Driver Problem - Sound Blaster Audigy 2

[bigred]

I'm just wondering if anyone (ideally with the same card) would be able to give me some direction on this problem....

I've used my own driver, and Bashrat's Driver Pack...and it still won't install properly. It's a new card for me, but one that I'm sure lots of people have. I suppose the perfect solution would be for someone who has this card to tell me what they're doing, and possibly even send me the appropriate files...

But any help would be appreciated. I do know what I'm doing, and all my other drivers install correctly....

[bigred]

Still hoping for help with this, if anyone is using this very popular soundcard.

[jbm]

Heres what I do, but before I go on note I don't use all the

extra programs loaded when I install creative drivers from CD.

All I care about is getting sound out of my speakers which this does.

Also at the moment I'm using a 2.1 setup and I don't think this will

automatically setup for 4.1 or 5.1 speakers. anyway

create a folder in $OEM$\$1\DRIVERS\004SND\AUDIGY2

and copy the drivers off my cd into that folder.

I can't find the CD at the moment and don't remember is I

was able to just copy them or had to do something special to extract

them.

Add the following to my winnt.sif

[Unattended]
OemPnPDriversPath = "%SystemDrive%\DRIVERS\004SND\AUDIGY2;"

download the latest drivers from creative and place them in my install

folder. amd add the following to my runonceex.cmd

REG ADD %KEY%\238 /VE /D "Sound Blaster Audigy2" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\238 /V 1 /D "hidec /w %CDROM%\install\SBA2_EAX4DRV_031031\eax4drv.exe" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\238 /V 2 /D "hidec /w %CDROM%\install\SFBM_WEB_030909\sfbm.exe" /f

don't know where my head was, I forgot the most important thing

I use two autoit scripts

eax4drv.exe

Opt("WinWaitDelay",100)
Opt("WinTitleMatchMode",4)
Opt("WinDetectHiddenText",1)
Opt("ExpandEnvStrings",1)
Opt("MouseCoordMode",0)
Opt("TrayIconDebug",1)

Run('Setup.exe')
WinWait("Information","")
If Not WinActive("Information","") Then WinActivate("Information","")
WinWaitActive("Information","")
Send("{ENTER}")
WinWait("Installation Wizard","")
If Not WinActive("Installation Wizard","") Then WinActivate("Installation Wizard","")
WinWaitActive("Installation Wizard","")
Sleep(1000)
Send("{ALTDOWN}y{ALTUP}")
Sleep(1000)
Send("{ALTDOWN}n{ALTUP}")
Sleep(1000)
WinWait("Installation Wizard","Finish")
If Not WinActive("Installation Wizard","Finish") Then WinActivate("Installation Wizard","Finish")
WinWaitActive("Installation Wizard","Finish")
Send("{DOWN}{ENTER}")

sfbm.exe

Opt("WinWaitDelay",100)
Opt("WinTitleMatchMode",4)
Opt("WinDetectHiddenText",1)
Opt("ExpandEnvStrings",1)
Opt("MouseCoordMode",0)
Opt("TrayIconDebug",1)

Run('Setup.exe')
WinWait("Installation Wizard","")
If Not WinActive("Installation Wizard","") Then WinActivate("Installation Wizard","")
WinWaitActive("Installation Wizard","")
Sleep(1000)
Send("{ENTER}")
Sleep(1000)
Send("{ALTDOWN}n{ALTUP}")
Sleep(1000)
WinWait("Installation Wizard","Finish")
If Not WinActive("Installation Wizard","Finish") Then WinActivate("Installation Wizard","Finish")
WinWaitActive("Installation Wizard","Finish")
Sleep(1000)
send("{ENTER}")

Edited September 12, 2005 by jbm

[bigred]

Thanks for the reply jbm....I really appreciate it.

Would you consider uploading those two scripts for me to use?

[arry]

Just copy and paste the code from his scripts

[bigred]

Thanks arry....I regret to say that I'm not sure how to create an .exe file from the code. Would I use a specific program to do that? I've created .bat files...and I imagine this is similar...

Sorry if I sound like a nooby... :S

[jbm]

You need to download autoit from http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/

and compile the scripts. I tried to attach them but was told I coudn't

Also uploaded them to eazyshare in a file called audigy2.zip but don't

know how to make it available to download. crap I can't even figure

out how to download it from there myself.

[bigred]

haha...well thanks for trying. i will grab autoit, which I did use a long time ago, and try to do it that way...

I appreciate the help, and will get back to you on this...

an alternative method if you still have the zip files, would be yousendit.com ... where you can upload a file...