Minor gripe with my X-Fi...

manveruppd · 4 Aug 2010 at 16:53

I think it's a Fatal1ty Titanium (the one with the front drive-bay bezel - not sure which model cause i won it in a competition), and every time I remove the card Windows stops recognizing it! This is whether I put it back in the same PCI-E slot or in another one. I have to uninstall all its drivers and reinstall them from scratch before it'll work.

Not a huge dealbreaker, and I'll soon be upgrading to Windows 7 which will hopefully not be as easily confused as XP, but I'm tearing down my ncomputer now and it would be nice to be able to prevent it from happening if anyone knows a solution... :confused:

Tealc · 5 Aug 2010 at 17:48

Good old Creative drivers. It's them, not you.

Why oh why can't someone bring out a sound card with robust drivers that actually work and install properly. Every other hardware add-in card maker seems to manage.

I don't know of a solution other than not removing the card n
in the first place. Don't expect Windows 7 drivers to be any better either, I have a Creative card and the W7 drivers are pathetic, crackly and poppy.

PistolPete · 5 Aug 2010 at 19:51

I find that with mine I lose sound every other reboot on W7 x64.

I have to go into the audio console, select mode and put it back again to start the sound again.

mattjd · 5 Aug 2010 at 19:56

The latest July 2010 drivers are pretty good for my titanium. Havnt had any problems and once in a while I get a crackling noise but with a restart its gone.

sandeep · 5 Aug 2010 at 20:23

Tealc said:
Why oh why can't someone bring out a sound card with robust drivers that actually work and install properly. Every other hardware add-in card maker seems to manage.

My first soundcard, HT Omega Striker 7.1, and installed drivers and loaded perfect, not one problem since I've used the card. Using ATI 5850 as soundcard now and AMD have managed to have working drivers for the HDMI Audio.

manveruppd · 5 Aug 2010 at 20:25

Brilliant, I was worried it might've been just a case of terrible drivers...

For their 20 years in the PC sound card industry, Creative sure are terrible at this!

PhillyDee · 5 Aug 2010 at 20:26

I gave up on creative when the Youpax drivers were deleted and removed. The only drivers which actually made my soundcardf work like they should have in vista. Never again.

I am using Realtek onboard (X58A chipset) and it works good enough for me!