Serious Audigy Install Problems

[Afro000Dude]

Well, I've spent about 5 hours on this one, and I don't know why I didn't come here sooner. I took my system apart to trim the back fan grill on my case today. I put the motherboard/proc/ram together into a large antistatic bag, my video card in another, and my Audigy card in a third. When I put it back together, I got a message saying that the sound card was installed improperly. Ok, so I reseat it and try again. No luck. I try two other pci slots, no luck. I uninstalled the drivers, but I can't reinstall them because it doesn't detect the card in my system. Windows detects it, and installs drivers that don't work, and the "Creative Diagnostics" detects it too, but says the drivers are not installed. Exactly. I can't get the damn drivers installed and I'm frustrated out of my mind!! Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Cliff Notes

Audigy drivers won't install after system rebuild. Help!

 

[sandorski]

I feel your pain, had the same crap a couple times. Try downloading the full DriverPack and be sure not to use the "Core Driver". Install the Driver Pack and it should work.

 

[maluckey]

Theres a file called "DEFAULT.ECW", that the Audigy looks for. You can use the new Audigy 2 core set, if you add a copy of the above file to the X\Audigy\Drivers\COMMON. X being the drive location for the files. It then will recognize your card as an Audigy and install accordingly.

 

[Afro000Dude]

So I just create a file called "DEFAULT.ECW" and put it in X\Audigy\Drivers\COMMON? I don't have those folders because I uninstalled the drivers. Do I create them?

 

[Steven the Leech]

Try looking at "DriverHeaven.net " there are some audigy2 drivers that work on audigy 1 , really sound nice, not so hard to install if you follow the instructions, or you can install kx drivers [kX Audio Driver@
www.kxproject.com] they are nice too. You will have to register to view forums there

DriverHeaven.net > Forum > Computer Components > Audio General and Technical Discussion > Audigy2 Drivers/Apps w/ .

You should be able to find the .ecw file in windows system folder if not use CTZAPXX.exe to install/uninstall drivers.

 

[maluckey]

No, you get the default.ecw off of the original installation disk, then insert it into your new driver installation folders, prior to install. I've done it a few times now, on different rigs, with zero issues. BTW the Audigy 2 drivers are faster, and more stable than the older set.

 

[Afro000Dude]

Ok, I managed to get the drivers installed. I think it was a bad uninstallation, because as soon as I ran ctzapxx.exe (I didn't know what it was before) there was no problem detecting or installing them. However, there is no sound! Winamp plays like there is sound, and there are no error messages about bad drivers like there were before, but there is no sound coming out of my speakers. I checked everything - they are plugged in to the wall, connetcted to the sub, and plugged into the right jacks in the card. It passes all "creative diagnostics" and seems to think it is actually playing sound. Ugh, as soon as one thing's fixed, another problem shows up.

 

[PCHPlayer]

Originally posted by: Afro000Dude
Ok, I managed to get the drivers installed. I think it was a bad uninstallation, because as soon as I ran ctzapxx.exe (I didn't know what it was before) there was no problem detecting or installing them. However, there is no sound! Winamp plays like there is sound, and there are no error messages about bad drivers like there were before, but there is no sound coming out of my speakers. I checked everything - they are plugged in to the wall, connetcted to the sub, and plugged into the right jacks in the card. It passes all "creative diagnostics" and seems to think it is actually playing sound. Ugh, as soon as one thing's fixed, another problem shows up.

Turn up the volume
Go into the Creative control panel/volume control and make sure that the WAV output is not muted and that the volume is high enough.

 

[Afro000Dude]

Originally posted by: PCHPlayer

Originally posted by: Afro000Dude
Ok, I managed to get the drivers installed. I think it was a bad uninstallation, because as soon as I ran ctzapxx.exe (I didn't know what it was before) there was no problem detecting or installing them. However, there is no sound! Winamp plays like there is sound, and there are no error messages about bad drivers like there were before, but there is no sound coming out of my speakers. I checked everything - they are plugged in to the wall, connetcted to the sub, and plugged into the right jacks in the card. It passes all "creative diagnostics" and seems to think it is actually playing sound. Ugh, as soon as one thing's fixed, another problem shows up.

Turn up the volume
Go into the Creative control panel/volume control and make sure that the WAV output is not muted and that the volume is high enough.

Yeah, that was the first thing I did.

Tried uninstalling/reinstalling again, but still no sound. Really aggravating.

 

[Afro000Dude]

Several reinstallations later... still no sound.... The speakers pop when windows begins to load, so I'm wondering if there's something up with that... Puzzled and pissed....

 

[Afro000Dude]

Ack!! Seriously considering reinstalling windows for this one... all because I moved it over a slot....

 

[Nebor]

Um, make sure it isn't set to digital output only.

 

[maluckey]

As strange as it may sound....are you speakers plugged into the correct output? I plugged mine into the microphone jack last year, and spent hours troubleshooting for nothing.

 

[Afro000Dude]

Well, figured it out. Can't believe it was this simple. It simply didn't like the last pci slot. Moving it up one slot fixed everything. Maybe it was an irq problem. Whatever. It's fixed now, and thanks.