audigy 2 installed but no sound

I've successfully installed Vista (32 bit) but am having real problems with My Audigy 2 soundcard. I've downloaded the Beta drivers from the creative site and extracted them to a folder. I've then used Device manager to install these drivers by pointing aat that folder.
The soundcard claims to have installed fine, and the volume control applet is accessible, WMP11 happily plays videos and music and looks as if it should be outputting sound. Nothing comes from my speakers though.
I'm dualbooting with XP, and switching to that, the speakers work fine, so its not a hardware or connection issue.
I've tried playing with the sound quality and speaker setup settings but I've not managed to get any sound with any of them.
Any ideas what could be wrong?

What driver version does DM report? I just bought and installed this card and it works fine. driver version is 5.12.4.522 Paula
"radionotme" wrote in message

I've successfully installed Vista (32 bit) but am having real problems with My Audigy 2 soundcard. I've downloaded the Beta drivers from the creative site and extracted them to a folder. I've then used Device manager to install these drivers by pointing aat that folder.
The soundcard claims to have installed fine, and the volume control applet is accessible, WMP11 happily plays videos and music and looks as if it should be outputting sound. Nothing comes from my speakers though.
I'm dualbooting with XP, and switching to that, the speakers work fine, so its not a hardware or connection issue.
I've tried playing with the sound quality and speaker setup settings but I've not managed to get any sound with any of them.
Any ideas what could be wrong?

I have installed the latest drivers for the audigy 2zs but not the beta vista drivers and everything works well
"radionotme" wrote:

I've successfully installed Vista (32 bit) but am having real problems with My Audigy 2 soundcard. I've downloaded the Beta drivers from the creative site and extracted them to a folder. I've then used Device manager to install these drivers by pointing aat that folder.
The soundcard claims to have installed fine, and the volume control applet is accessible, WMP11 happily plays videos and music and looks as if it should be outputting sound. Nothing comes from my speakers though.
I'm dualbooting with XP, and switching to that, the speakers work fine, so its not a hardware or connection issue.
I've tried playing with the sound quality and speaker setup settings but I've not managed to get any sound with any of them.
Any ideas what could be wrong?

"What driver version does DM report?" 5.12.8.1164 for the most recent XP drivers and 5.12.10.1162 for the Beta drivers from Creative's site - no idea where you're getting the 5.12.4.522 drivers from?
I've now tried Winamp, VLC and WMP and I've not been able to get any sound from any of them.

I just bought this card yesterday. The drivers came from the supplied CD which are working fine. Try removing all your related sound software and then shutting down the computer, remove the card. Start the computer up again with no card installed. Then shut down again, install card, and start back up. See if it recognizes the card and asks you for the driver. See if you can download the drivers I am using from their web site. They are working fine for me. Paula
"radionotme" wrote in message

"What driver version does DM report?" 5.12.8.1164 for the most recent XP drivers and 5.12.10.1162 for the Beta drivers from Creative's site - no idea where you're getting the 5.12.4.522 drivers from?
I've now tried Winamp, VLC and WMP and I've not been able to get any sound from any of them.

I've actually managed to sort it out - not perfectly - but I have sound. I've installed the free alternative 'kxproject' drivers. They've only enabled my rear speakers, but its better than silence!
"Paula" wrote:

I just bought this card yesterday. The drivers came from the supplied CD which are working fine. Try removing all your related sound software and then shutting down the computer, remove the card. Start the computer up again with no card installed. Then shut down again, install card, and start back up. See if it recognizes the card and asks you for the driver. See if you can download the drivers I am using from their web site. They are working fine for me. Paula
"radionotme" wrote in message "What driver version does DM report?" 5.12.8.1164 for the most recent XP drivers and 5.12.10.1162 for the Beta drivers from Creative's site - no idea where you're getting the 5.12.4.522 drivers from?
I've now tried Winamp, VLC and WMP and I've not been able to get any sound from any of them.

goooooooodie! At least you have some sound anyway.
Paula
"radionotme" wrote in message

I've actually managed to sort it out - not perfectly - but I have sound. I've installed the free alternative 'kxproject' drivers. They've only enabled my rear speakers, but its better than silence!
"Paula" wrote:
I just bought this card yesterday. The drivers came from the supplied CD which are working fine. Try removing all your related sound software and then shutting down the computer, remove the card. Start the computer up again with no card installed. Then shut down again, install card, and start back up. See if it recognizes the card and asks you for the driver. See if you can download the drivers I am using from their web site. They are working fine for me. Paula
"radionotme" wrote in message "What driver version does DM report?" 5.12.8.1164 for the most recent XP drivers and 5.12.10.1162 for the Beta drivers from Creative's site - no idea where you're getting the 5.12.4.522 drivers from?
I've now tried Winamp, VLC and WMP and I've not been able to get any sound from any of them.