0
ctl.ca0106 {
type hw
card 0
ctl.!default {
type hw
card 0
pcm.!default {
type hw
card 0
pcm.!default {
type plug
slave.pcm "dout"
pcm.dout {
type dmix
ipc_key 1025
slave {
pcm "hw:0"
period_time 0
period_size 1024
buffer_size 4096
rate 44100
ctl.dout {
type hw
card 0
pcm.duplicate {
type plug
slave.pcm "surround51"
slave.channels 6
route_policy duplicate
pcm.dmixs51 {
type dmix
ipc_key 1024
slave {
pcm "hw:0,1"
rate 48000
channels 6
period_time 0
period_size 1024
buffer_time 0
buffer_size 4096
pcm.!default {
type plug
slave.pcm "dmixs51"
pcm.duplicate {
type plug
slave.pcm "dmixs51"
slave.channels 6
route_policy duplicate
Now dont forget to run alsaconf before you do this and make sure you have 5.1 surround speakers for this as well
any other questions about the soundblaster live 24-bit , contact me and ill try to help if i can , ( i have been reading about this for days )

Problem with DTT3500 soundset and onboard Soundblaster live! 24-bit

Hi,
I have bought a new PC with an MSI k8n sli platinum MB. this mainboard has a built in soundblaster live!24-bit chip onboard. it works great on headphones and normal 2 set speakers (analog connection).
however, when I try to set them up at the DTT3500 speaker set, trouble begins.
before continuing, just want to say First that my older PC is standing next to it, with a Soundblaster live! 5.1. If I connect with this PC to my speaker set, via the digital uitput, everythin works great. (5.1 surround).
In the DTT3500 manual, when Digital DIN is blinking, it says it isn't recieving any signal, or not the right one (like AC-3). (I know this when on my old PC when I switch to headphones, the digital din is then blinking, which is normal as I disabled Digital output in Windows)
now my questions:
Is this digital port is ac-3 signal or somthing else on the Soundblaster live! 24-bit?
Do I need to use another type of cable, like SPDIF Din Cable? (I now have a minijack to Din cable)
I tried with optical, it works, but only with 2 speakers (left and right / digital output is on). is this normal? If i look at the manual, it's typical used for gameconsoles with stereo left and right. I guess this is so with the DDT3500 decoder...?
if I try Digital Din on the Decoder, it doesn't work. the Decoder Led keeps blinking. Yet in Windows, digital output is on and 5.1 speakers is selected.
In short, exact the same setup on the Decoder and PC as my older PC.
My guess is the the soundblaster live! 24-bit is an enhanced version of the soundblaster live! 5.1? Am I wrong, I don't know....
I do know that the reviews said you could use the digital port (orange one)
here is a picture:
http://www.overclockers.co.nz/ocnz/reviewimage.php?id=05boardnf4sli00microstak8nslipt0104&file=panel.jpg
and here more info on it: http://www.overclockers.co.nz/ocnz/review.php?id=05boardnf4sli00microstak8nslipt0204
I would apreciate any help, as i'm really stuck at the moment.

does anybody use the soundblaster live! 24-bit to power a surround speaker set? or is it just impossible? (for gaming)

SoundBlaster Live! 24 and Vista - Deteriorating Sound Qual

I've recently upgraded to Vista Business, and my system informs me that except for the drivers for an ancient scanner all is working properly.
When playing music (using a Creative SB Li've 24bit card with the most recent driver installed), all starts off well (in fact playback is better than under XP Pro) but the sound quality starts to deteriorate badly, especially when I open a browser. Quite often the browser itself seems to freeze.
I have 3Gb RAM, with a 3.60Ghz P4 processor.
Task Manager tells me that often I am running at 00% of CPU capacity, though the problem seems to occur at lower usage too.
I've checked everything I know to check but just can't seem to get to the root of the problem. Can anyone suggest anything I should be looking at?

