X-Fi Extreme Music sometimes unknown hardware device

Using Windows Media Center 2005 on a Dell Dimension 550 I am having the following problem:
This dell came pre-installed with this X-Fi card and as far as i know it had no problems. Because of other reasons I had to do a clean install of this PC using the official media center cd. I had installed the X-FI using the drivers from Dell wich worked fine.
A couple of hours everything went fine.. a couple of reboots, shutdowns.. kept having sound. Then for some reason i came into windows and i had an unknown device and no sound ! Re-installing drivers did nothing and pointing this unknown device to the right drivers said they didn't match ! Then suddenly the sound card popped right back in. The card sometimes even pops out & in changing users (randomly).
I have tried creative drivers and dell drivers but it's the same thing. Also i changed PCI slots but still the same !
Any other ideas ?

Have you enabled digital IO in one of the tabs on "Speakers" settings? If not, that is youre problem.

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Hi,
Like the title says, I got the extreme music card wit the flexijack thing, and now I just bought myself this little nifty looking device that I can plug into the flexijack, giving me an optical and coax output and input. What I need is the optical output, which will run to my receiver.
I have set up everything, turned on Digital IO, looked through every option 600 times to ensure everything (to my knowledge) seemed right. I tried setting both my SPDIF to default, and the standard "Speaker" as my default playback device.
When all comes to all, it SHOULD work. I see the red light coming out the output port, the cable is running to my receiver, and I know it works. I got my mates computer right next to me, which has an onboard sound card that I tried with my cable, and it worked right away, when I set his SPDIF as default playback device. Music would play from my receiver's speakers right away.
Any suggestions as to what could be wrong? If nothing else, suggestions to some sound cards that got a built-in optical output perhaps? :<
Thanks in advance.

Have you enabled digital IO in one of the tabs on "Speakers" settings? If not, that is youre problem.

SB X-Fi Extreme music problems, enlighten me please!

Hello to all! I'm a Creative sound cards user since 90's. Satisfied yes,but i would ask for a little help over here now.
I have the extreme music pci, not much of a new card i know, but i like the way it sounds through my marantz av amplifier very much. I have used that card with my previous 2 pcs without any issues. Last year i bought an asus p7h55d-m evo motherboard, intel core i5 66 dual core cpu, 2 corsair memory (i can't recall the model right now) sticks each one of 2 gb ram, amd 5770 with GB graphics card, TB WD 00fals hard disk dri've and put them together in Thermaltake HTPC case with a vfd display (imon). I have other devices too but i don't know if it would do any difference to mention.
Motherboard has onboard integrated sound chipset which is disabled (though it should not be a problem enabled), graphics card too (through hdmi). I have ONLY PCI slot where i installed the extreme music. My problem is that even if the latest creative driver for win7 64 bit is succesfully installed and everything looks just fine (no conflicts, resources are ok) i here a very low volume sound output from my speakers. I need to raise the volume to 80% to barely listen to what's played from the x-fi. Before some months the first time i installed the card it worked. Looks like something changed in win7 and doesn't let the card to function correctly. I need your help here as this might be my last chance to figure out the problem before i quit trying with that card. I may buy a new model but i'm not sure what's wrong and if the new one will work.

Maybe you plugged the cables too slacky, reconnect the cables that connect the hardware. Alternati'vely click on the volume in the windows tasklist on the right and select the mixer ... raise everything there.. The output should be enormeus. (sorry for my bad english)
too late but better than nothing.

ATI Radeon 3870 HD Video/X-Fi extreme Music Issu

Here is a new problem that so far no one has any ideas about.
Got a new Radeon 3870 HD, and it works great, BUT ever since i intalled this card i can not run 5. speaker configuration because all i get is real bad noise and distortion, sometimes the sound cutting out all together. I have tried both the vid card in both PCIe slots and X-FI in different PCI Slots but that didnt help, i have the latest driver version for everything on my system. It works fine in 2 speaker mode and 4 speaker mode. Switched to onboard sound and i have no problems running 5..... This video card also has a realtek HD audio chip on it to output sound through an HDMI cable. Im thinking htere is some sort of conflict between the HD Audio drivers and the X-Fi drivers causing this problem. Disabling this HD audio on the Vid card in device manager helps the problem a little bit, but does not fix it. I have even made sure that the X_Fi was set as default audio device.
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Im thinking its a low level driver issue causing problems with the onboard HD audio on the vid card.

lpenix wrote:
hi i had a simular peoblem with the xfi music, and the hd 3870. i could not get my xfi to work at all, in device manager it kept saying error code 0 . in device manager there was a hd audio that i could not uninstall to save my life i thought it was the on board audio for the motherboard. but after i read your email it clicked, i uninstalled the ati drivers and rebooted the machine and bam the xfi started working, then installed the ati drivers, and i think it fixed it. i still get some strange noise sometimes, and i think it is because of the hd audio, i wish their was a way to uninstall it , if you do it in divice manager, it just comes back .
You've got do disable your onboard sound in your bios.

