Sound Card Problem

[GimpyFuzznut]

I just finished reformating my drive and I'm having some trouble with my sound card. I have a SoundBlaster Live (Not sure if it's the Value or just plain Live! but drivers are the same either way) and Windows XP should normally auto-detect the card and install its drivers. For some reason, it didn't. So I dug up my cd with the Live drivers on it and installed that. The card seems to be working fine but the drivers on the cd I installed are pretty old. When I try to download the latest drivers from the website, I get an error saying I don't have a Soundblaster soundcard? Any idea what's going on?

 

[Instiga8er]

I also have the Soundblaster Live Value, and before upgrading to WinXP Pro, I went to Creative Labs and downloaded the latest drivers and burned them on a CD - then after going through the upgrade, I installed the latest drivers - had no problems at all. Maybe you should try that, then uninstall the Soundblaster and reinstall it, using the new drivers - can't hurt

 

[darktubbly]

Try what Instiga8er said, and if that doesn't work, you could try going into your BIOS and resetting the configuration data (usually under Plug and Play options).

 

[GimpyFuzznut]

That's the weird part... when I try to update to the new drivers from the website it says I don't have a soundblaster? Even though my device manager says Soundblaster Live.

And there's nothing in the BIOS that needs to be changed.

 

[Knightlife]

If you have some kind of ftp server or something maybe someone can upload the drivers for you? I think my drivers are fairly new, but I know they work with XP anyway. Don't use the built-in Microsoft drivers because they're horrible. If you run the Creative Diagnostics while using those drivers half of the tests fail with the Windows drivers.

Actually, use this link:
http://www.americas.creative.com/support/files/download2.asp?centric=107&maincat=11&os=10&subcat=16
Paste that into your browser.

 

[GimpyFuzznut]

Yeah that's the thing - I've download those exact drivers in the link but when I try to install them, the setup quits and says I don't have a Soundblaster card?

 

[PrincessGuard]

I used to have that problem in Win2k as well. Try moving the card to a different PCI slot.

Or get a better sound card

 

[DarkKnight]

I had the same problem with my Sound Blaster Live card in XP and 2k, when I asked Creative for some help, they told me to buy a new card cause i got OEM :|

 

[GimpyFuzznut]

That sucks. I'll try moving it to another slot.

Going to be picking up an Audigy 2 soon anyway though..