That particular issue is, in fact, the ONLY issue I had with my low-profile XtremeGamer - however, that was ALSO the reason I retired it (replaced by a refurbished Recon3D Fatality) and did NOT pass it to my Mom (which is atypical) - she has more system RAM than I do.Ĭuriousity factor - I have to wonder if the Recon3D could, in fact, use the same software that the Z does (remember, the same was largely true of the Audigy and X-Fi, despite the DSP differences - the Recon3D and Z don't differ even there). so i downloaded it installed it and FINALLY I started getting sound but not the surround audio I. I did find one driver that was just updated by Creative(mfr of sound blaster cards) and i figured for the heck of it i would give it a shot. While the Z is the latest/greatest PCI Express sound card, the earlier PCI Express sound cards (Recon3D, TitaniumHD, etc) use the same SoundCore DSP that the Z does - the difference is that the Z series has newer DACs and supporting electronics. And for the others it says it does not support the functions of my sound card or something like that. The 'bug' manifests in Windows 7 or later as a BSOD (WHEA_UNRECOVERABLE_ERROR). The issue is an address bug at the 4 GB area (therefore, it only affects PAE-equipped or 圆4 operating systems AND if you have 4GB or more of system RAM) - it was a minor nuisance with XP however, it's a decidedly bigger issue given the 圆4 boom since. and drivers give me no problemsĪny of the Creative PCI Express sound cards with a DSP end-runs a known hardware issue with the PCI sound cards (specifically, the X-Fi cards) unrelated to the issue you're having. 5) Reinstall Sound Blaster Connect 2 (but only select SBC2 and not the driver) - SBC2 version is 3.2.28. It just stopped producing sound when set to 5.1, which it has been this entire time and worked fine. I made no changes to the system and did not update any drivers. I ended up getting a ZxR card and no problems with mic. I've been using this card for the last few months, a Sound Blaster Z that worked fine up until maybe half an hour ago when it suddenly stopped working.

The software that runs the drivers for the xfi has not been updated in almost 4 years. Problem is xfi cards, is they are getting old. Another solution would be to buy a Z series audio card from creative.

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