Orsi Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Hey there, I just bought a Creative Audigy SE and everytime I tried to install it, setup says it wasnt able to find any compatible soundboard. I downloaded the Vista drivers, reinstalled Windows, cleared CMOS and even tried another PCI slot. Nothing works Help! (and tks) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Is this the one you got?http://support.creative.com/Products/Produ...e=Sound+BlasterThe first one in the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orsi Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 exactly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 That was regular Audigy SE search on that site but There were like 3 other Audigy SE options in the list to pick from. Make sure they don't have anything different. Also you could try to install it manually and point to the INF from the installer. You may have to extract the installer with Winrar or so. I've done this once in Vista 32, but my situation was different because I imagine your PC isn't in the Audit pass anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orsi Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 I tried to install it manually point to its .inf file, but Vista said it wasnt compatible, so I downloaded drivers for all kind of Audigy... none of them worked The worst thing it to notice Im not the only one with this problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 I tried to install it manually point to its .inf file, but Vista said it wasnt compatible, so I downloaded drivers for all kind of Audigy... none of them worked The worst thing it to notice Im not the only one with this problemI've had problems getting multiple Sound Blasters to work in Vista 32bit. Never tried 64. I had to contact Creative Support but I was doing something that wasn't supported. Make sure you do not have any other Creative Software installed, and also say your motherboard doesn't have a Creative audio chip on it. I'll take a look at the drivers to see if I can see anything. I don't have a system to test this out in so that'll have to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orsi Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 oktks for your helpI'll post any progress here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Ok the file you want is P17.inf. Make sure your sound card has a HWID of VEN_1102&DEV_0007. You can see this in Device Manager under the Details tab, and select Hardware ID.Fortunately, I already had this downloaded and extracted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orsi Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 hm... it has the following hardware ID PCI\VEN_1274&DEV_1371&SUBSYS_13711274&REV_07PCI\VEN_1274&DEV_1371&SUBSYS_13711274PCI\VEN_1274&DEV_1371&CC_040100PCI\VEN_1274&DEV_1371&CC_0401 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orsi Posted January 23, 2009 Author Share Posted January 23, 2009 no hope for me? Btw, I bought this new soundcard because my old one had some "PCI trails" burned... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcoshid Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Creative hasn't created drivers for the 64-bit edition. i ran into the same problem when I upgraded my 32-bit ultimate to 64-bit. Although on the website it says the drivers are for 64-bit they won't work. I have Audigy Soundblaster Advanced MB and it won't work you have to buy the soundblaster X-fi or something like that to get drivers for vista 64. Hope this helped,Marcos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 (edited) Also, I want to point out that your VEN_1274 = NOT CREATIVE. Creative is 1102. In DrivePacks DP_Sound_B_wnt5_x86-32_805\D\S\CR7\oem14.inf it has this device ID:%ES1371.DeviceDesc%=ES1371,PCI\VEN_1274&DEV_1371&SUBSYS_13711274 ; Concert AC97 PCI boardSo its actually Ensoniq. I imagine you bought this as an "OEM" product huh? I always buy retail for things like sound cards and video cards. But as you can see here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensoniq_AudioPCICreative bought Ensoniq and still used some of their cards as budget or OEM items. OK so this explains the different vendor ID. That INF MIGHT install but It isn't designed for x64.Here are some other leads but these are just things I found while searching, no garauntee about them:http://www.download.com/Creative-Sound-Bla...0_4-107830.htmlYou can keep going where I left off if you want. Not looking very promising.http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=E...art=20&sa=N Edited February 6, 2009 by Tripredacus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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