X-Fi Xtreme Gamer with VI

Hopefully somebody mite be able to offer me some help. I had an Audigy 4 and after finding that there was not a lot of chance getting surround working in BF2 I decided to treat myself to an Xtreme Gamer. The first problem I ran into was the BSOD when installing the drivers, just when it seemed it was all about the fire up during installation the speakers would give a little pop and BSOD... I got around this by moving the card to a different PCI slot. I am using the latest current driver (Not Betas) 2.3.002?Now for the weird problem. I got the drivers installed and working but every second time I boot (without fail) Vista does not recognise the sound card is installed, tries to install drivers and can't find drivers for it. If I then try to install the creative driver it just has no effect. If I just cancel this and reboot everything works fine again. Hopefully somebody else may have had this problem and worked out a way around it, but I have spent hours fiddling, going through forums, and through the knowledgebase and can't find anything at all that relates to this. It is one of the weirder PC problems I have encountered. Thanks in advance if anyone has any hints..

Hi, im not tryin to insult ur intelligence but have u checked to make sure the sound is not muted in windows? for some reason my pc mutes the sound randomly when i turn it on (yes im running Vista 64...). This confused the beejesus out of me until i realised what was happening. Now im lucky if my pc actually starts up because of crummy xfi drivers and the BSOD but thats another rant entirely.....
Jason

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X-Fi Xtreme Gamer with Digital I/O MOdule and YAMAHA HDR 6030 (No Sou

When I plug the above creative hardware into my receiver using either Coaxial or optical out I get no sound at all even when I install the latest software/drivers from creative? My OS is Vista Home Premium 32-bit. The computer is telling me that sound is playing but the receiver is not detecting any sound. I know the cables are good because other devices work with those cables. I have a Gigabyte GA-G33M-DR2/S2 motherboard. with Duel core CPU and GIG RAM. Radian X900XT Video card. In the Help it talks about passthrough option. Found by clicking the Dolby / DTS Button. I do not see this Dolby or DTS Logo button in the creative console Launcher.
TIA Message Edited by howardavatar on 02-0-200802:36 PM
Message Edited by howardavatar on 02-0-200804:5 PM

Hi?I had the same problem, and here is the solution. ) Make sure u download the latest drivers for Vista. 2) After the installation u can goto the Control Panel> Sound Settings?You will see that there is 2devices listed. st is the Speakers configuration2nd there is the SPDIF configuration. Alter first the Speakers configuration to ur needs, enable the Digital out! > make sure u never select a frequency above 48khzAlter the SPDIF settings and test the sample rates that is given on the screen sothat u know what works with the card and not. If there are any problems leave the settings i gave exactly as instructed, and then goto urAudio Console and check there is a headphone settings and disable them. Try again thereafter!?Good Luck!Marvin?IT & Audio Specialist

Advantages of X-Fi Titanium over Xtreme Gamer?

I'm thinking of replacing my CL Xtreme Gamer with the X-Fi Titanium.
One reason is I want to be able to send the sound from my PC to my Onkyo receiver
And I want to try a PCI-Express sound card.
Are there any other advantages the X-Fi Titanium has over the Xtreme gamer?
(I'm using Windows XP)
Message Edited by Tacoboy on 2-2-2008 0:07 AM

I can think of 2 advantages
1) The ability to connect the sound card to any generic case "Intel HD Audio Front Panel", The usual X-Fi series cards are unable to make use of Audio Front panels on many PC cases such as those made by Lian-Li and Antec. The Titanium can be connected to the Front Panels for mic in and headphone out, ideal for those games that have a speaker system and also a gaming headset.
2) PCI-Express. It is a newer interface and thus newer motherboards will have better support for PCI-Express devices than "legacy PCI devices", in fact some motherboards only include PCI slot and this slot shares it's resources with other mother board devices. Having the Titanium would mean users will not have to worry as much with IRQ or resource sharing. FYI my motherboard (P5E3) has 2 PCI slots but I can only use of them as the other one causes my system to have static on my X-Fi and BSOD's!
John

Replace Audigy 4 with Xtreme Gamer or Xtreme Audi

Currently using the Audigy 4 (non-pro) with remote.
(Logitech 5300E 5. speakers)Thinking of replacing?Audigy 4?with the Xtreme Audio for 56.00 (retail)
or the Xtreme Gamer $60.8 (retail)
I'm sure I'll should go for the Xtreme Gamer.
I play RTS games, watch DVD movies and play mp3s on my computer
Will I notice any difference over my Audigy 4?
Will the?Creative USB IR Recei'ver/remote that came with my Audigy 4 work with the
Xtreme Gamer?Message Edited by Tacoboy on 02-07-200703:4 PM
Message Edited by Tacoboy on 02-07-200703:43 PM

Hi Burns30r,
Are you in contact with our Customer Support?
They can be contacted using this email form.

