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314072 2005-01-14 19:53:00 Put an Audigy 2 Zs sound card into a PCI slot in my pc. When I go to install the drivers for it it says there "Setup could not detect an Audigy..." In Device Manager it recognises the card as PCI INPUT DEVICE.


Help!
l0sT (6873)
314073 2005-01-14 21:23:00 what OS are you running ?
what motherboard and what motherboard drivers are you useing?
tweak'e (69)
314074 2005-01-14 21:39:00 Windows XP Pro
Running K8VX Asus Board with the drivers on the disc I got with it.
Disabled onboard sound.
l0sT (6873)
314075 2005-01-15 01:25:00 Well that's strange - try updating motherboard/chipset drivers, use a different PCI slot and then if no luck flash the BIOS to the latest version...

If that doesn't work try the card in another computer - possibly faulty (unlikely)?!
HadO (796)
314076 2005-01-15 01:39:00 Why do some people recommend "flashing the BIOS"? That is potentially dangerous, and in most cases won't do anything. :(

A better approach will be to look for the updated drivers (and, maybe, firmware) made available by Creative. "audigy 2 download" to Google will be worthwhile. You shouldn't need to go past the first page of links.

The Audigy products are very clever. So there have been a few problems with them.
Graham L (2)
314077 2005-01-15 02:29:00 I'm just obsessed with having the latest version of every device driver, BIOS, OS update etc etc...

I've never had any issues with flashing the BIOS and I've done quite a few systems - it's just piece of mind when you know you are up to date with everything and eliminates the software being the issue... most of the time anyway :)
HadO (796)
314078 2005-01-15 02:36:00 I wonder if the card should be transferred to another PCI slot. Some motherboards share IRQs among slots. Could also not be seated correctly.

I use the same sound card under WinXP Pro SP2 and have no issues.

Remove all sound hardware from device manager and try different slot. Should be re detected.
Elephant (599)
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