How I solved my X-FI driver problem

Hey all,

After running through all of the versions of the X-FI drivers backwards and found that the 2.13.0012 driver works!

get it here: Creative X-Fi Drivers v. 2.13.0012 for Windows Vista 32-bit/64-bit

I hope that some of you will find this helpful

Best regard!

*edited out my rants*

has this been helpful to anyone?

I'm running the newest one without too many problems. I may also have a solution to the squeal of death, if you get that (I want to give it a few more days before I get too excited). What were your problems specifically?

I got BSOD everytime I tried to install a the newest driver...and for some odd reason I didn't get any sound out of any of the other drivers between 2.13.0012 up till the newest one. (4 or 5 i believe)

Odd. The only thing I can think of there is an issue with the chipset. I've read about a lot of conflicts between nVidia chipsets and Creative cards. Still, you've got a working solution, so no reason to argue with success, right?

In the meantime, here's a bit of a reputation boost for posting a solution.

if I have more solutions for any other problem I'll post those too... right now I'm fidling with some forcefeedback issues with my Logitech momo steering wheel...

I downloaded the latest driver for it and got "lgs502_x64.exe is not a valid WIn32 application"

oddly enough I dl'd the x64 version and I'm running Vistax64

How strange, I've always updated to the latest Creative drivers and haven't had any hitches in any version.

This is funny as heck. When i first started the computer build from hell, I almost had my system running until I installed my sound card. I possess an X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatality Pro that I am still deciding whether to take back or try to instal now that my system SEEMS to be working (I have questions on that, but that is another thread lol). After spending a couple of hours researching the issue on Creatives forums and other places, I am no closer to a decision. The creative forums are filled with horror stories and no resolutions. On this thread the results seem to be mixed. So "eh wots the deal"? The mixed opinions and experiences seem like "several species of small furry animals, gathered together in a cave and grooving with a pict." (forgive the old pink floyd references lol). Should I attempt the installation and the possible (probable?) meltdown? Or should i just say screw it and get my money back?

Roadrage: when you used the old drivers, did it fix the myriad of other problems of features not working as well, or did you just get some sound?

DC187: you are the first person I've read that had absolutely no problems. All your control panels, 5.1, CMSS, and stuff up to the 96MHz range work? How about the SPDIF?


EDIT: Oh and I'm using evga's version of the nVidia 790i ULTRA SLI that has the Reatek audio onboard (HD, not the 97).

Well, mine is working just fine. But, I've got an AMD southbridge, so who knows? Took me awhile to figure out what I was doing wrong, but once I did...smooth sailing.

Your card is good enough and new enough that you have no feature loss.

Ok, you convinced me lol. What do I have to lose except 2 more weeks of blood sweat and tears if it blows up and I have to re install everything? At least now I have a small idea of what I am trying to do. But you have to answer two questions lol.

One: Where on the sound card do you plug the SPDIF from the vid card? I don't remember if the Radeon you are using has SPDIF (I have the same card in my "old" computer lol) so I hope you can answer. (NON)Technical Support at Creative could not answer it.

TWO: Did you have to go into BIOS and up the voltage on the PCI slot where you installed the sound card? I read somewhere that it may be necessary to do so with two vid cards.