x-Fi Extreme Music (card faulty?)

ShiWarrior · 20 May 2007 at 09:48

first off I disabled my AC97 in the bios, booted into XP PRO and deleted the hardware and software for this, i also used Driver Cleaner.

Plugged in the X-FI Xtreme Music in the lowest slot (ive tried both slots)
installed the latest drivers from the website, worked fine or so i thought

rebooted, then i get no sound, after many reboots, sound comes back on again
then it goes off again, or it will make a loud his noise, or it will only go on one speaker and not the other

finally working again, playing a game all day then it goes off agan!
so I rebooted, no sound, rebooted, got sound one one ear!, rebooted again, no sound, rebooted AGAIN! loud HIIISSSSS!

Ibeen trying for 3 days now it wont have it!

my board or the the creative?

MeatLoaf · 20 May 2007 at 11:35

Looking at your sig it seems you may be experiencing the common problem people had with the x-fi and the nforce4 chipset.

Has your x-fi got a heatsink as the problem ones didnt?

ShiWarrior · 20 May 2007 at 11:43

MeatLoaf said:
Looking at your sig it seems you may be experiencing the common problem people had with the x-fi and the nforce4 chipset.

Has your x-fi got a heatsink as the problem ones didnt?

done a google image search
this is the same as mine
http://hardware.gotfrag.com/files/upload/slapnuts_xfi_card.jpg
SB0460

MeatLoaf · 20 May 2007 at 11:46

Hmm well thats one of the later fixed revisions you have.

The only other thing they suggested at the time was to flash the latest BIOS to your mobo

ShiWarrior · 20 May 2007 at 11:46

I've gone back to onboard sound, back in DOOM3 that i was playing all day yesterday, and i am missing half the sounds now!

think i need to reformat anyway, so i might try it again to be sure its not software

ShiWarrior · 20 May 2007 at 11:48

MeatLoaf said:
Hmm well thats one of the later fixed revisions you have.

The only other thing they suggested at the time was to flash the latest BIOS to your mobo

I didnt know there WAS a problem lol

Using latest Bios

i tried posting on DFI website, but it got deleted!

Firegod · 20 May 2007 at 13:47

Hmm that's not good.

I'm using a DFI board absolutley fine here. :confused:

Try and get the card replaced by Creative? Might be faulty?

Or before doing that, perhaps try installing Windows again, perhaps on a test partition and see if the problem still occurs?

ShiWarrior · 20 May 2007 at 14:05

yeah i think reinstalling windows first
but the thing is I bought it (well borrowd) from a guy who has the same problem, but on his abit motherboard, so it could be faulty im not sure

suppose i could make 2 partitions, then when im done testing i can just delete it cant I

Firegod · 20 May 2007 at 14:07

ShiWarrior said:
suppose i could make 2 partitions, then when im done testing i can just delete it cant I

Sounds like a plan batman.

M0T · 20 May 2007 at 15:29

I had the same problem with my X-fi. It would be fine for a while and then youd turn it on and it would dissapear :confused:

Its been fine ever since I reinstalled everything, and this was on a 965 board.

I think its just abismally poor drivers.

ShiWarrior · 20 May 2007 at 18:20

M0T said:
I had the same problem with my X-fi. It would be fine for a while and then youd turn it on and it would dissapear

Its been fine ever since I reinstalled everything, and this was on a 965 board.

I think its just abismally poor drivers.

well, ive even tried the VISTA ones that modded to XP, it worked better, but then went back to the old routine

not tried the PAX ones yet, as i need to mount the iso

ShiWarrior · 27 May 2007 at 22:55

Hi

Reformated my PC now (at last)

What drivers do you recomend I try?

I am using Windows XP PRO

Thanks

MeatLoaf · 27 May 2007 at 23:19

Install the drivers from the CD, then use the software autoupdate feature on creatives website

squiffy · 27 May 2007 at 23:22

Don't install drivers from the CD, just the applications you need, except for the mode switcher. Then download the updated drivers.

ShiWarrior · 28 May 2007 at 06:15

MeatLoaf said:
Install the drivers from the CD, then use the software autoupdate feature on creatives website

Havent got a CD

ShiWarrior · 28 May 2007 at 06:35

Just installed thre driver from the creative website
worked no problems straight away.

Then when I rebooted it went off!

Under the device manager I get a yellow Exclamation mark under "Creative SB X-FI"

any ideas?

EDIT//

Turned computer off for 30 seconds, and its working again now, i bet it will go again when i reboot

Firegod · 28 May 2007 at 10:50

ShiWarrior said:
Just installed thre driver from the creative website
worked no problems straight away.

Then when I rebooted it went off!

Under the device manager I get a yellow Exclamation mark under "Creative SB X-FI"

any ideas?

EDIT//

Turned computer off for 30 seconds, and its working again now, i bet it will go again when i reboot

If it doesn't work again after a reboot get it RMA'd. Defo not working right that. Either try and get your money back or get a replacement and hope that that one works.

ShiWarrior · 28 May 2007 at 10:58

yeah!
Thanks firegod
Seems to be working perfectly now after I did that, rebooted countless times now, and its been fine! lol

I guess it needed a fresh install, damn creative drivers are so picky!

squiffy · 28 May 2007 at 10:59

ShiWarrior said:
yeah!
Thanks firegod
Seems to be working perfectly now after I did that, rebooted countless times now, and its been fine! lol

I guess it needed a fresh install, damn creative drivers are so picky!

Worked from the get-go on mine, sounds like incompatible motherboard chipset.

MoodyB · 28 May 2007 at 13:11

ShiWarrior said:
Seems to be working perfectly now after I did that, rebooted countless times now, and its been fine! lol

Just to make sure, power down the pc and leave it off for 5-20mins or whatever, then turn it all back on again.