Disk won't mount - Unknown USB Device (Link in Compliance Mode)

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I get an error message when I install windows vista 32bits drivers for my X-Fi Extreme Music... it says, error while installing, can't find a compatible product on your system, verify if it has been corectly installed ... BUT INSTALLING I JUST WHAT I WANNA DO ! WTF?
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Could someone give me a tip to help me to install my drivers please?
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You are wrong. The 2.3 are for extreme music, you are thinking about extreme audio. Creative have really made a blunder with these names, not strange many are having problems. Propably trying to install extreme audio drivers on extreme music, and the other way around!?
Check that you have the right drivers, if you do. Try the trick where you unpack the driver exe file, so you get all the files from the installer on to a folder of youre choosing. Then use the "Creative Update Utility" popup to install/force the drivers to install. If you dont know what im talking about, search the forums, its been explained many times here.

"Unknown USB Device"

I got my 2GB nano last Monday. I could successfuly install it on my laptop and upload some songs to it. That done, I wrapped it again and gave it to my wife, so she and the kids could "surprise" me for my Birthday. Yesterday I got it,listened to the "sample songs that came with it", and today I tried to upload some more songs, but to no avail. Everytime I plug it in, all I get is an error message from windows, stating "Unknown USB Device". I tried everything from the iPod support site and from Windows help, but the nano simply won't be recognized. Oh, I tried to hook it up to my desktop at home as well, but nada as well. Same message.
Is my cable fried? Is my iPod connector fried? Can someone pinpoint the problem?
To worsen things even further, I live in Brazil, where the first nanos won't be around until Christmas, and support is but a dream...
Help!
Ruy

These steps should help you with the 'Unknown USB Device' issue, Ruy:
First, make hidden folders visible. Open My Computer and choose Tools/Folder Options/View tab. Click on 'Show hidden files and folders' and click OK.
In the Add New Hardware Wizard, have it search in C:\windows\inf for usbstor.inf. This file is required for windows to properly configure the driver. If Windows finds the driver there, you're done.
If Windows does not find the proper driver there, copy usbstor.sys from C:\windows\servicepack\i386 to C:\windows\system32\drivers.
If you can't find the usbstor.inf file on your system, you can get it here: usbstor.inf
After copying the usbstor.inf driver file to C:\Windows\inf, right-click on My Computer and choose Manage.'
Click on the button labeled 'Device Manager.'
Click to open the list under 'Universal Serial Bus Controllers.'
Right click on any mass storage devices with the exclamation icon next to them and select 'Update Driver.'
Check the option 'Install from a list or a specific location' and then click to continue.
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Click on 'Next' and follow the steps to complete the driver installation wizard.

Extreme music software on vista

Hi all. I have recently upgraded to vista 32 and with that have installed all the latest vista drivers for my xfi extreme music card. The problem is when using creative mediasource 5 v5.20.23 none of the buttons below the playback controls work (Audio cleanup, SVM,smart crossfade,timescale) I get the error (this eature is not available because no supported audio device is detedcted)
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Hi Tarka,
It would be advisable to get in touch with support if you have not already done so.

I deleted my music through the "manage storage" section in the options to make room for the ios update awhile back. Now I can't get any music back onto my device through itunes. (I've tried restoring the device twice to no avail)

I deleted my music through the "manage storage" section in the options to make room for the ios update awhile back. Now I can't get any music back onto my device through itunes. (I've tried restoring the device twice to no avail)

Try:
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- Also try DFU mode after try recovery mode
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- If not successful and you can't fully turn the iOS device fully off, let the battery fully drain. After charging for an least an hour try the above again.
- Try on another computer
- If still not successful that usually indicates a hardware problem and an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store is in order.
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How best to *BATCH* process MP3s for sound improvement using X-Fi extreme Music.

