Creative Sound Card Problem Thread

[thunder2008]

I thought about what would make it easier for creative to actually get around to fixing what is wrong with the drivers for not just my card but all of the brand manufacturers cards which are creative products.

And, to be able to have all of these Creative cards in a single format that will allow them to see which cards are still having an issue with Windows 7.

Please list your card details completely including your motherboard.

1.thunder2008................Asus SupremeFx X-FI.................Asus Rampage Extreme
2.greenberet951.............Creative Deluxe Audigy 2zs..........Asus A8N
3.wrathloki....................Creative X-Fi Titanium.................Gigabyte GA-965P'DS3
4.imacken.....................SB Audigy.................................Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R
5.Darrenew...................Sound Blaster live 24bit...............Dell Dimension 5100
6.mdw1166...................Creative SB X-Fi Platinum.............Gigabyte GA-8KN-Ultra 9
7.LePoilu......................Creative Audigy Platinium..............Gigabyte EP45-DS3L
8.bobalobabingbong.......Creative SB X-Fi XtremeGamer.......Nvidia nForce 680i SLI
9.greyeyezz.................Creative SB Audigy 2ZS ...............Asus K8V-X
10.boxterduke..............Creative SB Audigy 2ZS................Asus P5K
11.dchristey................Creative SB X-Fi Xtreme................Gigabyte EP35-DS4
12.DukeX007X.............Creative SB Audigy 2ZS Gamer........Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI
13.Stabgotham............Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic.............MSI K9A2 Platinum
14.Hellfight..................Creative Audigy 2 ZS....................Asus A8N SLI Premium
15.dsopocy.................Creative SB X-Fi Extreme.Music.......nVidia nForce4 SLIx16
16.Bloke.....................Asus HDAV1.3 Deluxe....................XFX 790i Ultra
17.yannis18................Creative Audigy 2.........................Abit IC35Pro
18.dchapin..................Creative X-Fi Platinum..................motherboard not listed
19.Winrar...................Creative SB Audigy 24-Bit..............Foxconn
20.Bean.....................Creative SB.................................MSI P6N Diamond nForce 680i
21.oenone..................Creative Audigy...........................Gigabyte MA790GP-UD4H
22.Sphami...................Creative X-Fi Platinum.................EVGA 790i Ultra
23.george360..............Creative Sound Blaster Live Value..ASUS P5Q-Deluxe BIOS 0704
24.WINRAR..................Creative SB X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity .....foxconn 45 MX-C
25.daisuke149.............Creative X-Fi Platinum..................Asus p5n32 sli se deluxe
26.SirCag...................Creative Xtreme gamer.................Intel Bad Axe 2
27.Archer1978............Creative SB Audigy2zs..................MSI Gypsuim 747
28.heas27..................Creative SB X-Fi Platinum champ....Asus P5kc
29.jcgorrin305.............Creative SB Xtremegamer.............EVGA 680i LT
30.stormy13...............Creative SB Xtrememusic..............Asus M4A78 Pro
31.Wipeout................Creative SB Audigy 2ZS Gamer.......Nvidia Nforce 750 SLI
32.wblo.....................Creative SB Live 24-Bit USB..........Dell Inspiron 6000
33.velvetman.............Creative SB Audigy Gamer.............ASRock 939Dual SATA-2(ULi)
34.BoardBabe.............Creative X-Fi 5.1 USB.................HP Pavilion dv5 Notebook
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[greenberet951]

greenberet951 a8n sli deluxe creative audigy 2zs

 

[wrathloki]

I'm using an X-Fi Titanium and for some reason the drivers are only running in 32 bit mode. My mobo is a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3.

 

[imacken]

My sound distorts at times, but cuts out completely in games after a few minutes. I have stuttering radio sounds in Fallout 3. Tried various drivers.
SB Audigy and Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R.

