Audigy 2 + Vista

Gigi · 20 Feb 2008 at 20:35

Tried a search but couldnt find anything, so apologies if its a repost

My problem is when i upgraded to vista.. probably around december 2006, vista didnt detect my soundcard, so i couldnt install drivers etc and im stuck using realtek On-board audio. Is there anyway to get the motherboard to detect the soundcard?

The motherboard is a

ASUS P5VDC-MX v2

Should i think about a bios update?

Any ideas?

Thanks for your help.

VortexA1 · 20 Feb 2008 at 21:54

Probably obvious to you but havent you tried the latest vista drivers for audigy then?

Even if the motherboard doesn't detect it have you tried them and then when you reboot does it show up?

link as example:

http://www.guru3d.com/newsitem.php?id=5099

Have you gone through the bios then and seen it not on there - an integrated one?

Sasso · 20 Feb 2008 at 22:20

well i have an audigy 2 sound card and it works fine

just go to the creative site and download the latest drivers, install them, reboot, and bobs your uncle

i dont think i had a pop up msg about the sound card, but when i looked in device manager there was an unknown multimedia device

so guess that was it

Gigi · 20 Feb 2008 at 22:33

I look on device manager - no sign of any unknown audio device. Install creative drivers - asks me to plug in/insert sound card.

Tried all drivers.

Then i found a website saying my motherboard doesnt support vista, so looks like problem solved which is a bugger.

Gonna drop back down to Win XP. really really, want good sound quality and onboard sound just doesnt cut it for me.

VortexA1 · 20 Feb 2008 at 22:36

Sorry to hear that m8 - bit of a bugger then.

Fr0dders · 23 Feb 2008 at 20:57

Gigi said:
Gonna drop back down to Win XP. really really, want good sound quality and onboard sound just doesnt cut it for me.

you'll possibly find it doesnt work in XP if you reformat back.

I'm running a Audigy 2 here in vista without issues. Just reformatted, vista detecs "multimedia audio controller" or similar

download the web driver thing from the creative website. Bang. job done

if windows doesnt even detect an uknown multimedia audio controller, its either faulty or not connected properly and wont work in XP either,

or you've installed some funky driver and it thinks its something else. Only way to undo that is start hacking windows about. A reformat is preferable however.