X-Fi Windows 7 - Very annoying crackling sound

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Tearing my hair out here, I have just connected my azur 740a amp and 916i's back up to my computer, plugged them back into the x-fi fatality pro which has been unused the audio just went via GTX470 HDMI to my TV and now I'm getting a really annoying CRACKLE at certain parts of songs/films!

Now I instantly thought, I've set the speaker up wrong or whatever but after hours troubleshooting and installing the PAX creative drivers for windows 7, running driver sweeper/reg cleaner before install etc nothing. Then I boot into XP (dual boot) and it works FLAWLESSLY.

Same hardware, just different OS. So it HAS to be Win 7 or a driver at fault but I can't figure out what and I really do not want to have to reinstall Win 7. I only used Win 7 for a week of so with the x-fi connected to the speakers and can't remember if the problem happened back then, prob not.

Any ideas?
 
Win 7 drivers mate. used to have this in the past when the Windows 7 beta drivers for X-FI originally came out :(
 
rounddodger said:
the audio just went via GTX470 HDMI to my TV and now I'm getting a really annoying CRACKLE at certain parts of songs/films!

Any ideas?
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Have a look in Device Manager >> Sound, video and game controllers and Disable the high definition audio device, it may be conflicting with the X-Fi, yours will be Nvidia obviously.

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You do have to have the very latest Creative drivers to stop this happening, and I'd disable the nvidia driver as said above. Creative's drivers can be really shocking at times...
 
Yep, disabled the nvidia hd audio and motherboard onboard also.

Tempted to do a clean install.. Really don't want to as it's setup as I want it.

Not looking great is it. :) Can anyone recommend a replacement better than what I have already?
 
You could try these drivers: http://www.paxyoursoundout.com/
(dont be put off by the website, seriously the drivers are better than the creative ones, still has the same features and control panel, just changes the drivers themselves, i tried them as in a bf2 mod if i had the audio set to x-fi or w.e in game it would bluescreen everytime but doesnt happen with these drivers. they seem very reliable
 
cjkennedy said:
You could try these drivers: http://www.paxyoursoundout.com/
(dont be put off by the website, seriously the drivers are better than the creative ones, still has the same features and control panel, just changes the drivers themselves, i tried them as in a bf2 mod if i had the audio set to x-fi or w.e in game it would bluescreen everytime but doesnt happen with these drivers. they seem very reliable
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Now I instantly thought, I've set the speaker up wrong or whatever but after hours troubleshooting and installing the PAX creative drivers for windows 7, running driver sweeper/reg cleaner before install etc nothing. Then I boot into XP (dual boot) and it works FLAWLESSLY.
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Come on people read!

p.s I hate xfi cards and i'm using one, youtube(crackles)... Can't have the volume beyond 60% or crackle. Stutter crackle in bfbc2, doesn't matter if its UAA drivers, Pax drivers or creatives.

Should've got a xonar myself :(
 
ok...before re-installing have you tried moving the soundcard to another slot? It *may* be the only way to fix it is a re-install...
 
Cheers for all the help fellas, it looks like the X-Fi just has ****ty Win 7 drivers. Might just flog it and buy a Xonar. Can anyone recommend a good model, equivalent or better than the X-Fi Fatality Pro?

Any benefits to PCI-E over PCI?

I may just hang on as I'm building a brand new rig in a couple months so it may have better look in there. It's so irritating though, XP is absolutely perfect but Win 7 is crap. :(
 
rounddodger said:
Cheers for all the help fellas, it looks like the X-Fi just has ****ty Win 7 drivers. Might just flog it and buy a Xonar. Can anyone recommend a good model, equivalent or better than the X-Fi Fatality Pro?

Any benefits to PCI-E over PCI?

I may just hang on as I'm building a brand new rig in a couple months so it may have better look in there. It's so irritating though, XP is absolutely perfect but Win 7 is crap. :(
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Nope you're wrong there, XP has had it's time and Windows 7 is so much better it's unreal. The problem is Creative's drivers, not Windows 7. I for one would never go back to XP it's so far out of date, insecure and just slower than Windows 7...
 
3dcandy said:
Nope you're wrong there, XP has had it's time and Windows 7 is so much better it's unreal. The problem is Creative's drivers, not Windows 7. I for one would never go back to XP it's so far out of date, insecure and just slower than Windows 7...
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Sorry let me rephrase that.. I mean't the fact it doesn't work correctly in Win 7 is crap, not Win 7 is crap. :)

Win 7 is awesome and would never go back in a million years.

I'm using the 32bit version at the moment as I've only 2GB RAM, maybe I'll have better luck when I install the x64 version on a new rig.
 
hehehe - glad you agree. It's real hit and miss with creative drivers though, some get zero problems (like me) some get zero luck!
 
rounddodger said:
Sorry let me rephrase that.. I mean't the fact it doesn't work correctly in Win 7 is crap, not Win 7 is crap. :)

Win 7 is awesome and would never go back in a million years.

I'm using the 32bit version at the moment as I've only 2GB RAM, maybe I'll have better luck when I install the x64 version on a new rig.
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i find the x64 runs much smoother - even when i still had 2x1Gb ram sticks. It became smoother still when i upgraded to 4Gb :)
 
I had similar problem X-Fi Titanium & W7 64, which I couldn't solve,despite reinstalling W7.

Now using W7 64 with a Xonar DX2, not a single issue, every thing working fine.
 
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