Sound card not recognized by XP but works

Post by **hate** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 9:24 pm

picked up a sb live

removed all old drivers with driver cleaner pro

installed..reinstalled...repeat repeat repeat...

but Q4 and Fear still don't recognize eax or the card for that matter(ie. greyed out)

any ideas to force xp into submission...

?

Post by **hate** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 9:25 pm

btw, it does show up in system/devices correctly..

Post by **dzjepp** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 9:29 pm

For Q4 you need openal for sound to work: http://www.openal.org/

Post by **dzjepp** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 9:30 pm

Try installing the drivers manually, not via the .exe

Use Winrar to extract the contents of the .exe into a folder. Then go into device manager and go to properties of the sound card, and do 'update driver' and point to the folder you extracted the files too.

EDIT: But clean the system once again of the sound drivers before doing this. By installing manually you won't get the crappy stuff like the extra sound blaster/creative apps installed.

Post by **dzjepp** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 9:34 pm

If you got an OEM version of the sound card then the drivers found at creative.com might be a bit stubborn... also I know this is no brainer but don't use cd drivers and shit.

Post by **hate** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 1:56 am

hmm

tried all of that and it's still greyed out

something is fucked..

Post by **dzjepp** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 5:21 pm

Is the card oem or not? (Dell etc. ship those kinds). They sometimes modify the setup file so it recognizes their card, but it usually breaks access to official cards, like one manufactured by creative.

But I'm guessing you do have a built-by creative model... so, if all else fails, a format c: might cure what ails ya.

Post by **dzjepp** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 5:27 pm

Ohh something worth mentioning, theres a good chance that openal shiat don't work with all cards, it should play nicely with audigy brands and up, but prolly not with sb live cards. Could definately be why it's grayed out in q4.

Post by **jester!** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 6:21 pm

There is also talk that its just broken on Q4s end of things. More then a few people with Audigy cards, myself included, cant get the thing to accept we have cards that support it.

Post by **hate** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 9:27 pm

i got a creative sblive 24 bit (not oem)

says it supports eax advanced hd

Post by **Tormentius** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 9:30 pm

hate wrote:i got a creative sblive 24 bit (not oem)

says it supports eax advanced hd

Have you downloaded the latest Beta drivers from Creative's support site? Try that.

Post by **hate** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 9:56 pm

covered it..