Soundblaster Audigy 2 problem

Drukk · 5 Nov 2006 at 13:56

Had an Audigy 2 card running in my old system just fine. When I moved it to my new system I get random lock ups and a horrible screeching through the speakers. Only way out is to reboot.

I have read up on a lot of people having this problem but apart from trying a different PCI slot (which I did) there seems to be no answers. When I remove and switch to onboard sound all is fine so I know its a sound card issue.

Anyone have any ideas how I can get round this problem?

My system is -

A8R-32 MVP deluxe
AMD 64 4g
1g ram
HIS X1900XT

edgaruy1980 · 11 Nov 2006 at 07:41

since the 1.84.xxx drivers with openAL I get a lot of errors.
When I back to old drivers is normal, but open AL is used in games so it complicated.
Just try each one and see the difference.

Drukk · 12 Nov 2006 at 10:54

It seems no fix has ever been released as far as I can tell. I guess thats the end of creative cards for me. Not going to take the risk with them anymore.

Trouble is finding a good alternative.

gunner · 14 Nov 2006 at 15:26

I had a similar problem and downloaded the PAX drivers. Google: "youp-pax"
they totally work. There is also a PAX softmod which will change your Audigy2 to a Audigy4.

Good Luck.