Sadly no real progress.
I simply pulled the Soundblaster Live 24 out of the computer and am using the onboard sound instead which at least for me Arch recognized just fine.
I haven't been able to get any suggestions for why the Soundblaster was not working, but I am going to try another sound card a friend lent me and see what happens.

How to produce 5.1 sound with logitech z5500 running on iMac 10.5.8 with sound blaster live 24 bit external.

How to produce 5.1 sound with logitech z5500 running on iMac 10.5.8 with sound blaster live 24 bit external.

First off your operating system version is obsolete and not being updated for security issues from Apple.
OS X 10.4/10.5 need to upgrade, 10.6.8 ok still
So at least you need to upgrade to 10.6.8, and that will make your machine secure again.
However if you decide to upgrade further to 10.7 or 10.8, be forewarned your PPC based software of old is not going to work any longer. and your machine may require more RAM.
Check here to see and download the free MacTracker to see your machines true RAM potential and specs. There are videos online at YouTube, it's really easy to install yourself.
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table
I checked out the z-5500, apprantly the optical out shouldn't be a problem, however the surround sound decoding is a problem as the Mac doesn't do it, just passes it through for decoding on a receiver via the optical out port if your Mac has one.
Use the free MacTracker to find out or when you upgrade OS X, there is a option in the System Preferences > Sound.
https://logitech-en-ap.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/9693/section/trouble shoot/crid/409/lt_product_id/224/tabs/1,3,2,4,5/cl/sg,en
The Sound Blaster Live 24 bit doesn't do Dolby 5.1 according to Wikipedia. More info on it is here.
http://support.creative.com/Products/ProductDetails.aspx?catID=1&prodID=10702&pr odName=Live!%2024-bit%20External&CatName=Sound+Blaster
If it's able to accept optical toslink cable from the Mac's toslink stereo mini port (if it has optical output) and then send that to the z-5500 via the analog speakers, then you should be fine.
I'm afraid you'll have to do some more digging to get it to work.
The only surround sound your going to get is by playing DVD movies that have it, then it can't have Dolby 5.1 as the Live 24 bit can't decode it.
So do your research on what surround sound formats the Live 24 can decode, then compare your DVD collection for those movies that have it, then get it all connected and enable it on the movie preferences at the menu.
Good Luck

Dell Soundblaster X-Fi 5.1 sound fluctuation prob

Hi, i've been having?a problem for some time now with my Dell Soundblaster X-Fi 5. surround sound system. It seems to randomly suffer sound fluctuations. The sound could be stable for sometime, at times for days and then suddenly randomly start fluctuating from very loud to very quite. These symptoms come and go, and vary in length. I think the problem has been getting worse the last couple of weeks and it's really annoying the you know what out of me. I have tried updating my sound drivers, but that didn't work. I even read a forum that said to keep my speaker cables as far away from my pc's power supply as possible because it could be causing interference. Well that didn't work either. This happens using every kind of application, from media player, to gaming. But funny thing, i tried using my headphones and the problem seemed to go away. I also used a different set of speakers and the fluctuations seemed to stop. But when i use my X-Fi 5. surround sound speakers the problem eventually came back. Could anybody PLEASE help me, i have no idea what to do now. Could it be the speakers are faulty, or the soundcard maybe? I would greatly appreciate anybody who could help me out, give any ideas or anything. Thanks. BTW, it's pretty much a brand new system, Dell XPS 600 that's less than a year old.Message Edited by Kurtis_B on 03--2007:04 AM
Message Edited by Kurtis_B on 03--2007:07 AM
Message Edited by Kurtis_B on 03--2007:07 AM

( In case anyone is having a similar issue with audio skips, if you have an NVidia GTX 260M card (have one in my brand new M5x), the X-F 5. card is incompatible with it. This is the news I got from my Creative email response...sweet. I'm so glad I dropped $3800 on a gaming laptop and I can't use external speakers...thanks, creative, for another lousy product.