Problems with installing the X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Soundc

Hello,?I've a new X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Soundcard, but I'm not able to install it. I tried the CD, the driver on the page and the ISO somewhere in the forum. I get everywhere the same errormessage:?"No audio device that is compatible with this application can be found" I have deinstalled and deactivated the onboard sound in the bios. I have no idea what I can do to solve the problem. greetzM. Schwander?My system:- XP Prof- CPU: Intel Core Duo 2.66- Mainboard: asus p5b-e- graphic card: Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS??

the soundcard is correctly in the slot ... (got the some problems with another slot)
now my device is found and i can start the installation, but after a several time, there's a bluescreen with something about "h20x2k.sys" written.Message Edited by wuff on 2-04-20070:22 AM

Having trouble with my Xtreme Gamer sound card

I have an Alienware computer that came with the card and its software pre-installed. It has worked fine until today when BF2 would no longer recognize the card. When I uninstalled the software to reinstall it, it said I didn't have any devices. What should I do? I want to refrain from opening the case. Thanks!

Ya know, it is funny I ran across this thread. I am having the exact same problem with my Alienware and am currently working at trying to resolve it. So far I tried to force the drivers and it did not seem to like that so much. Older patch I found?didn't work. I think my next step is to uninstall everything creative and crack the case open and try removing the card. Then try a different slot if able or boot the comp a couple times without it, and then install it back in the?same slot. No IRQ?problems I checked that. I read somewhere that sometimes something in the bios can bug out and it needs to be re-checked in. Not sure of the exact terms of it atm, but I hope you get the idea. A quick fix that I did find that should work for you as well is to make sure?all?Creative?drivers are cleaned out and then use windows update to search for optional downloads. It finds a driver for the X-Fi that actually works.
Below is a copy/paste of a request for help?I placed on the Alienware boards just to give you an idea of where I am at. /startcopy?Hello,
I am at my wits end here. So figured I would come here and ask for some input. Basicly the problem I am having is I have poping/crackling sounds coming from my speakers while playing FSX. What is wierd is it only happens in certain missions and/or planes. It also sounded way messed up at the desktop and during sound tests but I was able to fix that by changing the freq to 24bit lowest hrtz setting studio quality.
I have been doing a ton of research into this problem and it would seem if I updated my drivers there is a good chance there is a fix in there for me.. I would hope so as I have tried everything under the sun. Known knowledge and reading every forum I could find.
The big problem I can't seem to over come is that no matter which drivers I use they tell me I am unable to use them because they do not see a Creative X-Fi on my machine. The newest Creative drivers tell me this. Even the Creative drivers that came with my AW backup disk act the same way. The only driver that I could get to work is the one that windows update supplies when the driver is fully uninstalled. What is even funnier is that when I use my AW Respawn disk that is also installs the same exact drivers that Windows Update installs for that card. Which are ancient. Antique really.
So why would no new Creative drivers want to work? No AW supplied backup drivers want to work? No downloaded X-Fi drivers downloaded from AW site want to work. And why would AW give me a driver for backup when even they themselves obviously did not get that one to work because the respawn disk uses the same old drivers windows update supplies when no drivers are installed?
I have tried Winzip to unpack the the .exe file and update wizard says that I have the best drivers already installed. Even though these ones just came out. I have even tried to force the drivers in with the have disk option and that just resulted in an unbootable pc thanks to the blue screen of death right after bios flash screen.
So, how do I get any Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer drivers to install. I have to be able to update them, in hopes that they will fix my crackling/static problem..
Just got the machine the other day so I haven't tried installing other games. And I do realize that AW is not respossible for FSX issues. But I really do find it odd that even my backup drivers won't work, and they were not even used anyways during the build process.. I would have hoped this issue would have been fixed in house then. So it has me really concerned.
