Workaround for Sound Blaster X-Fi surround 5.1 pro on Windows 8.1

Hi all,
Here is a post dedicated to the workaround I found to make that USB card work on Windows 8.1 (can any admit make it sticky?).
I will explain all the things to do in order to install it correctly.
For that you will need:
- Your computer and your sound card (obvious...)
- the original drivers & software CD of your sound card.
- a USB HUB with an external power supply (very important).
Please follow those steps:
- uninstall/disable any on board sound card from windows.
- reboot
- plug the USB HUB in your computer, then plug the sound card in this HUB (don't forget to also plug the external power supply).
- install the drivers and softwares from the original CD in administrator and Windows 7 compatibility mode
- reboot
- download and install the last drivers here and install them in admin mode (no compatibility mode this time!)
- reboot again.
- That's all! it should work now! Enjoy!!

Neily,
I am afraid the specs of your laptop doesn't meet the minimum system requirement.

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