Windows 7 creative soundcard issues

GhostMjr · June 30, 2009, 08:51:38 PM

Now before i say its microsofts fault it isn't

Its because creative are too lazy to contact microsoft now to get the creative drivers working.

Anyway i have done some research and the reason why i sound like a darlick is due to the out of date microsoft drivers that windows 7 installs which cause the problem. This can happen over a microphone or simply over your speakers.

I tried some newer beta drivers than the microsoft ones and still i was having problems. Sounds through speakers were fine but its the problems with microphone pickup.

I am now on some vista creative drivers for my audigy 2. They work yet again over speakers but my mic is now silent as though when i speak it can't pick anything up. Tried vent and am getting nothing is there a setting i am missing?

Well in the end all i needed to get the vista drivers from creativ's website working was to change the driver settings under recording devices to a different hz setting.

Fingers crossed it stays working but after a few hours of tearing my hair out i thought i'd pass this on if anyone else falls stook too.

GhostMjr · June 30, 2009, 09:00:30 PM

Well its broken again, so if i want to stay windows 7 i sound like a darlek.

Any suggestions?

OldBloke · June 30, 2009, 09:02:10 PM

Upgrade to XP

DannagE · June 30, 2009, 10:03:50 PM

Have you got an onboard soundcard you can use for now?

I have and x-fi and the drivers are working much better in win-7 64bit than it ever worked in vista. I would never go back to vista now! Nor would I ever buy creative again! :roflmao:

GhostMjr · June 30, 2009, 10:36:33 PM

Unfortunately not. It seems as though its intermittent. I really don't know how to solve this one

kregoron · June 30, 2009, 10:46:44 PM

http://www.sevenforums.com/sound-audio/2050-xfi-working-windows-7-drivers.html

solved my x-fi issues on W7

sulky_uk · July 01, 2009, 02:39:52 AM

creative have got lazy, since abut 2004 they have stopped doing decent drivers except for the current flagship range, i have a perfectly good sb audigy 2 that i cant use with vista cause computer says no:ranting2:

Sn00ks · July 01, 2009, 09:49:13 AM

I've never bothered with a seperate sound card since my first PC. I've been perfectly happy with the on-board sound offerings.
Maybe you just need to buy a decent MOBO?

kregoron · July 01, 2009, 09:56:22 AM

OT i had several issues with my X-fi when first trying out W7, first time it got fixed by disabling my onboard soundcard (odd)

Second time that didnt work, the solution in the link provided did it

Quote from: Sn00ks;281129I've never bothered with a seperate sound card since my first PC. I've been perfectly happy with the on-board sound offerings.
Maybe you just need to buy a decent MOBO?

i partly agree, most new onboards soundcards actually delivers good enough sound..
i honestly only bought my x-fi due to performance gains and cause i do love to have the most crispy sound delivered