Using Audigy2 Updates on Audigy and Live!

RIV@NVX · Dec 21, 2002, 09:36 AM

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Zarathustra · Dec 21, 2002, 10:31 AM

Good job there! Now could you get working on turning my TBSC into an Audigy 2?

RIV@NVX · Dec 21, 2002, 10:58 AM

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Originally posted by Zarathustra
Good job there! Now could you get working on turning my TBSC into an Audigy 2?

Hmmmm... maybe I can try - send me one

DarkFoss · Dec 21, 2002, 12:40 PM

Wow Thanks RIV@NVX
That was fast!

Getting an error when I try to run the rared file and point to the extracted AUD2DRVL11021217.exe folder.

Extracting earlier.bat
Extracting i6comp.exe
Extracting ZD51145.DLL
CRC failed in ZD51145.DLL
Unexpected end of archive

I don't have winrar and extracted the exe file with winzip. I'm wondering if thats the cause of the error or is it the noob behind the keyboard ?

RIV@NVX · Dec 21, 2002, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DarkFoss
Wow Thanks RIV@NVX
That was fast!

Getting an error when I try to run the rared file and point to the extracted AUD2DRVL11021217.exe folder.

Extracting earlier.bat
Extracting i6comp.exe
Extracting ZD51145.DLL
CRC failed in ZD51145.DLL
Unexpected end of archive

I don't have winrar and extracted the exe file with winzip. I'm wondering if thats the cause of the error or is it the noob behind the keyboard ?

I think that WinZIP doesn't support RAR3 archives.
Try WinRAR 3 instead.

DarkFoss · Dec 21, 2002, 01:46 PM

Thanks Riv.

Guess it's time to breakdown and buy rar then.

RIV@NVX · Dec 21, 2002, 01:56 PM

You don't need to buy WinRAR to extract. Use evalution, it is not limited on that feature.

DarkFoss · Dec 21, 2002, 02:39 PM

Aye thats what I did . I extracted the exe file with rar then your file overwrote and everything installed perfectly through the ctzapxx. Setup failed didn't detect A2. I'm going to buy rar I think winzips soo limited and doesn't compress well. These drivers plus dx9 Cat 3 and mmc8 really make a huge difference in dvd playback . Everything looks and sounds so much better

Thanks for your help Riv

~~p0rkus~~ · Dec 21, 2002, 03:45 PM

does not work for me on live! 5.1 mp3+. after reboot, i get an unable to find readreg.exe or something like that.

RIV@NVX · Dec 21, 2002, 05:36 PM

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Originally posted by p0rkus
does not work for me on live! 5.1 mp3+. after reboot, i get an unable to find readreg.exe or something like that.

Are you using Necrosis's Audigy2 Pack?

RIV@NVX · Dec 21, 2002, 05:37 PM

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Originally posted by DarkFoss
Setup failed didn't detect A2.

Hmmm...
You need to patch Necrosis's Package too (as mentioned in thread).

Phantastica · Dec 21, 2002, 07:20 PM

Everything installed nicely. The only problem I'm running into is with the Speaker Settings. When I try to run this it says, "The selected sound card is not supported by the application".

Another guy said he had no problem running this though, and I've been able to still run my old Audigy Speaker Settings app, but if there's a way to get the new one running that would be great!

RIV@NVX · Dec 21, 2002, 07:38 PM

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Originally posted by Phantastica
Everything installed nicely. The only problem I'm running into is with the Speaker Settings. When I try to run this it says, "The selected sound card is not supported by the application".

Another guy said he had no problem running this though, and I've been able to still run my old Audigy Speaker Settings app, but if there's a way to get the new one running that would be great!

So, you have Audigy. Which one (OEM, Player)? Os?
And what it says?
And Another question - have you already installed Necrosis's Pack (Audigy2 CD)? Because these are JUST updates.

going to catch some zzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

Phantastica · Dec 21, 2002, 08:03 PM

It's an OEM Audigy1 under XP SP1. I did a full install of Necrosis's Pack and then rebooted and did the updates and installed the new driver.

