Sound card driver installation problems

weringo · 21 Sep 2006 at 19:32

I got a Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 Sound Card OEM today but when I put the CD in it came up with X-Fi or something. I tried installing it anyway but in my device manager it still has "multimedia audio controller" with a yellow question mark next to it. I uninstalled what came with the CD and went on the Creative website, I downloaded the drivers for the Augigy SE but when I open the installation file it says "You have previously installed drivers without rebooting, please reboot and try again."

I tried rebooting but the same problem came and it said the same thing. Does anyone know about this problem?

Day03 · 21 Sep 2006 at 19:51

If you're running WinXp then try using the restor point from system recovery to go back to before you installed the driver. Windows usually automatically does a restor point before installing drivers.

Simon N · 21 Sep 2006 at 19:58

Not sure what to say that can help you but I can say I bought the same card 2 days ago and have installed it no problem.

I did have to download the updated drivers for it so it would work in bf2

weringo · 21 Sep 2006 at 20:35

Simon N said:
Not sure what to say that can help you but I can say I bought the same card 2 days ago and have installed it no problem.

I did have to download the updated drivers for it so it would work in bf2

I managed to install off the CD as it turns out u have to use the driver installation wizard. I still cant install the web updated ones however, what difference does it make in BF2 if I install them?

masterk · 21 Sep 2006 at 21:02

If you download drivercleaner it can wipe out all creative drivers (uninstall them first) on the system so you can start fresh.