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Windows 7 - SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum and Win 7 ? |
02-19-2011
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SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum and Win 7 ? Hello,
I just installed Win 7 64 bit and before I was using Vista Ultimate 32 bit with no problem at all but now the system cannot find my soundcard ??? I try to download the driver on Creative but I fot an error message that the card is not detected on my system ??? Someone can help me please ? THANKS ! | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 64 Bits CPU Pentium 4 Quad Core 2.4 Ghz Motherboard ASUS Maximus Formula Memory 8 gigs Graphics Card ASUS EN8800 Ultra Sound Card SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Monitor(s) Displays Samsung Syncmaster 24 |
02-19-2011
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#2 | | Windows 7, 64 bit Professional. SP1 |
You failed to fill in your System Specs, but on many PC's (especially Dell's) if the motherboard chipset drivers were not installed many devices including the sound device or card will not be detected. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built OS Windows 7, 64 bit Professional. SP1 CPU Intel Q6600 Motherboard Intel DP35DP Memory 8GB, A Data DDR2, PC 2-6400 Graphics Card NVIDIA GTS 450 OC Sound Card Ht Omega Striker 7.1 Monitor(s) Displays Viewsonic VA2448 Series 24" LED Screen Resolution 1920X1080 Keyboard Microsoft Mouse Logitech Wireless PSU XFX 750 Watt Black Edition, Modular Case Antec Nine Hundred Cooling Zerotherm CF900 Hard Drives 1 TB Hitachi Win 7 system drive
750 GB Western Digital With Vista 32 bit.
1 TB Seagate drive with Windows 8
1.5TB for Acronis Tru Image backups Internet Speed 40 MB/sec (Cable) Other Info ProTools MP9 and Sonar X1D Extended PE DAW with Roland Octa-Capture and MAudio Fast Track Ultra 8R recording interfaces, Frontier Tranzport wireless control unit, Behringer BCF2000 Cointrol Surface.
Five USB connected optical drives for CD Audio production using Nero 11
Other systems: LenovoZ560 Laptop with Win 7 64 bit HP, SP1, Dell Dimension E510 with Vista 32 bit HP, new iPad |
02-19-2011
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Quote: Originally Posted by symetric Hello,
I just installed Win 7 64 bit and before I was using Vista Ultimate 32 bit with no problem at all but now the system cannot find my soundcard ??? I try to download the driver on Creative but I fot an error message that the card is not detected on my system ??? Someone can help me please ? THANKS ! Does creative have a 64 bit win 7 driver? if not you can probably use the vista driver if you install in the compatibility mode. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavillion dv-7 1005 Tx OS WCP ONLY CPU 2@2.4 Memory 4 gigs Graphics Card Nvidia 9600M Sound Card HD built-in Monitor(s) Displays 17" Wxga Screen Resolution 1440x900 Cooling none Internet Speed 45Mb down 5Mb up |
02-19-2011
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Quote: Originally Posted by fireberd You failed to fill in your System Specs, but on many PC's (especially Dell's) if the motherboard chipset drivers were not installed many devices including the sound device or card will not be detected. Hi, it is not a DELL it's a ASUS Motherboard Maximus Formula, maybe I should try like you said install driver for that motherboard but was thinking Win 7 found it when I install it..... | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 64 Bits CPU Pentium 4 Quad Core 2.4 Ghz Motherboard ASUS Maximus Formula Memory 8 gigs Graphics Card ASUS EN8800 Ultra Sound Card SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Monitor(s) Displays Samsung Syncmaster 24 |
02-19-2011
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Quote: Originally Posted by zigzag3143 
Quote: Originally Posted by symetric Hello,
I just installed Win 7 64 bit and before I was using Vista Ultimate 32 bit with no problem at all but now the system cannot find my soundcard ??? I try to download the driver on Creative but I fot an error message that the card is not detected on my system ??? Someone can help me please ? THANKS ! Does creative have a 64 bit win 7 driver? if not you can probably use the vista driver if you install in the compatibility mode.
Yes, they have Win 7 64 bit driver... but when I run the setup they said to me , something like "we unable to detect a sound card bla bla bla..." | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 64 Bits CPU Pentium 4 Quad Core 2.4 Ghz Motherboard ASUS Maximus Formula Memory 8 gigs Graphics Card ASUS EN8800 Ultra Sound Card SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Monitor(s) Displays Samsung Syncmaster 24 |
02-19-2011
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#6 | | Windows 7 Pro x64 / WinXP Pro x86 on (1), Win7 Pro X64 / WinXP Pro x86 on (2) |
I don't think the Audigy 2 (in PCI slot) works in Windows 7, at least not x64.
