Soundblaster Live! 5.1 Win7 Compatibility

Mercy

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I know that Creative has stopped supporting the SB Live! 5.1 way back in the day, but I was hoping anyone would know of a way to force it to function in some way. I've heard a lot about this Daniel_K guy, who's been making drivers for old Creative cards, but I can't really find anything for my Live! card that is native to Win7.

Alternatively, I've installed the official WinXP drivers on Win7, and they work to an extent. I'm getting very odd distortion (echoes) when I play any audio. I'm grateful the audio works decently, but the echoing is really grating. Can anyone help me find a new driver for this card, or at the very least walk me through setting up the XP driver?
 

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Thank you, Stormy13. I am downloading the driver now. I will post again once I find out if it works or not.

You know, after all this work, I'm starting to consider whether or not I should get a card made sometime in this decade...
 

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HP a800n
OS
Um... Windows Seven, obviously
CPU
AMD Athlon xp 3200+
Memory
1.00 GB 333mhz DDR
Graphics Card(s)
AMD ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP
Sound Card
Soundblaster Live! 5.1
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HP w1707
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Maxtor PATA 160GB
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Panther 450w
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Original
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Again, thank you. It worked. At first there was SEVERE distortion, but I played around with my audio settings and now everything's smooth. This is exactly what I needed.

Now to post about my problem with my ATI card...
 

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HP a800n
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Um... Windows Seven, obviously
CPU
AMD Athlon xp 3200+
Memory
1.00 GB 333mhz DDR
Graphics Card(s)
AMD ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP
Sound Card
Soundblaster Live! 5.1
Monitor(s) Displays
HP w1707
Hard Drives
Maxtor PATA 160GB
PSU
Panther 450w
Case
Original
Cooling
Standard
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I downloaded too this druver update, so now which one to select to update cuz i have one chance.
 

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