Soundblaster Live Card Incompatible with Windows XP?

[Kevin Gant]

My computer is ~2.5 years old (pre-XP) and came with
Windows 98SE. Aside from a new HD and addtional RAM,
there have been no hardware upgrades. I've recently
upgraded to Windows XP and the soundcard no longer
functions. I've downloaded the upgraded drivers from
Creative Labs' website (LiveDrvUni-Pack(ENG), 23.3MB) and
tried to install them but get the following
message, "Setup could not detect any Sound Blaster Live!
card on your system. Please ensure that your Sound
Blaster Live! Hardware is properly installed before
running this Setup program. Setup will now exit." I've
uninstalled and then re-installed the Windows XP drivers
for the soundcard as well as tried three different PCI
slots for the card, but it did not work. Every time I
tried running the updated driver file I got the same
message. I tried going back to Windows 98SE and the card
worked, but when I went to XP I had the same problems
again.

Specs:
P3 1GHz Processor
ASUS CUV4X Motherboard with Rev 1010 BIOS
32 MB Nvidia GEForce 2 Graphics

Thanks,
Kevin

 

[Cari MS-MVP]

Ensure Plug and Play Aware O/S is set to NO or DISABLED in the BIOS. Try
inserting the card in the PCI slot FURTHEST away from the AGP slot on the
motherboard.

Cari
www.coribright.com

 

[Frank]

You may have a OEM card. There was a lengthy thread about
this issue a little while back. Look on the card for a ctxxxx or
sbxxxx number. Use this number when you go to the driver page
on creative's site. If you draw a blank you will have to use the
original cd that came with the card, and or do a lot of googleing.


| My computer is ~2.5 years old (pre-XP) and came with
| Windows 98SE. Aside from a new HD and addtional RAM,
| there have been no hardware upgrades. I've recently
| upgraded to Windows XP and the soundcard no longer
| functions. I've downloaded the upgraded drivers from
| Creative Labs' website (LiveDrvUni-Pack(ENG), 23.3MB) and
| tried to install them but get the following
| message, "Setup could not detect any Sound Blaster Live!
| card on your system. Please ensure that your Sound
| Blaster Live! Hardware is properly installed before
| running this Setup program. Setup will now exit." I've
| uninstalled and then re-installed the Windows XP drivers
| for the soundcard as well as tried three different PCI
| slots for the card, but it did not work. Every time I
| tried running the updated driver file I got the same
| message. I tried going back to Windows 98SE and the card
| worked, but when I went to XP I had the same problems
| again.
|
| Specs:
| P3 1GHz Processor
| ASUS CUV4X Motherboard with Rev 1010 BIOS
| 32 MB Nvidia GEForce 2 Graphics
|
| Thanks,
| Kevin