I have a shiny new X-Fi extreme music.
Does anyone have ideas on the best way to *batch* process a large selection of (16 bit 44.1) MP3 files?
A lot is made, in the X-Fi advertising, on the varied abilities to improve the sound of MP3 files. I have a large selection of play-a-long MP3s generated from old sources, and additionally converted to single channel mono. (i.e. I have extracted the LEFT channel and created a mono MP3 from that).
I would like to improve the sound of these file. I use them for play-a-long, so tonal closeness to the original is *not* important. I just want to be sure I can hear the basist (and drummer) OK - i.e. I want to emphasize their sound and disregard the frequencies in the human-voice range.
Sometime, I play these files using the PC equipped with the X-Fi extreme, but sometimes on my MP3 player.
Does creative supply SW to achieve this batch processing, or does anybody know of third party SW that can help. Their seems to be a lot of sound improvement SW out there, but it is targeted towards dealing with LP vinyl problems, and usually doesn't do batch very well.
Thanks for your consideration,
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Hi?I have got some problems with my X-fi Xtreme music on Vista 32bit too. I use speaker Inspire T6060 5. chanel but there is no sound from center speak and sub woofer.Although I had change sound setting in window and creative console to 5. sound chanel but it still no sound from them.
?And I want to know about how?do I?use THX in VISTA?. Where can I download? Because I cannot use the driver that came with the CD (Xp version). I would like to say 'sorry' to all who read this, because my?English is not good. :manhappy:

X-Fi Extreme Music Not Detected At All By New

I have just finished building a new PC with parts obtained from a friend, but the X-Fi that worked fine in my previous computer is now totally undetected. There is even no trace of it in the DMI data when the computer turns on - no 'Multimedia Controller' is listed under the PCI devices. It's the same story in Windows, there are no unrecognised devices at all. I have tried using it in both of the available PCI slots, and have had no luck. I know both slots work because my Wi-Fi card works in both of them. It worked briefly the first time I tested the system but after finishing the assembly of the computer it now?no longer works. SpecsFI Lanparty UT NF4 Ultra-D (Latest BIOS :smileytongue: )AMD Athlon 64 4000+2GB DDR400GeForce?6800 UltraX-Fi Extreme Music (OEM)Message Edited by Uke on 05-29-20072:45 AM
Message Edited by Uke on 05-29-20072:45 AM

I have excactly the same problem!
I just myself a new computer with the following specc;
Core 2 Duo E6600
Asus P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe
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Antec TruePower 2.0 TP2-550 EPS2V ATX2V 550W Power Supply
(http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E68703932)
I installed the computer, everything went perfect, the soundcard installed without a problem, but no sound!
I tried changing IRQ, Reinstalled, changed PCI slots, everything, and still! no sound. As the poster above, I tried the internal one, it it worked smooth so I have no idea what the problem is.

X-Fi Extreme Music - How do you set ASIO to 16/44?

The X-Fi Extreme Music specifications state that it will do ASIO drivers at 16/44. I selected ASIO as the driver in my recording software (n-Track) and tried recording. I got a 24/44 resulting wave file. In n-Track, there is a setting to "Force 16-bit" so I tried that and it crashed n-Track. Someone at the n-Track user forum said I have to select the Creative 16-bit ASIO driver, but I only see one ASIO driver choice in devices. How do I get the X-Fi to do 16-bit ASIO at 44.1k?
Message Edited by vivona on 01-18-2006 09:26 PM

vivona wrote:
I was told in the nTrack forum to use the "ASIO 16-bit driver" from X-Fi. That was incorrect if I understand correctly that X-Fi only has a single ASIO driver and that driver runs at the sampling rate you select in "settings" under Audio Creation mode. The bit depth is not set within the X-Fi software, but rather, is set by the recording software. Am I correct in all this?
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Asio4All is not a true (native) ASIO driver, but operates through WDM/KS functions --> you get the same "resolutions" / "have same limitations" you would get with WDM/KS drivers.
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jutapa

X-fi extreme music oem thx cons

i have an x-fi extreme music oem card that came with an installer disk that had the drivers and thx console for vista. when i installed xp the installer disk tells me that its the wrong os. can anyone tell me where to find the correct xp installer disk for the oem SB0770 card? i have installed the correct drivers for it but the drivers did not come with the thx console. i could really use it unless anyone can tell me how to do bass redirection and subwoofer db-gain without it.

did you tried this 'trick' already?
Modded file for X-Fi installer cd for HP and other X-Fi OEM cards
http://www.driverheaven.net/showthread.php?t=9940
Taken from Reggie's post:
"<i>Couldnt find any info on this ,so i spent some time figuring this out myself.
HP OEM cards will not install with the retail x-fi cd so here is a modded file with extra device id's that makes it work,you may find other oem cards that wouldnt work before will work as there where 4 extra device id's i found in the web update driver to make this possible.
You need to obtain the x-fi installer cd and then grab that file, instructions are included</i>"
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Extreme Music - Problems with Driver and Installation

