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SB Audigy and XP

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Thanks2C

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Hey,

I installed Windows XP on my new box, and I put my Sound Blaster Audigy eX card in, and it detected it when I booted up. I downloaded up-to-date drivers from creative's website and it said I had to install the drivers from the installation disk first, then upgrade. So I downloaded them and then I installed as it said from the installation disk. I had no problems at all, it detected it fine and quickly installed the drivers. After it installed and when I tried to open up My Computer the screen froze. I rebooted and when it came to the blue WELCOME screen it once again froze. I took the Audigy card out, rebooted and it got into Windows fine and no problems. I shutdown, put the card back in, rebooted and it froze once again. I have no idea what's causing the problem (I know it's gotta be the sound card), but I don't know how to fix it. Any suggestions or any tips on how to fix this problem? Anything that's helpful would be greatly appreciated! =)

I'm running Windows XP on AMD Athlon XP 1900+ with a Soyo Dragon Plus! mobo. And yes, I did disable onboard sound via the BIOS.

Thanks!
-Shawn
 
This was my XP/Audigy experience: I had a Live Platinum running fine on the stock XP drivers. I uninstalled it from XP, shutdown and removed the old card and installed the Audigy. On bootup the system was confused, so I ended up hacking the registry and installing and uninstalling the drivers four times. Somehow or other the last time was the charm. Remember, you need the cd drivers installed before the update. If I were to do this again I would use this first. I think Creative still has some work to do on the XP drivers, and there are several component updates that I haven't tried yet. <FWIW>
 
I also had some problems with my SB Audigy when i first installed, I ended up moving the sound card to a lower PCI slot and that seemed to resolve my issue. (maybe an irq conflict somewhere)

Yonux
 
VIA <cough>

Try moving the card in to a different slot. Make sure you've got the latest 4-in-1 drivers. Apply the latency patch.

And pray.
 
Pabster back to your old ways 😉,anyway there was thread on this before and it turns out that ONLY the Soyo Dragon board likes the SB Audigy in a certain slot " I can`t remember which one",all other boards don`t have this problem.
 
Warning: Gramer Intenced,With that said.

If you read the manual which I dought,it will tell you to cancel the startup install,and do it after you boot into windows.Then you insert the CD to load the sothware + the drivers you would have had no problems.Creative should have a big Yellow Warning for the non readers on the cover of the manual,or a "note" telling you to read the adobe manual for the ones that buy OEM,befor installing.
 
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