re creative soundblaster

[Claudia Mumford]

I am using a creative sound blaster live 5.1 and creative 5.1 speakers.
I downloaded the latest driver from microsoft. When I try to configure
the speakers I can only choose Stereo or Mono. I don't have the option
for 5.1 speakers. Does anybody else have the same problem?

Thanks
Claudia

 

[Doug]

Try downloading the drivers from Creative.

 

[Tony Thijs]

Claudia,
The Vista drivers on Windows update are there because Creative had put them
there. Rty comparing version numbers between the Creative download and wha
tis installed in Vista now through Windows Update.
Kind regards,
Tony Thijs
Oriolus

 

[Claudia Mumford]

i downloaded my old drivers that I used for XP. I have now the option to
choose between stereo, mono, surround sound, quadraphonic and 5.1.
However I only get sound if I use the stereo option. All the other
choices, I don't get sound out of any of my speakers.

 

[Guest]

use following info

Creative SoundBlaster Live! Series. Works with special drivers found here
http://www.ngohq.com/home.php?page=Files&go=cat&dwn_cat_id=20 (32 Bit) (does
not work with gamer mode, nothing gets installed) Instead, download the WinXP
driver, run it (it will say and error message, don't press OK yet, go to (for
example C:\Users\a\AppData\Local\Temp\CRF000\Audio\Drivers\WIN2K_XP) and in
device manager click "update driver" and use that path. Or you can extract
the driver from the package. Download LiveDrvUni-Pack(ENG).exe (24.451.404
bytes) and extract the /audio/drivers folder and run CTZAPXX.exe to install
the drivers. Now digital output trough the creative digital din plug works
with 5.1 speaker setting with Creative Inspire 5.1.