When I click on Creative Speaker Settings it says "The selected sound card is not supported by the application", and I can only click OK.

joebroni · Dec 21, 2002, 08:49 PM

After installing these on an Audigy1 should Audigy2 show up on device manager, volume control, etc? It still says Audigy1 on my computer after installing.

DarkFoss · Dec 21, 2002, 09:44 PM

No your card will still show as an Audigy 1.
Your driver date should be 11/22/2002, and your driver version should be 5.12.1.323 if yer running XP/2000.

Happynic1 · Dec 21, 2002, 10:16 PM

so what improvments would I expect from this driver update , if I installed the set for my SB Live 5.1? would I get similar to a hacked driver that turns sb live to audigy?

DVDKingdom · Dec 22, 2002, 02:30 AM

This is just to let everyone know after I saw some posts that
the exe was failing I updated then re-uploaded the patch.

When this patch was originally written I was using
WinRar 3.10 Beta 4. The updated file has now been
written using the final release of WinRar 3.10.

I hope this corrects the problems.

DVDKingdom.

mhanna67n · Dec 22, 2002, 03:16 AM

What do you mean?It won,t work without Audigy 2 installed,It won't work with Live driver pack?

iCzMan · Dec 22, 2002, 03:27 AM

RIVANVX good find!

RIV@NVX · Dec 22, 2002, 05:14 AM

OK... answering generally.
This patch DOES NOT change your soundcard (Live=>Audigy, Audigy=>Audigy2).
It should work on both Live! and Audigy as soon as you have installed Audigy2 Driver Pack.
This patch contains numerous fixes.

Don't expect it to be 100% compatible with Audigy or Live!, because it is made for Audigy2, but since it is based on older drivers that were for Audigy/Live!, it should work.

@Phantastica
I am not exactly sure (it works on my Audigy OEM), but try setting various settings in Windows Control Panel.

Runner3001 · Dec 22, 2002, 06:19 AM

I wish my PCI512 would work with any of these...some of them even have support for it built in(the compaq ones), but none of them will give me my 4 speakers so I can't use any my current drivers for it are a year old now hah.

RIV@NVX · Dec 22, 2002, 06:22 AM

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Originally posted by Runner3001
I wish my PCI512 would work with any of these...some of them even have support for it built in(the compaq ones), but none of them will give me my 4 speakers so I can't use any my current drivers for it are a year old now hah.

Wait a sec... maybe it could work...
Can you send me original drivers for PCI512 inf?
Also, good choice for PCI512 is kX.

Ney · Dec 22, 2002, 07:08 AM

Installed the drivers and Audio HQ, Speaker Calibrator, Speaker Settings, Surround Mixer and SoundFont Bank Manager, including updates avaiable for these. It all went ok, but:

- EAX console, Speaker Calibrator and Speaker Settings don't work (before or after updates).
- I miss the keyboard in Audio HQ, because the one in SoundFont Bank Manager is cutting sounds.

RIV@NVX · Dec 22, 2002, 07:09 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ney
Installed the drivers and Audio HQ, Speaker Calibrator, Speaker Settings, Surround Mixer and SoundFont Bank Manager, including updates avaiable for these. It all went ok, but:

- EAX console, Speaker Calibrator and Speaker Settings don't work (before or after updates).
- I miss the keyboard in Audio HQ, because the one in SoundFont Bank Manager is cutting sounds.

You have installed Necrosis's pack first and they didn't work at that time?
Maybe CL has abandoned support for Live!?
Don't know, please give me the exact procedure you have done and which pack you installed first and later (guide maybe needs updating).

Bedeox · Dec 22, 2002, 07:17 AM

Same problem I had here... don't want to check the updates though.

I've extracted the pack and then ran update on it, then installed.

But anyway, kX drivers rule.

Ney · Dec 22, 2002, 07:22 AM

The latest drivers I had installed were from Audigy2, released nov 2nd. I don't know if they were from Necrosis. All installed apps (Surround Mixer with Speaker Settings and Audio HQ) have been working fine.

For these latest ones, I had removed SB Live Web (or something like that), so I guess XP's original drivers were loaded again. I also deleted Creative's folder in Program Files before I followed the steps in your post.

