Sound card but I need some apps and drivers

I've recently acquired a Sound Blaster Audigy sound card. However I only got the card. Not boxed, no software or extras. Just the card. Im not even sure which Audigy it is. I know its not a Audigy 2 card, but I mean, I dont know if its just plain vanilla Audigy or the MP3 or Gamer editions.

I have the card installed right now in my computer with 2 driver files I managed to find on Creative's website but thats all I can get. All the other files for the playcenter etc are all updates if you have the original CD software, which I dont.

Anyone know where I can get the software? As well, my current speaker layout is as follows: 80Watt 2 speaker stereo as front, and a 2.1 system for the rear. But my computer doesnt really recognise the speakers. Like sound will come out, and I have the control panel sound settings for quad speakers, but its not surround sound. Like when I listen to DVD's and such. Or maybe its just me. Im a complete noob to the sound system part of my PC. :sad:

Thanks for the help boys and girls
-Wild Card

i redo older PC's all the time, none have drivers soooo...

google is your friend

someplace on the card, will be numbers, type in each set (assuming more than one exists) till you come across a site with drivers that correspond with the device..

get the newest drivers.. also, many sites require a small signup process, they are storing very old obsolete drivers mostly, i assume it makes them feel better to monitor the download processes..

good luck nick :smile:

I hate my soundblaster because it only came with windows 98 drivers, and the windows2000 ones you can download are horrible. I found one set on some dodgy italian website... Perhaps if you email techsupport they might send you a new CD for $5 or something. Depends how much you want all those crappy creative apps :smile:

scary_jeff said:
I hate my soundblaster because it only came with windows 98 drivers, and the windows2000 ones you can download are horrible. I found one set on some dodgy italian website... Perhaps if you email techsupport they might send you a new CD for $5 or something. Depends how much you want all those crappy creative apps :smile:

i don't doubt you, but sound blaster is extremely common, i find it difficult to believe no 2000 or Xp drivers exist..

whats the make/model.. maybe one of us can locate some better ones..

SBLive Value. When I got it, I had all these cool control panels and options for adding loads of different effects to whatever sounds you like. Now if I find a way to install those controls, they won't run properly, or have no affect... I guess I just don't like Creative - the CD drive I got by them was pretty lame as well :smile:

[edit] Going on www.soundblaster.com and clicking support seems to get the downloads you want WC. last time I used that, it didn't work, but since you have a newer audigy 2, I would have hoped you would have more luck with it [/edit]

jeff

this may be dumb, but.. you did uninstall, before reinstalling right?

maybe a bit of regclean for good measure?

besides, i dunno about you, but i always turn off the extras whenever something installs a bunch of gobbledygook.. you know, video drivers and their fancy-smancy setting assistants..

anywho's, whats the model number?

Creative are notorious for never updating sound card drivers once the hardware has been released. Also be wary of using their update packs, that have one set of generic drivers for most of their cards. You'll find they screw your system something severe. If your running XP I'd recommend using the generic drivers that come with that. Most Creative drivers are only usable with operating systems available at the time of release. I get some bugs but generally they seem to work ok.

I'm also running a Sound Blaster Live Value, its a good card, there just ain't any good drivers. If you used the XP drivers Jeff, did you find that you system would crash for no reason, something to do with the emu10k drivers or something, used to happen to me alot.

When I downloaded and installed the newest creative driver pack, it
claimed there was no creative sound card installed on my PC! Can't
remember if I ever got them working or just stuck with the ones that
came on the provided CD.

I have google searched and browsed Creative's website. Before posting here :razz: lol. The only serial (or model) number I can find is the following SB0230 which dosent give much on Google. Creative's website does have the drivers for the card, at least I think its the right drivers, and I installed those. But all I can get are drivers. I cant get the apps or utilities as all Creative has on their website are updates IF you already have the original software installed.

Yes, that's the situation I am in WC. Perhaps look for an image of the audigy CD on a P2P network - other than that, 'you have just been screwed by creative' :heee:

scary_jeff said:
Yes, that's the situation I am in WC. Perhaps look for an image of the audigy CD on a P2P network - other than that, 'you have just been screwed by creative' :heee:

Screwed? Yes. Oh well, I got the card for free :biggrin: I just wanted to try it to see if it would be any better than my onboard nForce2 MCP-T chipset.

I'll see what I can find.

I have the Audigy 2.... but make sure your card supports surround sound (eg: 4.1) and if it does there should be separate places to plug your speakers in to. There sould be a green jack that you plug your two front speakers into, and a black jack to plug the two rear speakers into, and a orange jack to plug the sub into.

Now if you think you have the right set-up and are not sure if your getting surround sound there is a speaker testing utility in Counter Strike:Source that goes through all speakers separately. Also in the game make sure you have EAX enabled (in the audio settings) to get the surround sound feel.

As for the special software that comes with it, you may actually have to pay for it (eg: riping sofware, mixer).

I use only the drivers from the creative site for my audigy 2 as they cause less problems than the whole disc setup stuff which had a lot of stupid bugs like cutting out during direct sound playback for absolutely no reason.