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Technically this should be in the other PC forum, but seeing as you guys are far more into this technical stuff for gaming I figured it wsa the best place to ask.
My PC, running Windows XP, came with a Soudblaster Live 5.1 Digital Card - definitely a card and not onboard as it has all the connections and they are in the place for a card.
Under Windows XP Device Manager, where it lists everything you have in the PC and the driver, the driver is simply "Creative Soundblaster Live Driver (WDM)".
Now I know WDM stands for Windows Driver Model, a generic type of driver yes ?
So, I go to creative's site, download the new proper drivers, install and get as far as setup with the message;
"Creative Soundblaster Live Setup could not detect and Soundblast Hardware on your system. Please check before trying setup again."
This then screws the existing driver which has to be reinstalled.
I've tried using update driver, removing the driver and restarting, everything !
Anyone else got a similar configuration and actually updated the driver ?
My PC, running Windows XP, came with a Soudblaster Live 5.1 Digital Card - definitely a card and not onboard as it has all the connections and they are in the place for a card.
Under Windows XP Device Manager, where it lists everything you have in the PC and the driver, the driver is simply "Creative Soundblaster Live Driver (WDM)".
Now I know WDM stands for Windows Driver Model, a generic type of driver yes ?
So, I go to creative's site, download the new proper drivers, install and get as far as setup with the message;
"Creative Soundblaster Live Setup could not detect and Soundblast Hardware on your system. Please check before trying setup again."
This then screws the existing driver which has to be reinstalled.
I've tried using update driver, removing the driver and restarting, everything !
Anyone else got a similar configuration and actually updated the driver ?
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Remove the card from its slot and uninstall the generic driver. Then shutdown your PC - shove the card back in and load up windows. The "hardware" wizard thing will come up I believe. The just direct it towards the new (updated) driver files and see if that works.
Or alternativly - Just ignore this post and wait for someone else to reply.
Or alternativly - Just ignore this post and wait for someone else to reply.
Technically this should be in the other PC forum, but seeing as you guys are far more into this technical stuff for gaming I figured it wsa the best place to ask.
My PC, running Windows XP, came with a Soudblaster Live 5.1 Digital Card - definitely a card and not onboard as it has all the connections and they are in the place for a card.
Under Windows XP Device Manager, where it lists everything you have in the PC and the driver, the driver is simply "Creative Soundblaster Live Driver (WDM)".
Now I know WDM stands for Windows Driver Model, a generic type of driver yes ?
So, I go to creative's site, download the new proper drivers, install and get as far as setup with the message;
"Creative Soundblaster Live Setup could not detect and Soundblast Hardware on your system. Please check before trying setup again."
This then screws the existing driver which has to be reinstalled.
I've tried using update driver, removing the driver and restarting, everything !
Anyone else got a similar configuration and actually updated the driver ?
My PC, running Windows XP, came with a Soudblaster Live 5.1 Digital Card - definitely a card and not onboard as it has all the connections and they are in the place for a card.
Under Windows XP Device Manager, where it lists everything you have in the PC and the driver, the driver is simply "Creative Soundblaster Live Driver (WDM)".
Now I know WDM stands for Windows Driver Model, a generic type of driver yes ?
So, I go to creative's site, download the new proper drivers, install and get as far as setup with the message;
"Creative Soundblaster Live Setup could not detect and Soundblast Hardware on your system. Please check before trying setup again."
This then screws the existing driver which has to be reinstalled.
I've tried using update driver, removing the driver and restarting, everything !
Anyone else got a similar configuration and actually updated the driver ?
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