Vista: Sound Don't work. Picture Inside.

[Coldkilla]

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I downloaded Creatives Audigy Drivers for Vista. As BETA as they may be, the installer should be able to INSTALL.

What can I do?

 

[DaveSimmons]

At some point you're going to have to just give up and dual-boot XP for gaming

 

[SickBeast]

Can't you manually install them via device manager?

 

[Coldkilla]

The Drivers that came with my sound card are not compatible with Vista. So Device Manager wouldn't make a difference I don't think.

Any other advice appreciated.

 

[Mem]

I'm confused as to what Audigy card you have?


FYI when I installed the Creative beta driver for my Audigy 4 sound card, all I had to do was run the beta driver exe file ,it then installed automatically.

At some point you're going to have to just give up and dual-boot XP for gaming

Hmm no,I have XP on my 2nd PC and I have not had to use it for gaming yet.

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: Mem
I'm confused as to what Audigy card you have?

This is very important, there are 2 lines of drivers depending on if you have a "hardware" Audigy or a "software" Audigy.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: Mem

At some point you're going to have to just give up and dual-boot XP for gaming

Hmm no,I have XP on my 2nd PC and I have not had to use it for gaming yet.

It was (partly) a joke, since this is Coldkilla's 4th or 5th thread about sound and video problems with Vista



?You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is 'never try'.? -- Homer Simpson

 

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[Coldkilla]

????? It's the basic: Sound Blaster Audigy. Not Audigy 2, or anything special. Just the "Sound Blaster Audigy"

 

[Coldkilla]

bump

 

[Mem]

Originally posted by: Coldkilla
????? It's the basic: Sound Blaster Audigy. Not Audigy 2, or anything special. Just the "Sound Blaster Audigy"

So it's a Audigy 1 not a SE or LS version?


Vista drivers for Audigy series.

This download is a driver providing Microsoft® Windows® Vista 64-bit and Windows Vista 32-bit support for Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy® series audio devices. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.

Link.

Notes:

* DO NOT install this driver for Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit, Sound Blaster Audigy LS, Sound Blaster Audigy SE, or Sound Blaster Audigy Value.

 

[Coldkilla]

My vista is 32-bit. Also noting: Your link don't take you anywhere but creative's page.

 

[Mem]

Originally posted by: Coldkilla
My vista is 32-bit. Also noting: Your link don't take you anywhere but creative's page.

That's becasue you have to accept the agreement Creative have on their webpage before you can download them.

Anyway ones you want are these below(providing you don't have a SE,LS or Value version) ,so just select Audigy and Vista from the download section.

Filename: SBAX_PCDVTBETA_US_2_12_0001.exe

This download is a driver providing Microsoft® Windows® Vista 64-bit and Windows Vista 32-bit support for Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy® series audio devices. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.

Take note of the following:

* THIS IS AN UNSUPPORTED BETA DRIVER. There is no technical support for this driver.
* We recommend that only experienced users install this driver. Do not install this driver for critical tasks.

This download supports the following audio devices only:

* Creative Sound Blaster Audigy including Platinum and Platinum eX series
* Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 including Platinum, Platinum eX, and Value series
* Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS including Platinum and Platinum Pro series
* Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro and Sound Blaster Audigy 4
* Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Notebook PCMCIA

Known issues:

* Applications from the original Sound Blaster Audigy CD will not work with this download.
* Users are advised to use Audio Console included in this download to change speaker configurations.
* This driver does not support the following:
o Decoding of Dolby® Digital and DTS? signals
o DVD-Audio
o DirectSound®-based EAX games
o Gameports
o 6.1 speaker mode.
* SPDIF passthrough is supported on Vista 32-bit only.

Requirements:

* Windows Vista 64-bit or Windows Vista 32-bit
* Creative Sound Blaster Audigy audio devices listed above.

Notes:

* DO NOT install this driver for Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit, Sound Blaster Audigy LS, Sound Blaster Audigy SE, or Sound Blaster Audigy Value.
* To install the driver, do the following:
1. Download the SBAX_PCDVTBETA_US_2_12_0001.exe file into your local hard disk.
2. Double-click the downloaded file.
3. Follow the instructions on the screen.
* To uninstall the driver, do the following:
1. Click Start -> All Programs -> Control Panel.
2. Double-click the Device Manager icon.
3. Double-click the Sound, video and game controllers option.
4. Right-click the Creative SB Audigy option, and select Uninstall.
5. From the the Confirm Device Uninstall dialog box, select the Delete the driver software for this device option.
Note: This check box must be selected to avoid reinstallation issues.
6. Click the OK button.
7. Restart your computer.
* To reinstall the driver, do the following:
1. Double-click the SBAX_PCDVTBETA_US_2_12_0001.exe file.
2. When the message You must restart your computer to apply these changes appears, click the Restart Later button.
3. Follow the instructions on the screen.