[SOLVED] Soundblaster Live! Series driver help 8)

kintot · 12-06-2007, 07:30 AM

i have recently reformatted my pc but after i did, i lost my audio.
for days i have scoured the net for sb live! drivers. i have managed to detect the type of sound card i have using the everest program. but it only says "creative sb live! series audio processor" and does not elaborate further.
i am aware of the different versions (live! 5.1, live! platinum etc.) as i have downloaded all of them to no avail.
is there a universal driver for all sound cards in the sb live! series that might work for me?
or perhaps a good sound card detecting program that might tell me the exact model of my sound card?

any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance! 8)

dai · 12-06-2007, 12:15 PM

http://ask.americas.creative.com/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE?New,Kb=ww_english_add,U={B8F60310-DA4F-11D3-94F4-00500463020E},Company={CEAE216D-8719-4C00-AC9F-03BC258F7B70},d=1130251443648,VARSET=ws:http://us.creative.com,case=6843
see if this lists the information you need to find it
http://www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php

**Deleted090308** · 12-07-2007, 11:32 AM

Try Creative's AutoUpdate.

kintot · 12-07-2007, 12:21 PM

thanks for the response, i have managed to fix the problem. found out that my sound card was from a dissolved company under creative called ectiva and found no available support in the creative official sites. luckily i found a link to a japanese site which had the driver files for my card.
thanks again for the input. 8)

dai · 12-07-2007, 12:31 PM

glad you got there

12-06-2007, 07:30 AM	#1 (permalink)
kintot Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 6 OS: xp	[SOLVED] Soundblaster Live! Series driver help 8) i have recently reformatted my pc but after i did, i lost my audio. for days i have scoured the net for sb live! drivers. i have managed to detect the type of sound card i have using the everest program. but it only says "creative sb live! series audio processor" and does not elaborate further. i am aware of the different versions (live! 5.1, live! platinum etc.) as i have downloaded all of them to no avail. is there a universal driver for all sound cards in the sb live! series that might work for me? or perhaps a good sound card detecting program that might tell me the exact model of my sound card? any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance! 8)

12-06-2007, 12:15 PM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,646 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Soundblaster Live! Series driver help 8) http://ask.americas.creative.com/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE?New,Kb=ww_english_add,U={B8F60310-DA4F-11D3-94F4-00500463020E},Company={CEAE216D-8719-4C00-AC9F-03BC258F7B70},d=1130251443648,VARSET=ws:http://us.creative.com,case=6843 see if this lists the information you need to find it http://www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php __________________

12-07-2007, 11:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: Soundblaster Live! Series driver help 8) Try Creative's AutoUpdate.

12-07-2007, 12:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
kintot Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 6 OS: xp	Re: Soundblaster Live! Series driver help 8) thanks for the response, i have managed to fix the problem. found out that my sound card was from a dissolved company under creative called ectiva and found no available support in the creative official sites. luckily i found a link to a japanese site which had the driver files for my card. thanks again for the input. 8)

12-07-2007, 12:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,646 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Soundblaster Live! Series driver help 8) glad you got there __________________