SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum and Win 7 ?

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  1. Posts : 57
    Windows 7 64 Bits
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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 !
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  2. Posts : 8,135
    Windows 10 64 bit
       #2

    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.
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  3. Posts : 28,845
    Win 8 Release candidate 8400
       #3

    symetric said:
    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.
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  4. Posts : 57
    Windows 7 64 Bits
    Thread Starter
       #4

    fireberd said:
    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.....
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  5. Posts : 57
    Windows 7 64 Bits
    Thread Starter
       #5

    zigzag3143 said:
    symetric said:
    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..."
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  6. Posts : 2,752
    Windows 7 Pro x64 (1), Win7 Pro X64 (2)
       #6

    I don't think the Audigy 2 (in PCI slot) works in Win7, at least not x64.

    A year ago when I first installed Win7 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 Win7 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 Win7 Pro x64, installed the X-Fi (PCI-e x1) card, and once again installed Win7 x64 from scratch.

    Bingo, presto! Card recognized perfectly by Win7, 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 Win7 x64 machine. Go with an X-Fi Titanium (or other variant). They're not expensive and you won't be disappointed.
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  7. Posts : 7,683
    Windows 10 Pro
       #7

    symetric said:
    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!
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  8. Posts : 57
    Windows 7 64 Bits
    Thread Starter
       #8

    dsperber said:
    I don't think the Audigy 2 (in PCI slot) works in Win7, at least not x64.

    A year ago when I first installed Win7 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 Win7 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 Win7 Pro x64, installed the X-Fi (PCI-e x1) card, and once again installed Win7 x64 from scratch.

    Bingo, presto! Card recognized perfectly by Win7, 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 Win7 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...
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  9. Posts : 57
    Windows 7 64 Bits
    Thread Starter
       #9

    sygnus21 said:
    symetric said:
    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.
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  10. Posts : 4,280
    Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit / XP Home sp3
       #10

    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
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