fortissimo installation problem.

Adanu · 03-07-2007, 04:39 PM

Recently bought this card, and got it into the system... that has been the only part of this installation that was easy.

First, I uninstalled my original SCs drivers, then turn off, took out old, put in new, and booted... so far, goodie.

I get onto desktop, I install drivers, and asks about overwrite of an old file a3d.dll I believe. I click yes, and I promptly get a streamci.dll is not a valid image... so I reboot a few times and hope that fixes it, then go into safe mode and download it from freedlls.com and it runs without a hitch. I reboot into normal mode, so far so good... get into the mixer/control panel for it and try to use 2/2 speaker setup... front works but back doesn't, so I try 5.1 and my center/subwoofer work... yay. Go into sound and audio devices... and the thing shows up as envy24 family audio controller, for everything. I try to uninstall the mixer to try again... telling me the uninstall is corrupted, and I lose the mixer icon. So I try reinstalling over it to hopefully bring back anything I can.

I get it done, then reboot, and while front sound still works, the mixer pops up for an instant (literally) and disappears. I can't figure out how to remove the software completely and redo the installation, as uninstall will not work.

Any help out there?

Adanu · 03-09-2007, 10:07 AM

It seems to me that the drivers are installed ,but the mixer is botched. I'm using 1.0 on windows XP as well. NO one can help me out here?

**Ralck** · 03-09-2007, 11:15 PM

Try running Driver Cleaner Pro to see if you can clean out the old drivers. Then try installing the latest drivers from the manufacturer's website.

03-07-2007, 04:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
Adanu Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 20 OS: Windows XP Home	fortissimo installation problem. Recently bought this card, and got it into the system... that has been the only part of this installation that was easy. First, I uninstalled my original SCs drivers, then turn off, took out old, put in new, and booted... so far, goodie. I get onto desktop, I install drivers, and asks about overwrite of an old file a3d.dll I believe. I click yes, and I promptly get a streamci.dll is not a valid image... so I reboot a few times and hope that fixes it, then go into safe mode and download it from freedlls.com and it runs without a hitch. I reboot into normal mode, so far so good... get into the mixer/control panel for it and try to use 2/2 speaker setup... front works but back doesn't, so I try 5.1 and my center/subwoofer work... yay. Go into sound and audio devices... and the thing shows up as envy24 family audio controller, for everything. I try to uninstall the mixer to try again... telling me the uninstall is corrupted, and I lose the mixer icon. So I try reinstalling over it to hopefully bring back anything I can. I get it done, then reboot, and while front sound still works, the mixer pops up for an instant (literally) and disappears. I can't figure out how to remove the software completely and redo the installation, as uninstall will not work. Any help out there?

03-09-2007, 11:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
Ralck TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,454 OS: 98SE/XP PRO/FC4 My System	Try running Driver Cleaner Pro to see if you can clean out the old drivers. Then try installing the latest drivers from the manufacturer's website. __________________ Power Supply Info Everyone Should Read! How to Post Your System Specs

03-09-2007, 10:07 AM	#2 (permalink)
Adanu Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 20 OS: Windows XP Home	It seems to me that the drivers are installed ,but the mixer is botched. I'm using 1.0 on windows XP as well. NO one can help me out here?