SB Audigy Owners

[l33t]

I can't find my installation CD and I can't install the card in w2k using the supposedly standalone driver from creative's website.

Can someone make an ISO of their audigy CD and send it to me in irc, aim, msn, email, anything, please?

PM me here or drop me a line at my email address

I have RR btw. TIA.

 

[Auric]

You can use the Audigy 2 drivers and software which are better and available here:

Audigy 2 apps and 5.12.1.283 drivers
http://users2.ev1.net/~dallasstar/sb_install_multilang.rar

Compatibility Patch
http://members.aol.com/dvdking2001/Pub/ctcomp.exe

 

[Pilsnerpete]

wth do you need a patch for if they're better?

 

[viper118]

you need to patch it because you need to disable the protection... when you try to install it w/o the patch, it will say that "installation will no longer continue" because you don't have an audigy 2 card... but the drivers that are installed for the audigy are the exact same as the audigy 2.

 

[BFG10K]

What error message does the installer give you? That's odd that you can't install the drivers without the CD; it works just fine for me.

Are you trying the latest version?

 

[Auric]

Originally posted by: BFG10K
What error message does the installer give you? That's odd that you can't install the drivers without the CD; it works just fine for me.

I could imagine a problem trying to install downloaded program updates sans an existing install (presumably from CD), but not drivers.

Originally posted by: viper118
you need to patch it because you need to disable the protection... when you try to install it w/o the patch, it will say that "installation will no longer continue" because you don't have an audigy 2 card... but the drivers that are installed for the audigy are the exact same as the audigy 2.

Yeah, same compatability-wise since they share the same EMU 10K2 core. The A2 hardware does have higher freq DAC's with DVD-Audio support but otherwise are the same enough to share drivers. The A2 software is a good example of "adding value" to justify the doubled price. The A2 is also only available in pretty retail boxes whereas the A1 is available bare nekkid.

 

[Pilsnerpete]

so you install the patch first?

Also, do you get all the functionality of playcenter and audiohq? Gotta have surround.

 

[l33t]

I reformatted and installed w2k pro. I then installed all my hardware and patched everything (back when I had my driver cd). I then took out the audigy to lend to a friend. When I got it back, I couldn't remember what pci slot I originally had it in so I guessed. When I booted it up. Windows came up with the "found new hardware" wizard and, I assume, it installs the game port and firewire fine, but then it stops and asks for the Creative Installation CD (which I don't have b/c I can't find it) so I hit cancel and, of course, I don't have any sound (and as a side affect, it prevents my NIC from being able to lease an IP from my router which I don't understand but nevermind that).

I tried taking out the audigy, (so I could lease an IP and go online) then downloaded the driver from creative, shut down, put the audigy back in, booted up, canceled wizard, then ran the driver installation .exe, let it finish till it asks me to reboot. When I do reboot, the 'found new hardware wizard' always comes up and I'm back to square one.

 

[ozone13]

Originally posted by: l33t
I reformatted and installed w2k pro. I then installed all my hardware and patched everything (back when I had my driver cd). I then took out the audigy to lend to a friend. When I got it back, I couldn't remember what pci slot I originally had it in so I guessed. When I booted it up. Windows came up with the "found new hardware" wizard and, I assume, it installs the game port and firewire fine, but then it stops and asks for the Creative Installation CD (which I don't have b/c I can't find it) so I hit cancel and, of course, I don't have any sound (and as a side affect, it prevents my NIC from being able to lease an IP from my router which I don't understand but nevermind that).

I tried taking out the audigy, (so I could lease an IP and go online) then downloaded the driver from creative, shut down, put the audigy back in, booted up, canceled wizard, then ran the driver installation .exe, let it finish till it asks me to reboot. When I do reboot, the 'found new hardware wizard' always comes up and I'm back to square one.

Hmm....IIRC, I chose an older soundblaster card driver within windows after installing my Audigy (I hate all that extra software), then downloaded the 'update' from Creative's site. Following the reboot, my Audigy was successfully recognized....but this was with winxp. I dunno if you can do this with win2k.

 

[Dan]

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