Recent content by windbag

I could ONLY install from the CD - that's the entire point of my post - it immediately invoked an update via the web, which downloaded an update utility which refused to recognise I had an X-Fi Elite Pro card in the system... which is the state it was then left in. So I think I've already...

Oh... no I won't ...or rather, I would, but I just checked and the "soundblaster x-fi\" directory is absent under "Creative\"... For info, the sub-folders I have there are: ALCHEMY AUDIO DEVICE SELECTION UNICODE AUDIOCS CONSOLE LAUNCHER MEDIASOURCE5 PRODUCT REGISTRATION SBCONTROL...

Thanks, imperialreign, I'll try that when I next get the personal & PC-time to do it. Does it matter whether the X-Fi card is in the system or not? Currently removed as the only way to listen to Youtube is via soundcard on Mobo.

Thanks, imperialreign, if you can, that could be helpful. Not sure how I can use the latest drivers that are embedded into the faulty executable that won't recognise my card. Perhaps you can enlighten me if you find how to do the "hard" install - I'll be all ears ! :)

Indeed. That's why I came back with the update. Creative make an awful lot of money out of punters - to then treat them like idiots, try to abandon them on invalid grounds (OEM unit my arse) or just abandon them completely without explanation/response is the mark of a corrupt/inept/incompetent...

Ha, you were posting this while I was writing my update. Can't see how this helps - the drivers from Creative are the correct ones - they just won't install as the part of the executable that is supposed to recognise the card doesn't work!

My "Card not recognised" Saga Still Unresolved Since the thread has slipped away from my topic, but is still live, I thought I'd update it with where I am from my first post. I eventually found it was the main PC power supply that had caused the failures (even though it's nominal power...

Recognised by Vista but not by Creative! Thanks, imperialreign, that link worked & I downloaded drive sweeper V3 OK. Then it was interesting. There was one Registry entry item Driver sweep couldn't clear out - and on manual inspection it wasn't there. What was sad were the hundreds of...

Thanks for picking this up with a positive suggestion, imperialreign. I hadn't heard of drive sweeper, but my searches to download/use it have run into problems, with Guru's home pages not having links to it any more, others disowning new versions with ads etc - I didn't come up with a link...

So why was it recognised when I ran "Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi series driver 2.18.0013-SBXF_PCDRV_LB_2_18_0013.exe" ?

Does no-one have any ideas?

X-Fi Elite Pro recognised then lost on reboot. I have an X-Fi Elite Pro with an ongoing problem, installed on an Asus P5N-E SLI mobo/Intel Core Duo 6700 processor (2.66 GHz) running Vista Business with all current updates. The X-Fi was working fine since new (Sept 2006) until November 2010...