Is it really an xtrememusic?

[timmins]

I bought the card in january, OEM from the bay, and have had trouble installing it.

I was using it at one stage, with bf2, and all the ultra high malarkey, so im sure it was done, but now it's being rubbish again after i reinstalled.

Before i couldnt even get the console to install, but now it has installed, it says my device is a SB X-Fi [B800]. Now i have an inkling that's actually the X-fi audio card, but when i point my eyes at the soundcard, it really is the xtrememusic, and it has the heatsink which means it wasn't built in the 1800's right?

I was just wondering what everyone else got in their console if they have the xtrememusic, cuz should i be seeing [SB0460]? The card has brought a lot of trouble already, BSODs etc, and it is running with nforce4 in the DFI infinity, but i only bought the board at the start of the year, so thought there should be a fix built in by then?

Anyway sorry for another x-fi thread, but any elightenment would be awesome.

 

[timmins]

Awesome so at least i'm working with the right card.

So i rebooted windows, i do it a lot which sucks, and the installation went smoothly. All was happy. I could actually load the console (which with previous installations wasn't possible.) I could actually go into gaming mode with hitting a bsod (happened last time).

But i was loading up Battlefield to see if it detected it, and during the intro, boom, and my sounds gone. I had been playing music in 24bit in winamp just before, so card was working. Anyone know what the problem is now?

In the IRQ it's 19, and is currently in my first pci slot. I'll reboot my comp, and maybe fiddle with the pci slots AGAIN and let you know how it goes. But it has lived in each slot for a while. The ****.

So tempted just to sell and cut my losses.

 

[timmins]

Little update, the card appeared to be working fine, but about 15 mins into a game of battlefield, it bumped, the sound went, then about 5 seconds later a lovely screen, the colour blue came up, but wasn't there long enough for me to see it.

Brilliant.