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| Thread ID: 77236 | 2007-03-03 05:23:00 | Sound Blaster Live Value drivers for Vista 32bit... | jamesyboi (6579) | Press F1 |
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| 529639 | 2007-03-03 05:23:00 | Anyone know where I can get some drivers to run this hardware?? I've looked and failed... Seems creative isn't supporting them. Basically I'm running Vista on a fairly old machine (still capable) and the audio hardware isn't supported by vista... Don't wanna upgrade hardware just yet :P Is there any alternative vista drivers for sound blaster live?! | jamesyboi (6579) | ||
| 529640 | 2007-03-03 06:01:00 | You didnt look good enough (forums.creative.com) Theyre in beta tho. And not all features will work. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 529641 | 2007-03-03 07:10:00 | on the contrary, I downloaded those before, as well as many other versions. the problem with installing them seems to be an error message. "Setup is unable to detect a supported product on your system. Please ensure that your product is properly installed before running this Setup program. Setup will now exit." I have tried disabling the 'force signed driver' feature by pressing F8 on startup and it makes no difference... I am 100% certain that my soundcard is connected :S.... Whats the problem? After exiting the installation, Windows says it was not installed properly and I click 'reinstall this application' Instantly I get an error saying "Your version of Windows Operating System is not supported by this product. Please upgrade to Windows Vista or later versions before resuming installation. Note: I am running Windows Vista Business N (haven't entered a serial yet) |
jamesyboi (6579) | ||
| 529642 | 2007-03-03 07:29:00 | Is the soundcard 16 or 24 bit?? If its 16 bit yup, I don't think there are any drivers . If this is the same card: Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5+1 16-bit -- The Vista drivers for this sound card was produced, but they are only for 24-bit cards . They don't work for 16-bit sound cards . Windows XP 16-bit drivers cannot be installed under Vista because of an incompatiblity problem . You receive an error message like "sound card not found" although Vista can detect sound card after you run the setup . But, the normal drivers can be installed . Download the XP driver (LiveDrvUni-Pack(ENG) . exe) or insert the XP driver CD, extract from package / go "audio\drivers" and run CTZAPXX . exe . Install the drivers but this installs only drivers and only output can work . The special programs aren't installed and in-put system doesn't work (for example; Mic In . No sound during recording, default recording device can't be selected) . To install the special Creative programs (AudioHQ, Creative Recorder etc . . . ), run the setup files of these programs in the same CD / installer package . You can install them by one by under "Creative" folder . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 529643 | 2007-03-03 07:53:00 | I downloaded & installed the ol' XP drivers, and it failed to install like the rest. Then windows attempted to reinstall it and ... it worked?! However the sound quality is extremely poor and the speakers distort over any bass. Does this mean I'll have to go out and buy some new soundcard :S? I dont know what bit it is.. I would presume 24... | jamesyboi (6579) | ||
| 529644 | 2007-03-03 08:05:00 | I downloaded & installed the ol' XP drivers, and it failed to install like the rest. Then windows attempted to reinstall it and ... it worked?! However the sound quality is extremely poor and the speakers distort over any bass. Does this mean I'll have to go out and buy some new soundcard :S? Yup, and if its another creative card like the one u have, I would say it'll have to be 24 bit for it to work (or work with limited features). According to a site where people have tested hardware with Vista (www.iexbeta.com) Or here (forumz.tomshardware.com) |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 529645 | 2007-03-03 08:31:00 | This surpasses my logic......but over the period of 40 minutes, my sound quality became better and better... to the point that it is good! It's as if the soundcard developed AI and understood vista all on its own :D Thanks for your help Speedy Gonzales |
jamesyboi (6579) | ||
| 529646 | 2007-03-04 05:59:00 | Weird, I could never get the sound drivers working, in either 32 or 64-bit :( Lucky you :D Mind you, this was like 2 months back, maybe a fair bit has changed... |
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