Vista - Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS

I have all software up to date tried to setup audigy with lastest software
from Creative Labs when I run the program vista reports back not device
present?
Can any one help?

If it is in a cardslot, change the slot. Especially if it is in the
bottommost slot.

"Biochemist" <Biochemist@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
I have the same problem windows say that the device isn't present what can i
do ??

If it is one I think it is (PCMCIA card for a laptop) the website says for
Vista "(Beta drivers available from us.creative.com)" Have you downloaded
and installed the drivers from us.creative.com? The drivers that come with
it are for XP and W2k.
..

"Jonathan" <Jonathan@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Are you trying to use the drivers from the cd that comes with it? The
website says to get beta drivers from us.creative.com for Vista. The ones
on the cd are only for Windows 2000 and XP.

"Biochemist" <Biochemist@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Colin is right, the out-of-box drivers arent Vista compatible. The creative site has vista drivers on it.

The problem i'm finding is that although i've got sound i have no means of calibrating the speakers like i did on WinXP.........

TommyK and others:

I found the so-called Vista driver for the Audigy Notebook 2 ZS, but it
sounded — at best — no better than the on-board system, and not nearly as
good as it does in my XP laptop. So I uninstalled it. Giving it another go,
I downloaded the driver again last night off the Creative website, but when
I plugged in the sound card I got the dreaded BSOD. Now I'm afraid to try it
again.

Are you supposed to install the card first, then download and install the
driver? Could that be the reason for the blue screen?

"TommyK" <TommyK.36l2f3@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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Some hardware should not be installed until the software is installed first.
This is usually the case with HP printers. A sound card may work the same
way but check the manual on the website. Most plug and play devices work
the other way; you plug in the device and let the system find the software
and install it.

"oufan199" <ladler@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I can't comment for the laptop card, and as for desktop PC's this isn't an option as its a PCI card, not a PnP device.

I can say however that the sounds quality is superior to that of my onboard chipset, which is quite noticible in games with EAX.

My only gripe at the minute as that i cant calibrate the speakers so the sound is a bit unbalanced in my room.

TommyK,

Keep us posted. I'm always interested in better (and louder) sound. No
matter what you've got, there's always something else that's better. Kind of
like computers and HDTVs.

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