Soundblaster Audigy 2 Platinum

I know this will have been done to death, but it's late, and I've been putting my new system together since 5pm (it's now 11.30pm).

I've upgraded most of my computer (motherboard, cpu, ram). I kept my old soundcard as I believe it to be quite good.

1. Is the soundcard any good?
2. Windows 7 refuses to acknowledge it's existence. I've tried the AudigySupportPack drivers linked to in a few threads on here, and some beta drivers from the Creative site but still no joy*. Is it likely that I've broken the soundcard during the change? There's nothing flagged in Device Manager, it's as if the card isn't plugged in to the motherboard (it is, I've checked. Thrice).


*I get an error message that 'setup is unable to detect a supported product on your system......'.

Did you install the motherboard's chipset drivers? One of the prime things the chipset drivers do is define (identify) the devices on the motherboard and in turn what is attached to the motherboard. If you have the correct sound drivers the chipset drivers could be the problem.

which soundcard is it - have you disabled the onboard sound via the BIOS..?

fireberd said:

Did you install the motherboard's chipset drivers? One of the prime things the chipset drivers do is define (identify) the devices on the motherboard and in turn what is attached to the motherboard. If you have the correct sound drivers the chipset drivers could be the problem.

Yeah, I downloaded the newest version.

BugMeister said:

which soundcard is it - have you disabled the onboard sound via the BIOS..?

It's a SoundBlaster Audigy 2 Platinum.
I've tried disabling the onboard sound, and tried enabling it. No difference.

Victek said:

If the soundcard is not showing up in the Device Manager then it's not being detected. Drivers are not the issue. Can you try a different PCI slot? Are you sure the card is fully seated in the slot?

It is correctly seated, but I haven't tried a different PCI slot. Will give it a go when I get in from work.

Thanks for all the help :)

Took the card out, wiped the contacts, reinserted.

Job done.

Yes, I feel like an idiot!