MSI K9N DIAMOND CA0106 chipset AUDIGY or SOUNDBLASTER LIVE 24

I have 2 PC's one with an MSI K8N SLI PLATINUM mobo with onboard SOUNDBLASTER 24bit li've (CA006)
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&prod_no=69&maincat_no=&cat 2_no=&cat3_no=
This system has run fine for over 2-/2 years now with no troubles it was connected to my PIONEER VSX 86 via SPDIF/toslink? and has excellent sound and performed all that I wanted including DTS DVD's and all my music video clips, DIVX movies etc etc
The trouble is, I have just setup my new system
MSI K9N DIAMOND also with the onboard Creative sound (CA006) and comes supplied with the Creative Audigy disc
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&prod_no=028&maincat_no=&ca t2_no=7
When I try to install the drivers/setup disc it tells me that there is no Audigy onboard/installed? I have managed to install the drivers/disc from the previous soundblaster li've 24bit, It does work with the Audigy goldmine demo and has all channels of sound as it should but in the Surround mixer speaker settings it will only sound out 2 speakers even when it shows all 5. as it is currently configured
I have tried to download many other drivers with no luck
My main concern is the creative programs from my old system are not what I want, I paid for an AUDIGY setup not LIVE
Is it possible to get the AUDIGY onboard running as it should (showing AUDIGY in hardware manager, not LIVE 24bit)
I would like to be able to run the newer software from the AUDIGY disc but it is not compatible when the LIVE drivers are installed
I have had one set of drivers display AUDIGY in the hardware manager but when I tried to use the speaker settings etc it fails and says soundcard not found even though it clearly shows AUDIGY drivers are installed
I have been very happy with the creative sound so far on my first MSI system but I'm not very impressed with this setup and I'm still not sure who's fault it is MSI or CREATIVE?
Can someone give me some details as to what is going on here, I would like to know if it is also possible to use some kind of new software/programs for the soundblaster LIVE that has maybe more settings/functions or just a later better style as I may have to use the same on my new system
The menu's etc in my new manual (K9N DIAMOND) look almost identical to those included with the K8N SLI, The disc included with the K9N DIAMOND has an AUDIGY quick start program/demo which gives you a preview/guide on how to use the supposed AUDIGY which has all new menu's, layout and features which im unable to use?
As mentioned I have used the soundblaster 24bit LIVE for well over 2 years now connected to my PIONEER VSX86 via a digital cable so all the previous settings etc have been compared and doublechecked but im unable to find answers, If I am unable to find help or any way to install the AUDIGY as im meant to have I may resort to fitting another soundcard and I may got to another brand unfortunately
Any help appreciated

If I am right the onboard Audigy on the MSI K9N Diamond utilizes the CA006 chip instead of the EMU0k2, therefore it is not a real/genuine Audigy soundcard. In fact it's the same as your former soundblaster li've 24bit which also utilizes the same CA006 chipset. That's why you can use the driver from the SB li've 24bit for your new "Audigy" onboard sound. Also there are other soundcards that are not genuine Audigy soundcards: Audigy Se, Audigy LS and, yes, also the X-fi Xtreme Audio, all utilizing the same chip, CA006. Creative Labs use some marketing techniques, add some different (newer) software/apps for the soundcard and give the soundcard (with the same chipset) a different name. In my opinion, if you for example buy a X-fi Xtreme Audio you in fact for the most part paid for the included newer softwares (which for example add "X-fi features like Crystalizer etc.).
If you really want a better soundcard, maybe go for the X-fi XtremeMusic or XtremeGamer which utilizes the genuine EMU20K chip (with hardware acceleration). The soundquality is significantly higher than the soundcards with the CA006 chip.
As for the drivers for the soundcard:
Official Creative Labs driver for Sound Blaster? Audigy? Value/SE/LS, or Sound Blaster Li've!? 24-bit audio devices
Good luck!
Message Edited by CTman on 05-07-2008 0:28 AM

Soundblaster Live! 24-bit No Sound Prob

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for