RIV@NVX · Dec 22, 2002, 07:23 AM

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Originally posted by Bedeox
Same problem I had here... don't want to check the updates though.

So, we will do this way...
Updating the first post.

Ney · Dec 22, 2002, 07:26 AM

Oh, and I also expected some Asio support, but I guess I'm too naive to believe that my card supports it.

RIV@NVX · Dec 22, 2002, 07:33 AM

@Bedeox:
kX do rule. Check the updated first post.
@Ney:
ASIO support could be, not sure. But don't expect too much.
Use kX if you want ASIO.
You have Live! card and apps are working fine?
Hmmm...

Dec 21, 2002, 09:36 AM	#1
RIV@NVX Freedom is a feature. Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Croatia, Rijeka Posts: 4,480 Rep Power: 53 System Specs	Using Audigy2 Updates on Audigy and Live! <Thread Header by RIV@NVX> FAQ moved here - this thread left for discussion and support. </Thread Header> __________________ -- Vedran Last edited by RIV@NVX; Jan 4, 2003 at 04:10 PM.

Dec 21, 2002, 01:56 PM	#7
RIV@NVX Freedom is a feature. Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Croatia, Rijeka Posts: 4,480 Rep Power: 53 System Specs	You don't need to buy WinRAR to extract. Use evalution, it is not limited on that feature. __________________ -- Vedran

Dec 22, 2002, 02:30 AM	#18
DVDKingdom DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: USA Posts: 178 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Installer Patch Updated This is just to let everyone know after I saw some posts that the exe was failing I updated then re-uploaded the patch. When this patch was originally written I was using WinRar 3.10 Beta 4. The updated file has now been written using the final release of WinRar 3.10. I hope this corrects the problems. DVDKingdom. Last edited by DVDKingdom; Dec 22, 2002 at 04:31 AM.

Dec 22, 2002, 03:16 AM	#19
mhanna67n DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Necrosis Pack What do you mean?It won,t work without Audigy 2 installed,It won't work with Live driver pack?

Dec 22, 2002, 05:14 AM	#21
RIV@NVX Freedom is a feature. Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Croatia, Rijeka Posts: 4,480 Rep Power: 53 System Specs	OK... answering generally. This patch DOES NOT change your soundcard (Live=>Audigy, Audigy=>Audigy2). It should work on both Live! and Audigy as soon as you have installed Audigy2 Driver Pack. This patch contains numerous fixes. Don't expect it to be 100% compatible with Audigy or Live!, because it is made for Audigy2, but since it is based on older drivers that were for Audigy/Live!, it should work. @Phantastica I am not exactly sure (it works on my Audigy OEM), but try setting various settings in Windows Control Panel. __________________ -- Vedran Last edited by RIV@NVX; Dec 22, 2002 at 05:52 AM.

Dec 21, 2002, 10:31 AM	#2
Zarathustra Elite Bastard Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Confederacy Posts: 841 Rep Power: 0	Good job there! Now could you get working on turning my TBSC into an Audigy 2?

Dec 21, 2002, 12:40 PM	#4
DarkFoss DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Downers Grove IL Posts: 696 Rep Power: 0	Wow Thanks RIV@NVX That was fast! Getting an error when I try to run the rared file and point to the extracted AUD2DRVL11021217.exe folder. Extracting earlier.bat Extracting i6comp.exe Extracting ZD51145.DLL CRC failed in ZD51145.DLL Unexpected end of archive I don't have winrar and extracted the exe file with winzip. I'm wondering if thats the cause of the error or is it the noob behind the keyboard ?

Dec 21, 2002, 01:46 PM	#6
DarkFoss DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Downers Grove IL Posts: 696 Rep Power: 0	Thanks Riv. Guess it's time to breakdown and buy rar then.

