Why, oh why do Soundblaster patches never work

I've had this problem with other soundblaster cards many times before with many different platforms, but I go to play Doom 3 today, which I haven't done for a while. The last time that I played it, I had a different video card and speaker set. Now, I have an Audigy 2 and Soundblaster 7. speakers (so, you guys can't pass the buck on this one [something technical types love to do]), and Doom 3 will only work with Stereo sound, which sucks. So, I look the problem up and they want me to download the unsupported beta patch to make my 7. actually work. I download it, and viola, surprise surprise, it says that it can't even detect the Soundblaster 2 on my computer. Every other program or application on my computer doesn't have a problem detecting it. I'm thinking that the shop that writes your patches needs to be sacked en mass. Anyway, does anyone know a magical trick to make the patches actually be able to detect my cardlol And again I ask, "I paid a lot for this, why doesn't it work properly." Thanks in advance for any help.

First of all, do you have an OEM card? If so, I'm not sure if the Beta patch will work. Secondly, the Beta patch is only valid for the original Audigy 2 and the Audigy 2 ZS, NOT the Audigy 2 Value. Thirdly, before the .3 patch, Doom 3 only supported 2/2. or 5/5.. It will only allow you to pick "Surround" (5.) if you Windows speaker settings are set to 5. (although your Creative speaker settings can still be different). Lastly, if you use the .3 patch (along with the Beta drivers), assuming you have an Audigy 2 or Audigy 2 ZS, you should be able to use 7. speakers if you turn on EAX.

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