 

[Darrenew]

I have Sound Blaster live 24bit and i think my motherboard is a dell dimension 5100
Whenever i try to install windows 7 the BSOD comes up at completing upgrade
then it does a roll back to vista and it says the problem had to do with my sound card...

here is the same problem that someone else had...

http://windows7forums.com/windows-7-installation-upgrade/1257-blue-screen-completing-upgrade.html

 

[mdw1166]

mdw1166, Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Platinum, Gigabyte GA-8KN-Ultra 9

 

[LePoilu]

Seven x64
Audigy Platinium
Gigabyte EP45-DS3L

With "Win Update driver": sound stop after few second, need to restart media player
With "Daniel K." Driver package: Distortion after few minutes, even stop some times but restart alone. I noted that this append more often with streaming audio (web radio) than for local MP3 playback

 

[bobalobabingbong]

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer - nVidia nForce 680i SLI

I have gottent the drivers to work, installing them in compatibility mode, but the don't work quite correctly. The 5.1 doesn't work correctly all the time :\

 

[greyeyezz]

Creative Audigy 2ZS Asus K8V-X
Drivers SB Audigy Support Pack 2.18.0001W7

Crackling and distortion, usually at end of song or mp3.
Also happened with the drivers from windows update.

 

[boxterduke]

Audigy 2ZS here, same issues as everyone else.

 

[greyeyezz]

On another forum they mentioned installing drivers in compatability mode which i haven't tried. Vista doesn't have this issue at all so it's win 7 related.

 

[thunder2008]

I perhaps along with everyone else has already exhausted trying compatibility mode both tab wise as well as trouble shooting wise.

Not to mention that w7 is backwards compatible anyways with vista. At least it is suppose to be.

The issue is not w7 it is creative not providing a strong driver for w7.

Yet...

 

[imacken]

I don't see how that can be when there is no problem with the drivers in Vista.

 

[LePoilu]

As Daniel K. say it on the Creative Forum. There's little change in the audio stack between Vista and Seven.
The driver modele is the same, but as the audio stack is different, it can bring trouble if the driver are not well adapted

 

[dchristey]

I cant seem to load on a Driver for mine...

Sound card: Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme
Motherboard: Gigabyte EP35-DS4

 

[thunder2008]

I don't see how that can be when there is no problem with the drivers in Vista.

As LePoilu said there are slight differences in w7 in terms of the audio drivers. It is not exactly the same as it was in vista.

As Daniel K. say it on the Creative Forum. There's little change in the audio stack between Vista and Seven.
The driver modele is the same, but as the audio stack is different, it can bring trouble if the driver are not well adapted

I would imagine that creative will have to come up with a highly compatibile audio driver that adapts better with w7.

I cant seem to load on a Driver for mine...

Sound card: Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme
Motherboard: Gigabyte EP35-DS4

I to had a bit of difficulty in getting the old(stock w7)driver out and the newer un-official Daniel K. driver in, which once installed still does not bring w7 to recognize the creative cards console features.

I have been using the stock bare audio features of w7, which is like going back in time to mono from stereo.

Really it's worse than that...it's kinda like going from an orchestra to an indian pow wow...not that there's anything wrong with the pow wow en vivo...just a figure of speech.

As we all become vocal about these audio issues with creative cards in this and other threads it allows the guys over at creative to get down to implementing a solution.

 

[LePoilu]

I would imagine that creative will have to come up with a highly compatibile audio driver that adapts better with w7.

If you wait on Creative for good driver you will wait a long time.
When I see what they done (or not done) for Vista...

I do wait on Daniel K futurs drivers pack. It's more sur.

 

[thunder2008]

Yes, Daniel K is 'very' good at what he does. Hopefully, his next driver will make all of our cards features work well.

I would love to have my creative console usage back, really sounded so much better you know?

 

[greyeyezz]

Ok for Audigy 2 users try this, Search/Sound/Speakers/advanced, change from 16bit DVD quality to 24bit studio quality. Give it a try.

 

[LePoilu]

I would love to have my creative console usage back, really sounded so much better you know?

In Fact I never use audio console & cie. All what I need is a good driver for listening my music with good quality (no distorsion, no gap, etc).

Maybe can I use equalizer.. some times.. but it's once a year, no more