A year ago when I first installed Windows 7 Pro x64 I had planned to use my Creative Audigy 2 card (PCI) in my new ASUS P5Q3 board. First, I disabled the "high definition audio" in the BIOS of the board (for the onboard Realtek sound chip). But like you I was unable to get the Creative Audigy 2 card to either get recognized by the Windows 7 installer or have the driver install properly.
Fortunately, I had a Creative X-Fi Titanium (PCI-e x1) sound card in my other machine which was still running WinXP Pro x32, and which I really didn't care about. I'd actually planned to use the optical digital audio connector on that X-Fi card but never really made use of it. Turns out it was for "output only" and not for "input" as I thought.
That other machine had a SuperMicro C2SBX board in it, which also had Realtek onboard sound. So I removed the Create X-Fi card from the PCI-e slot, enabled the Realtek onboard sound, installed the Realtek HD Audio Codec driver on that machine, and was off and running (still under WinXP Pro x86).
Then I removed the Audigy 2 (PCI) card from the ASUS P5Q3 machine I was getting going with Windows 7 Pro x64, installed the X-Fi (PCI-e x1) card, and once again installed Windows 7 x64 from scratch.
Bingo, presto! Card recognized perfectly by Windows 7, and up-to-date driver software obtained from Creative's sight.
I think you may just have to give up on that legacy Audigy 2 card in your Windows 7 x64 machine. Go with an X-Fi Titanium (or other variant). They're not expensive and you won't be disappointed. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home-built, two systems (1) and (2) OS Windows 7 Pro x64 / WinXP Pro x86 on (1), Win7 Pro X64 / WinXP Pro x86 on (2) CPU E6850 3.0Ghz/4MB-cache (1); E8400 3.0Ghz/6MB-cache (2) Motherboard SuperMicro C2SBX (1); ASUS P5Q3 (2) Memory 4GB PC3-8500 DDR3 (1); 4GB PC3-10600 DDR3 (2) Graphics Card ATI HD4850 (1); ATI HD5770 (dual-DVI) (2) (see TV cards) Sound Card Realtek ALC883 HD Audio (1); Realtek ALC1200 HD Audio (2) Monitor(s) Displays Eizo 24" S2433W (1); Eizo HD2441W LCD, Eizo S2433W (2) Screen Resolution 1920x1200 (1); 1920x1200, 1920x1200 (2) Keyboard IBM PS/2 (1) and (2) Mouse Microsoft wired (1); Logitech MX Revolution wireless (2) PSU Nesteq ECS-6001 600W (1); Nesteq ECS-5001 500W (2) Case Acousti-Case 360 (1) and (2) Cooling Zalman CNPS9700-NT for CPU, 2x120mm case fans (1) and (2) Hard Drives (1) 1x1TB SATA (7200 RPM), 1x300GB U320 SCSI (10000RPM), 1x750GB SATA (7200RPM), 1x150GB SATA (10000RPM) for OS;
(2) 1x320GB SATA (7200RPM), 1x140GB SCSI 10000RPM U320, 1x150GB SATA (10000RPM) for OS Internet Speed 15mbps down / 2mbps up Other Info Ceton InfiniTV 4-tuner cablecard-enabled TV card as well as ATI TV Wonder 650 Combo PCIe OTA/ATSC 2-tuner TV card in (2), running under Win7 WMC |
02-19-2011
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#7 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 |

Quote: Originally Posted by symetric Hello,
I just installed Win 7 64 bit and before I was using Vista Ultimate 32 bit with no problem at all but now the system cannot find my soundcard ??? I try to download the driver on Creative but I fot an error message that the card is not detected on my system ??? Someone can help me please ? THANKS ! You might want to look through this sticky - Creative Sound Cards.
And yeah.... please fill in your system specs. Trust me, they help! | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Built by me OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 CPU Intel Core i7-950 (3.06GHz) OC to 3.8GHz Motherboard Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5 rev 1, F6 Bios Memory Corsair Dominator -TR3X6G1600C8D (6GB - 3X2GB) Graphics Card AMD Radeon HD6950 2gig (Sapphire) Sound Card X-Fi Titanium Fatality Pro Monitor(s) Displays HP ZR22w 22" LCD Monitor Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 Keyboard Logitech Wireless Wave Mouse Logitech Performance MX PSU Antec Signature - SG-850 Case Cooler Master HAF X Cooling Noctua NH-C12P SE14 Hard Drives Primary - OCZ Vertex 2 SSD (120GB). Storage - One 1TB WD Caviar Black, One 750 WD Caviar Black. Internet Speed High Speed Cable Other Info Memory Timings - 1600MHz @ 8-8-8-20-1T @ 1.640 volts |
02-19-2011
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Quote: Originally Posted by dsperber I don't think the Audigy 2 (in PCI slot) works in Windows 7, at least not x64.