What is my next step? Bios update?(this computer was built around Nov st 07.), Move card around maybe?(shouldn't this have been done before shipping?).. oh my head hurts from this one. I have never had to fold and give up and come to a forum for help. I am truly stumped.
System is as follows:
[] Area-5. ALX
Alienware P2 Chassis: Alienware? P2 ALX Chassis with AlienIce? 3.0 Video Cooling - Space Black
Chassis Customization : Alienware? Standard System Lighting - Terra Green
High-Performance Liquid Cooling: Alienware? ALX High-Performance Graphics and Processor Liquid Cooling
Graphics Processor: Dual 768MB NVIDIA? GeForce? 8800 Ultra - SLI Enabled - Liquid Cooled!
Processor: Intel? Core? 2 Extreme QX6850 3.0GHz 8MB Cache 333MHz FSB - Overclocked to 3.33GHz!
Includes Liquid Cooling!
Memory: 4GB Low Latency DDR2 Performance SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 x 024MB
Motherboard: Alienware? Approved NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI Motherboard
Operating System (Office software not included): Genuine Windows Vista? Home Premium
Desktop Tuners and Remotes: Without Media Center Remote Control or TV Tuner
System Dri've: Extreme Performance (RAID 0) - .5TB (2 x 750GB) Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7,200 RPM w/ 2 x 6MB Cache
Optical Dri'ves : Single Dri've Configuration - 20X Dual-Layer DVD?RW w/ LightScribe
Enthusiast Essentials: Dual High Performance Gigabit Ethernet Ports
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster? X-Fi? XtremeGamer High Definition 7. Audio - More Info
Power Supply: Alienware? 000 Watt Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply
Monitor: No Monitor
Speakers: Logitech? Z-5300e 5. 280-Watt Speakers
Keyboard: Logitech? G5 Gaming Keyboard
Mouse : Logitech? G5 Laser Gaming Mouse
Any input is greatly appreciated, as I am finding not alot of people out there have machines of this nature. So known issues for this config is far and few between.
/endpaste?So far there have been no reply. Someone from Alienware did call us and got in contact with my wife about the post. They?left a message with her?that I should try and install the newest drivers that Creative just released a few days ago. If they would have actually read my post they would have known I did try that. Really my biggest problem left is to get any Creative driver to see I do indeed have?a Creative X-Fi installed so I may update my drivers. Having a sound issue and not being able to update my drivers is driving me insane really. I?honestly?do feel I can learn more by reading around myself than calling them and wasting away a few good hours on the phone with someone that is?gonna?be just as confused about it as I am. lol??Going to get the time to crack her open tonight, late night. I can not wait to pull the numbers off of it and see what I got going on. I will make sure to stop back in and report my findings. Or if anyone has any input, any at all feel free to throw it my way. My ears are wide open on this one.?CB aka CF

X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty with Creative Gigaworks S

Hy
I have the X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatalty and I'm about to buy the Creative Gigaworks S750.
But first I really need to hear some opinions about it, because I really hate to buy something that I don't know if I'm going to like.
I'm asking opinions about this because I asked in other forums and almost all of them say that the Logitech Z-5500 would be a better choice. I don't know why, maybe because I have a creative's sound card, I really like more the S750.
Please, post your opinions ...
I have ...
http://creative.com/products/product.asp?category=493&subcategory=494&product=5 854
I want to buy ...
http://creative.com/products/product.asp?category=4&subcategory=3&product=9306

the gigaworks s750 is a great speaker system but there are some problems with it that need to be fixed. the best way to prevent any problems is to remove the amplifiers from the subwoofer box and put them in their own box. This is a problem that is known and Creative has not made a permanent fix for. If you do not want to take apart the subwoofer box then you will most likely run into a problem with the speakers and have to send them in for warranty work if the warranty is still good. As I said before the speakers are very good and you cannot beat them for the price but there is a problem that needs to be addressed and creative has not done that so you would have to do it your self if you buy the speakers.