Dec 21, 2002, 02:39 PM	#8
DarkFoss DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Downers Grove IL Posts: 696 Rep Power: 0	Aye thats what I did . I extracted the exe file with rar then your file overwrote and everything installed perfectly through the ctzapxx. Setup failed didn't detect A2. I'm going to buy rar I think winzips soo limited and doesn't compress well. These drivers plus dx9 Cat 3 and mmc8 really make a huge difference in dvd playback . Everything looks and sounds so much better Thanks for your help Riv

Dec 21, 2002, 03:45 PM	#9
~~p0rkus~~ Banned Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	does not work for me on live! 5.1 mp3+. after reboot, i get an unable to find readreg.exe or something like that.

Dec 21, 2002, 07:20 PM	#12
Phantastica DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Everything installed nicely. The only problem I'm running into is with the Speaker Settings. When I try to run this it says, "The selected sound card is not supported by the application". Another guy said he had no problem running this though, and I've been able to still run my old Audigy Speaker Settings app, but if there's a way to get the new one running that would be great!

Dec 21, 2002, 08:03 PM	#14
Phantastica DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	It's an OEM Audigy1 under XP SP1. I did a full install of Necrosis's Pack and then rebooted and did the updates and installed the new driver. When I click on Creative Speaker Settings it says "The selected sound card is not supported by the application", and I can only click OK.

Dec 21, 2002, 08:49 PM	#15
joebroni DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	After installing these on an Audigy1 should Audigy2 show up on device manager, volume control, etc? It still says Audigy1 on my computer after installing.

Dec 21, 2002, 09:44 PM	#16
DarkFoss DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Downers Grove IL Posts: 696 Rep Power: 0	No your card will still show as an Audigy 1. Your driver date should be 11/22/2002, and your driver version should be 5.12.1.323 if yer running XP/2000.

Dec 21, 2002, 10:16 PM	#17
Happynic1 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 29 Rep Power: 0	so what improvments would I expect from this driver update , if I installed the set for my SB Live 5.1? would I get similar to a hacked driver that turns sb live to audigy?

Dec 22, 2002, 03:27 AM	#20
iCzMan DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 39 Rep Power: 0	RIVANVX good find!

Dec 22, 2002, 06:19 AM	#22
Runner3001 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 41 Rep Power: 0	I wish my PCI512 would work with any of these...some of them even have support for it built in(the compaq ones), but none of them will give me my 4 speakers so I can't use any my current drivers for it are a year old now hah.

Dec 22, 2002, 07:08 AM	#24
Ney DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Brazil Posts: 89 Rep Power: 0	SBLive in XP Installed the drivers and Audio HQ, Speaker Calibrator, Speaker Settings, Surround Mixer and SoundFont Bank Manager, including updates avaiable for these. It all went ok, but: - EAX console, Speaker Calibrator and Speaker Settings don't work (before or after updates). - I miss the keyboard in Audio HQ, because the one in SoundFont Bank Manager is cutting sounds.

Dec 22, 2002, 07:17 AM	#26
Bedeox DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 10 Rep Power: 0	Same problem I had here... don't want to check the updates though. I've extracted the pack and then ran update on it, then installed. But anyway, kX drivers rule. Last edited by Bedeox; Dec 22, 2002 at 07:24 AM.

Dec 22, 2002, 07:22 AM	#27
Ney DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Brazil Posts: 89 Rep Power: 0	The latest drivers I had installed were from Audigy2, released nov 2nd. I don't know if they were from Necrosis. All installed apps (Surround Mixer with Speaker Settings and Audio HQ) have been working fine. For these latest ones, I had removed SB Live Web (or something like that), so I guess XP's original drivers were loaded again. I also deleted Creative's folder in Program Files before I followed the steps in your post.

Dec 22, 2002, 07:26 AM	#29
Ney DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Brazil Posts: 89 Rep Power: 0	Oh, and I also expected some Asio support, but I guess I'm too naive to believe that my card supports it.

Dec 22, 2002, 07:33 AM	#30
RIV@NVX Freedom is a feature. Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Croatia, Rijeka Posts: 4,480 Rep Power: 53 System Specs	@Bedeox: kX do rule. Check the updated first post. @Ney: ASIO support could be, not sure. But don't expect too much. Use kX if you want ASIO. You have Live! card and apps are working fine? Hmmm... __________________ -- Vedran