Thinking of buying a Soundblaster Live! Value from Newegg

[Sacotool]

It says OEM, so I figure it doesn't come with any packaging or install CD's? Or does it come with a CD? I'm just wondering if I'm going to need install drivers during installation, or if it will Plug and Play properly in Win98se...

 

[kaiotes]

u can dl the driver from website
nothing to worry about

 

[etech]

I have to ask if you have checked the for/sale forum. A lot of people were getting rid of soundblasters due to the via chipset bug not long ago.

 

[Sacotool]

Shoot, I've got a Gigabyte board with a Via KT133 chipset, is this one of the boards affected by the bug? Which soundcard is recommended for Via chipsets?

 

[Nutdotnet]

Nah man, you should be fine. It is the KT133A with the 686B Southbridge that is causing havoc.

 

[Banana]

I'm using a KT133A mobo and a SB Live card. No problems here.

MSI K7Turbo, BIOS v.10B16

Also, I recently purchased hw from NewEgg. Other than a small delay--everything was fine.

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