Problems with my Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer bulk P

Hey there!!!
I acutally have a Problem with my Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer bulk PCI-Card. The Card by it self is working perfectly. But i cant use the Digital-In as the Mic in. I dont know how to turn it so that the Digital-In is the Mic-In. So my Microphone donst work. I hear everything but nobody hears my Voice. There is sometimes a Signal but not the correct, the Guys playing with me dont hear anything of my voice...
Can somebody help me plz?
Greetings Thomas

Moep wrote:
Why i must use TORRENT?
Why is this driver not on your page?!
Please fast help...
and this is a secure download you mean? ....
Jeez, calm down already. I never said you HAD to download it, but if you want any of the applications that work in XP to work in Vista then you're going to need that disk; either by downloading it or fromk here,?http://us.creative.com/products/prod...7&product=6743?
2. ISN'T THIS THE DRIVER FOR ME?! http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=Vista&message.id=7838Message Edited by Moep on 07-3-20070:7 PM
Maybe you really should take a vallium or something and re-read what I posted, then you may just grasp the fact that that is the exact driver I told you you needed.

PROBLEMS Foxconn G965 chipset WITH Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal

Hello every body.
I have found a driver problem of X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatalty Professional Series and the motherboard Foxconn G9657MA-8KS2H.
With the install process you dont have problem, and with music... but when you go to play the EAX effects doesnt work properly (metalic noise), at least it fault down.
With other motherboards there is no problem. Of course I have tried everything, (drivers, thanche the pci slot, another games... GRAW, Battlefield 242, Call of duty etc... It doesnt work.
Then I tried with my old Creative Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro, and the same problem with old drivers. I download this november drivers and then it works fine.
The sound is similer (less voices but similar, good sound), but I havent got the night mode sound level that let me play during the night without making noise (gun, explosions etc sound very loud).
Some one knows where can I get a modified driver that runs with chipset G965?
ThanksMessage Edited by SuperCurro on 0-3-200703:56 AM
Message Edited by SuperCurro on 0-3-200703:58 AM

I had to switch from game mode to entertainment mode using the Creative Console Launder software applet. Once I made the change all fi've speakers are working, I would prefer that they all work in game mode but for now until I can find a better solution this will have too work for now. I hope this helps for you.

Stuttering Sound in games with X-Fi Xtreme Ga

I have repeatedly had problems with the sound in Bioshock, Civilisation IV and World of Warcraft whereby the sound will start off OK, but often, particularly heavy scene graphically, the sound either cuts out completely, or starts stuttering. I recently replaced the graphics card, but this problem began before I changed them over. I read in the FAQ that these problems could be overcome by turning off certain features such as CMSS-3D and also turning off the ACPI function in the BIOS. I have tried all the suggestions together and I still have the same problem.
AMD 64 X2 4200, 2GB Ram, MSI Radeon RX2600XT, Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Driver 6.0..302Message Edited by Hungry_Hippo on 0-5-200706:6 PM

I am not currently experiencing the sound distortions or drop-outs in the game Bioshock.
The solution could be one of the following. I can't be certain which one:
) Unlocking the framerate under 'graphics options' in the game.
2) Uninstalling the driver 6.0..302, removing the card, rebooting, reinstalling the card, rebooting again, reinstalling the driver.
However, as this is an intermittent fault, I can't be certain it won't recur. If it does, I will post again.

Any known problems with "Xtreme Game Fatal1ty Professional Series" and Nforc

Hello,
i plan to replace my audigy2 with a
"Xtreme Game Fatalty Professional Series".
There are known problems with the card itself and with the Nforce2 chipset?
My board:
MSI K7N2 Delta-L (nForce 2 Ultra400 chipset)
thanks
zivilistMessage Edited by zivilist on 0-3-20060:55 PM

If you are up for the battle that MIGHT transpire with either one of these cards then your welcome to it. EAX will work on games that nati'vely support EAX and the openAL API. Games that are direct sound only will require the ALchemy program to make them work correctly. You can find a list of openAL nati've games on the openAL site...sorry don't have a link for you right now but google it. You might be able to find the list of Direct SOund games that ALchemy works on by going to the ALchemy site as well.
For the most part, stuff is working but I would highly advise you do more research before purchasing any sound cards from Creative. Just check the forums and look under the Vista posts as well as here to get a taste of the issues many are having.