A year ago when I first installed Windows 7 Pro x64 I had planned to use my Creative Audigy 2 card (PCI) in my new ASUS P5Q3 board. First, I disabled the "high definition audio" in the BIOS of the board (for the onboard Realtek sound chip). But like you I was unable to get the Creative Audigy 2 card to either get recognized by the Windows 7 installer or have the driver install properly.
Fortunately, I had a Creative X-Fi Titanium (PCI-e x1) sound card in my other machine which was still running WinXP Pro x32, and which I really didn't care about. I'd actually planned to use the optical digital audio connector on that X-Fi card but never really made use of it. Turns out it was for "output only" and not for "input" as I thought.
That other machine had a SuperMicro C2SBX board in it, which also had Realtek onboard sound. So I removed the Create X-Fi card from the PCI-e slot, enabled the Realtek onboard sound, installed the Realtek HD Audio Codec driver on that machine, and was off and running (still under WinXP Pro x86).
Then I removed the Audigy 2 (PCI) card from the ASUS P5Q3 machine I was getting going with Windows 7 Pro x64, installed the X-Fi (PCI-e x1) card, and once again installed Windows 7 x64 from scratch.
Bingo, presto! Card recognized perfectly by Windows 7, and up-to-date driver software obtained from Creative's sight.
I think you may just have to give up on that legacy Audigy 2 card in your Windows 7 x64 machine. Go with an X-Fi Titanium (or other variant). They're not expensive and you won't be disappointed.
Ohh really.... have to get another SoundBlaster Card to use it with my Win 7 64 bit  ... That's bad, approx only 2 year for a card....must be a trick to get it work !!! Sniff sniff
I try to put the card in another slot and when I reboot Win 7 found something and provide me a link from Creative to download driver , I was thinking HOORAY it will work... but at last...same problem... | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 64 Bits CPU Pentium 4 Quad Core 2.4 Ghz Motherboard ASUS Maximus Formula Memory 8 gigs Graphics Card ASUS EN8800 Ultra Sound Card SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Monitor(s) Displays Samsung Syncmaster 24 |
02-19-2011
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Quote: Originally Posted by sygnus21 
Quote: Originally Posted by symetric Hello,
I just installed Win 7 64 bit and before I was using Vista Ultimate 32 bit with no problem at all but now the system cannot find my soundcard ??? I try to download the driver on Creative but I fot an error message that the card is not detected on my system ??? Someone can help me please ? THANKS ! You might want to look through this sticky - Creative Sound Cards.
And yeah.... please fill in your system specs. Trust me, they help! Yeah, people here ROCK hehehe Well here my spec :
Pentium 4 Quad Core Q6600 2.4ghz , 8gig Ram, Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum, Motherboard Asus Maximus Formula, ASUS EN8800ULTRA Graphic Card. | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 64 Bits CPU Pentium 4 Quad Core 2.4 Ghz Motherboard ASUS Maximus Formula Memory 8 gigs Graphics Card ASUS EN8800 Ultra Sound Card SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Monitor(s) Displays Samsung Syncmaster 24 |
02-19-2011
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#10 | | Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit / XP Home sp3 |
This is the driver that works on mine in Windows Seven 64 bit Creative Worldwide Support > Audigy 2 ZS
If it's not being reconised try moving it to another PCI slot if you have one avalible
Fabe | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self Built OS Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit / XP Home sp3 CPU intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0ghz Motherboard Asus P5ND bios 1401 Memory 8 gigs 1066 OCZ Fata1ty Graphics Card EVGA GTX 580 Call of Duty Black Ops Edition Sound Card Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2zs Monitor(s) Displays Asus 24in LCD's 2MS X2 Screen Resolution 1920x1080p @60Hz Keyboard Logitech Bluetooth Wireless MX5000 Mouse Logitech Bluetooth Wireless MX1000 PSU OCZ 700W GameXtreme Case NZXT Apollo Cooling Corsair H50 CPU/120mm x3 /60mm x2 /Corsair Dominator Ram Hard Drives WD Caviar 500 Black/ WD Caviar 200 Blue Internet Speed Download 19.83 Upload 0.97 Other Info Logitech Z2300 Speakers/ Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones/Avermedia PCI-e Hybrid TV Bravo/Epson NX415 all in one/ 4 Port Powered USB Hub/ LG 10x Bluray Burner /TSST Corp DVDRW External SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum and Win 7 ? problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 10:29 PM. |  |