Hi guys,
?After the my computer has given up it's life on the last friday, I bought a new one and wanted yesterday to install everything like OS, driver and so on.
I started the install of the driver(which is the version from the creative website , released in july 2009) for my soundcard, the X-FI Extreme Music and when the information was given, that the Windows drivers will be updated and it will take some minutes, something happend:
At my first try a bluescreen appered. You can imagine, that I was shocked to see a bluescreen on my new pc after an hour.
I run CCleaner to remove some rests of the "maybe installed" driver and started it again. There was no bluescreen, but the mouse freezes and the setup does nothing anymore. I can close it with may keyboard, but the driver wasn't installed.
After a new clean up with CCleaner I tried it again. I put out my cable of the mouse , so maybe this was the problem(ofc, WHY is there a problem with USB and PCI Cards ?). The installations works, no hang up or freezes. After a restart nothing happend. No sound. I looked at the hardware manager(do not know, whether it is the correct word, I'm german and have a german windows ) of windows and at audio, video and gamecontroller, there is a warning of not working driver.
I remember, that on my old system the driver was titled something like
X-FI Audio[800] or something like that.
But here it was named with?
X-FI Processor WDM
I thing the system is installing the wrong driver.
I looked at some forums , find the hint to change the PCI slot. I did it, but nothing changed.
So, here are some information of my system configuration, maybe someone can help.
Old system(where the soundcard works fine with no problems):
- Athlon X2 4200+(socket was the "old" 939)
- Asus A8N-E
- DDR 400 RAM, 2GB
- Windows XP Professional(32 Bit) with SP3
New System:
- Phenom II X4 80(quadcore)
- Gigabyte MA790XT-UD4P
- DDR3 333 RAM , 4GB
- same OS as used in the old configuration
Ofc all chipdriver were installed and seems to work fine.
The onboard soundchip is disabled too.
Hope for help ^^
Mel
Message Edited by Meldanor on 08--2009 2:20 [email protected]

Hi guys,
I'm very sry for the wasted bytes and bits in this forum, but my problem was solved some minuetes after this post >.< .
I tried once again to install the driver and everything is working ... until yet, but only the future will show me, whether it will work or not ^^
What I've done? Just a restart after the post.

This X-FI Extreme Music Card is Crap!!

&This X-FI Extreme Music Card is Crap!!Y I am totally fed up with this card AND Creative Labs!! I have tried every single way possible to install this software without success. I have installed and uninstalled the software 20 times, each time I install it gives me a different result...How is that possible? I've installed in regular mode, safe mode, standing on one leg, etc. This thing has not worked right EVER!!! Support is non-existent unless you try the forums....so Creative expects us to solve problems for them? I installed the automatic update feature at their request, updated everything, and then went to the Creative website and found out the update feature doesn't even work for Vista! WTF?!? I had to BUY the software CD for Vista from Creative and THAT didn't work right. THEY ALL HAVE TO BE ON DRUGS!!! THIS IS BY FAR THE WORST PIECE OF HARDWARE I HAVE EVER PURCHASED!

That's right, I did buy it from Dell, BUT, I did some checking and the only thing Dell did was include a audio cable that would make it work in one of their systems....No mod to the board. Dell told me to contact Creative for an RMA. Ceati've said 'Sorry, we can't do that because the card could've been altered, BUT, we'll be happy to sell you another one!" So I'm stuck with it. I? installed running XP on my computer but never had it working right (continual errors, mixer would not lauch,etc.) and then I upgraded to Vista. I went to the Ceati've website to find drivers and found out I had to buy a CD for $0. OK. I get the disk and install...uninstall, try safe mode, try normal mode again, get it to work but no spidf or coax. I can't change my speakers to 5. because it's stuck on 2. ( except one time I installed and it showed 5. in game mode but 2. in the other two modes). Tried taking out all but GB of RAM. I tried every concievable way to get a good install with no luck. My experiences with this card is not unique. I have found other people having the exact same problems with this card and Vista. What I don't understand is why every time I uninstall and re-install the software it does something different ( some features install one time, the next install those don't but others do). I tried Driver Sweeper...no go. THIS IS WHY I'M PI*@ED OFF! If anyone can think of something to do I am more than willing to try it. Am I just a dumb *** or [email protected]

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