X-fi Xtreme gamer will these features ever be supported with this soundca

In the audigy 2 sound card for windows xp you could do stuff like edit treble, bass, have different environment effects such as living room. You could also add a parametric equilizer to sounds as well as use mixers that could change the original sound, reverb etc. My question is, are these kind of tweaks ever going to be supported by the x-fi xtreme gamer sound card for vista. Or will it just never work the same as the audigy 2 for xp. Also, if this card can't do that, is their another creative sound card that will be able to do all of those features?

Also, from the thread above this, the x-fi xtreme gamer pretty much = xtreme music. So now my question is changed to. Will those features such as adding parametric equilizers, editing certain sounds like original sound, reverb etc. and the ability to change the environment to living room (I can currently use amphitheatre and stone halls and stuff in environment mode, but no living room effect). Will those features be supported in vista in future patches/ fixes? Or are they just always going to be lost in vista and unable to use them?

Xtreme Gamer is "not Supported by the Application" Problem. He

My SoundBlaster XFi Xtreme Gamer has suddenly stopping being detected by my creative software, such as Volume Panel. The drivers are installed, and when I hover my mouse pointer over the volume panel is still shows "SB X-Fi Audo [E000]" which is the sound card, but when I doubled click to open the volume panel it says that "The current selected audio device is not supported by the application. Do you want to select another audio device now?". When I click "Yes", it doesn't show anything on list besides "Windows Default Audio". This happened out of no wheres, with no changes at all to my computer. Volume Panel was working yesterday, but when I woke up today it wasn't. I have no idea what could be causing this, or what caused it... I did update the drivers about a week ago, but it was all working fine since, until today.
I haven't installed or uninstalled anything since it was working properly.
I tried reinstalling drivers and software, and it did not fix anything. I also uninstalled everything including drivers from computer, and used my original installation CD to install everything over again. Every installed fine, but then for some reason it would not install the drivers. Windows was detecting the device, but when I went to install the hardware manually, it would ask for CD to find some files to install... it said this twice, I located the files it needed, and each time it would complete the process it would instantly reboot computer without notice. When the computer was booted up, it would ask then ask again for the Creative CD to install the detected hardware. So I for awhile I could not install the drivers, but for some reason out of no wheres it finally installed when I used the update installation file I downloaded from Creative.com, even though I had tried the same thing a few times, it for some reason installed drivers. But now it is all installed again, my software seems imcomplete and will still not work with the sound device. What seems to be the problem here? Only thing I can think of now is the installation for some reason became corrupted. Only way I can think of fixing it is reformatting my whole computer, but as of right now I don't feel like spending a whole day doing so.
Is there anything that you can think of to fix this problem? I have had the sound card for about a year now. As of right now, I am still using headphones in the soundcard, but it doesn't sound good at all as I can't change anything in software. I also noticed that is no longer has as much installed as it would if I used my original CD. It doesn't have an option to switch sound modes anymore. It also doesn't now have "X-Fi Soundblaster" in "Add/Remove Programs" list. All it has in Add/Remove is "Creative Audo Console".
I uninstalled everything I could and deleted left over files in the Creative directory, so I deleted the whole folder after.
Only other thing I can think of is something in the registery is messed up, and causing the sound card not to be recognized. I also have WinXP SP2.

I spent yet another hour or two trying to fix it, and nothing changed.
I put it into a different PCI slot, and made no difference.
PCI slot doesn't seem to be the problem, I am thinking it is something within the registry itself.
I also put in the CD and there was no option to remove drivers, so I just went ahead and tried overwriting them, but that actually made things worse. My computer kept rebooting over and over when it hit the Windows Boot Up logo, and had to go into safe mode and do a system restore to get it back to normal.
It also keeps asking for the CD when windows loads and it detects the soundcard.
It will ask to locate acouple files, I do what it it says, but just as it is finishing installing the drivers it reboots the system.... when windows is loaded again, it will ask the same thing over, and will keep giving same results.
There isn't anything to completely remove all the creative files and folders including the 00's of registry keys. Maybe Driver Sweeper or Driver Cleaner Pro might help? ill try them, but as of now im not bothering with the soundcard.... ill just reformat. I just hope it ain't the card itself, because I am a month over the one year warranty, and the azzholes from creative said there was nothing they can do about it.
That alone made me want to turn to a different brand next time with better support. Creative has some of the worst support I know of.
They tend to leave people hanging with their defecti've hardware. What I don't get is, that the card still installs the drivers at times, and it will still work but the software won't.
I have been using it this whole time, but seems to freeze up my Guildwars alot.
It still sounds good, way better than Onboard, just not as good as before because there were no options for change mode, or couldn't access the equalizer.
Anyone know of any programs that will completely remove everything for the Xtreme Gamer Creative Software? Including everything in registry.
Also, is it possible that there might be a Windows Service that might have an effect on the problem? I tried enabling a few things, then try rebootin and reinstalling, but didn't seem to help.
But then again, I am not sure which services would cause the problem.
Definately something happened with the last Creative Driver update, only took a week afterwards for something to go wrong.

New drivers won't work for X-Fi Xtreme Gamer

I use Windows XP SP 2 with my X-Fi Xtreme Gamer.
I used the Device Manager to uninstall my old drivers (v2.5.0006), rebooted, cancelled the Windows new-hardware popup, and installed the new drivers (v2.5.0008). I had no sound immediately after the installation, though I think I should have heard mouse-clicking sounds and sounds that accompany opening and closing windows from my desktop and Windows Explorer. After restarting after the installation, I still had no sound.
To restore sound, I uninstalled the new drivers and reinstalled the old ones.
Has anyone else encountered this trouble Does anyone know what is happening
Here is some information on my system:
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version: 5..2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
System Name: YOUR-C7B5E9C69F
User Name: YOUR-C7B5E9C69F\Russell
Windows Directory: C:\WINDOWS
System Directory: C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device: \Device\HarddiskVolume
Locale: United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5..2600.280 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-258)"
Time Zone: Pacific Standard Time
System Manufacturer: Magnell
System Model: ABS Ultimate M6
System Type: X86-based PC
Motherboard: ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe NF4 (Socket 939)
Processor: x86 Family 5 Model 7 Stepping 0 Authentic AMD ~263 MHz (AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 (2.63 GHz), socket 939
BIOS Version/Date: Phoenix Technologies, LTD ASUS A8N-SLI DELUXE ACPI BIOS Revision 006, 3/3/2005
SMBIOS Version: 2.3
Memory: Dual DDR GB PC3200XL Corsair
Total Physical Memory: 2,048.00 MB
Available Physical Memory: .68 GB
Total Virtual Memory: 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory: .96 GB
Page File Space: 3.85 GB
Page File: C:\pagefile.sys
Video: EVGA NVidia GeForce 6800Ultra 256MB
Video Card Drivers: NVidia Forceware drivers version 6.4.00.756
Hard Dri've: Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740GD 0,000RPM 8MB
Sound: Creative Labs Soundblaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer (driver v2.5.0006)
CompUSA Dual Format Double Layer DVD+/-RW USB (R = 6x DVD, 48x CD)
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 93c 9 LCD
Mouse: Logitech G9 Laser (Driver v.4.22.52)
Keyboard: Ideazon MERC Stealth Illuminated Gaming Keyboard (Model No. KUH0702)
Printer: HP Photosmart C5580
Mass Storage Device: Corsair Flash Voyager 2.0 GB (USB 2.0 flash memory dri've)
Power: PC Power and Cooling Turbo-Cool 50
Email: Outlook Express version 6.00.2900.280 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-258)
Virus and Spyware Protection: Norton Internet Security 2009
Internet Service Provider: SBC/Yahoo! Pro DSL

I have solved my own problem. The trouble was that using the Device Manager to uninstall my old drivers did not work. Apparently a file that needed to be deleted was not deleted, and that file prevented the new drivers from working. I finally got the new drivers to work by using the following procedure, which except from some notes I have inserted, was obtained by email from Creative support:
1. Go to Control Panel, Add Remove Programs and un-install all listings related to your audio card. Do not restart your computer when prompted so.
2. Go to Control Panel, and switch to Classic View. Click System, Hardware tab, Device Manager button and delete all sound cards entries in Sound, Video and Game Controllers as well as any previous sound card entries from the Device Manager. ?Note: Personally, to get to Device Manager, I don?t follow these directions. I do this: click the Windows Start button + E, look to the left and right-click My Computer, click Properties, click Hardware tab, click Device Manager.
3. Reboot the computer and cancel out of any driver installation if you are prompted. Insert the Creative Sound Blaster installation CD into your CD-ROM dri've. Exit from the installation wizard if it autoruns.
4. Click Start, Run and then Browse. Browse to Z:\Audio\Drivers\CTZAPXX.EXE, where Z represents the CD Rom Dri've. Choose YES if you receive a prompt "Overwrite existing shared creative audio driver files?" NOTE: This CTZAPXX.EXE file could not be found on my X-Fi Xtreme installation disk by using the Z:\Audio\Drivers\CTZAPXX.EXE path. I had do use the Windows Search engine to do a search on my X-Fi Xtreme installation disk. After finding it, I highlighted the CTZAPXX.EXE program, opened it, and continued with these driver-uninstallation instructions. This seems to be a critical step. If your installation disk doesn't have this file, or if you don't have an installation disk, I suggest doing a Web search for CTZAPXX.EXE. It's a Creative Update Utility, so I don't think it will harm your computer. But I use Windows XP, and I don't know anything about Vista.
5. Select Driver un-installation for WDM drivers and click OK.
6. When prompted to restart, say No.
7. Click Start, Run, type MSCONFIG and press Enter.
8. Check the box next to Selecti've Startup and deselect Load Startup Items.
9. Select the SERVICES tab and select Hide All Microsoft Services.
10. Uncheck all results and click OK.
1. Browse to the C:\Temp folder and C:\Windows\TEMP (if it exists) - all files and folders in the temp folder need to be either deleted or moved to a new folder. ?NOTE: I had to go to my C:\Windows\TEMP file to do this step. Also, I took care to copy and paste all of these TEMP files to a new folder before I tried deleting them. Then I deleted all the Windows\TEMP files that I could. Some would not delete. Indeed some of these files could not be copy and pasted to the new folder. But that was okay. I just left alone those files I could not copy and delete, and I proceeded to delete all of the other files. The TEMP files that I could not delete did not affect my uninstallation of old sound drivers or the installation of new sound drivers.
2. Browse to Program Files, Creative and delete the Sound Blaster Folder - if you get a file that won't delete, right click on the file, click Properties and clear all the attributes. The file should then be able to be deleted.
3. Empty the Recycle Bin, and reboot the computer.
4. If you wish to install your new sound drivers, do so now. Otherwise, go to the next step. If you do install you new drivers?which I would do?don?t restart after the installation. Do the next two steps first.
5. Click on Start, Run. Type MSCONFIG and press Enter.
6. Select Normal Startup, and press the OK button.
7. Reboot the computer
8. At this point I copy-pasted all those Windows\TEMP files from my new folder back to their proper place in Windows\TEMP. Then I deleted the new folder. While restoring these TEMP files to the Windows\TEMP file, I got a couple of messages telling me these files already existed. I clicked No. That is, I did NOT replace or overwrite any existing files in the Windows\TEMP folder.
9. The new sound drivers should now be working.
Message Edited by Solipso on 04-22-2009 07:6 AMMessage Edited by Solipso on 04-22-2009 07:7 AM

X-Fi xtreme gamer boot probl

I just got the xtreme gamer. Everything was fine for the first few days. Now, every time I start my machine I get a loud humm through my speakers, without fail. The only way to clear the humm is by hitting restore defaults. The problem is, aside from switching to 4. speakers, I have left all the settings alone.
I have reinstalled till blue in the face with no resolution to the problem. Yes, I followed the instructions on how to remove the drivers and do a clean install. I even went a step further and got rid of all the creative registry entries, defragged, then tried again.
This is very annoying. I have the latest drivers off the web site. Does anyone have a clue on how to rid myself of this once and for all?

Yes, I've moved the card, the problem still exists. I do not own headphones. The problem shows up about a second or two after I hit the desktop. The speakers start making noises like they're trying to do something, little clicks and po
ps.
After a small click here and there, like they're "turning on", the humm starts, like they're not properly grounded or something.
The fact that this can by "resolved" by simply by clicking the "restore defaults" tab leads me to believe this is a software issue... which is probably why switching the pci slots did nothing. Once I restore the defaults, I go back and change my setting to 4. speakers. Nothing else is touched.
It's is very annoying and if I happen to forget about it one day and leave the volume up, it could blow out my speakers. I will try emailing, but find that support, errr... 'discussion' forums provide a lot more brainpower.

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