Wow, amazing! After months of trying to get GPL to live with XP and the
cracking/static noise of the SBLive I think my quest is finally over. I
tried everything, from turning the accelleration down to changing the BIOS
to changing my drivers. Nothing worked consistently. Finally, I read a
message that had a link in it. I tried it out and sure enough it worked! I
installed the driver twice and it worked out consistently.
Good luck!
http://download.creative.com/software/winxp/SBLiveXPDrvUpdate.exe
On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 21:24:59 -0800, "nathantw"
<[email hidden]> wrote:
Can you run Dxdiag and tell me what the version number of these
drivers is? I'm hoping its 5.12.01.244
I had a similar sound problem with Unreal Tournament that this version
fixed, and I'm hoping it'll work with GPL when I re-install it.
Thanks
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>Wow, amazing! After months of trying to get GPL to live with XP and the >cracking/static noise of the SBLive I think my quest is finally over. I >tried everything, from turning the accelleration down to changing the BIOS >to changing my drivers. Nothing worked consistently. Finally, I read a >message that had a link in it. I tried it out and sure enough it worked! I >installed the driver twice and it worked out consistently. > >Good luck! > >http://download.creative.com/software/winxp/SBLiveXPDrvUpdate.exeHate to tell you this, but many of us had this problem and solved with the
updated drivers a long time ago. (And many of us went through the same
ridiculous goose-chase to figure out what could be wrong.)
Unbelievably, I had a "fixed" Live! and then "upgraded"/installed an Audigy
and had the whole thing happen over again. Of course it took Creative about
6 months to release a driver update specific to the Audigy and XP to fix the
same problem they already fixed with the Live!
Marc
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> Wow, amazing! After months of trying to get GPL to live with XP and the > cracking/static noise of the SBLive I think my quest is finally over. I > tried everything, from turning the accelleration down to changing the BIOS > to changing my drivers. Nothing worked consistently. Finally, I read a > message that had a link in it. I tried it out and sure enough it worked! I > installed the driver twice and it worked out consistently. > > Good luck! > > http://download.creative.com/software/winxp/SBLiveXPDrvUpdate.exe > >Tim O <[email hidden]> wrote in message
> Can you run Dxdiag and tell me what the version number of these
> drivers is? I'm hoping its 5.12.01.244
> I had a similar sound problem with Unreal Tournament that this version
> fixed, and I'm hoping it'll work with GPL when I re-install it.
Tim,
I'm not at home, but I checked out the date of the driver last night
and it's actually an older driver from 5/1/01 or thereabouts. It was
definitely from 2001 though.
A bit of bad news, I tried GPL with those particular drivers and it
was jerking or stuttering continuously. In fact it was so bad I got
fed-up and installed the sblive drivers they had on the
creative-labs.com site, which were from 2002. The good news is that
GPL's sounds still works (with the accompanying little clicks and
pops), but no static. I can live with clicks and pops. I can't live
with the terrible static noise like I heard in GPL and Battlefield
1942 demo.
Am I the only one with this problem? I can solve the static problem but the
sound still progresses in steps instead of smoothly as I accelerate (GPL,
XP, SBlive). I've tried everything I can think of including reducing
hardware acceleration and changing drivers. I haven't heard of others with
this phenomenon and it makes GPL unplayable in XP for me. I'm still using 98
for GPL until I can cure this. If anyone knows the solution I would be
grateful.
Spark
Spark,
My original problem was that the sound was similiar to yours where it would
sound like musical notes going up.
the scale. I resolved that by just updating the drivers.
Nathan
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> Am I the only one with this problem? I can solve the static problem butthe
> sound still progresses in steps instead of smoothly as I accelerate (GPL,
> XP, SBlive). I've tried everything I can think of including reducing
> hardware acceleration and changing drivers. I haven't heard of others with
> this phenomenon and it makes GPL unplayable in XP for me. I'm still using98
> for GPL until I can cure this. If anyone knows the solution I would be
> grateful.
>
> Spark
>
>
I've been having the same static/crackling music note problem on my
computer with XP/LIVE/GPL as well. I just downloaded the
http://download.creative.com/software/winxp/SBLiveXPDrvUpdate.exe and
am looking forward to trying it when I get home. I'll let you all know
how it works out for me.
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> Spark, > My original problem was that the sound was similiar to yours where it would > sound like musical notes going up. > the scale. I resolved that by just updating the drivers. > > Nathan > > "spark" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:ruT6a.21019$%[email hidden]... > > Am I the only one with this problem? I can solve the static problem but > the > > sound still progresses in steps instead of smoothly as I accelerate (GPL, > > XP, SBlive). I've tried everything I can think of including reducing > > hardware acceleration and changing drivers. I haven't heard of others with > > this phenomenon and it makes GPL unplayable in XP for me. I'm still using > 98 > > for GPL until I can cure this. If anyone knows the solution I would be > > grateful. > > > > Spark > > > >Hi,
I always see lots of comments about problems with the sound using
SBLive cards. I have the same type of sound issue with a Philips
Acoustic Edge. Sometimes the sounds good, some times it's terrible. I
have the latest drivers. So it's not just a problem with Creative
sound cards.
Richard.
On 26 Feb 2003 08:38:38 -0800, [email hidden] wrote:
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>I've been having the same static/crackling music note problem on my >computer with XP/LIVE/GPL as well. I just downloaded the >http://download.creative.com/software/winxp/SBLiveXPDrvUpdate.exe and >am looking forward to trying it when I get home. I'll let you all know >how it works out for me. > >"nathantw" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>... >> Spark, >> My original problem was that the sound was similiar to yours where it would >> sound like musical notes going up. >> the scale. I resolved that by just updating the drivers. >> >> Nathan >> >> "spark" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >> news:ruT6a.21019$%[email hidden]... >> > Am I the only one with this problem? I can solve the static problem but >> the >> > sound still progresses in steps instead of smoothly as I accelerate (GPL, >> > XP, SBlive). I've tried everything I can think of including reducing >> > hardware acceleration and changing drivers. I haven't heard of others with >> > this phenomenon and it makes GPL unplayable in XP for me. I'm still using >> 98 >> > for GPL until I can cure this. If anyone knows the solution I would be >> > grateful. >> > >> > Spark >> > >> >> Wow, amazing! After months of trying to get GPL to live with XP and the
> cracking/static noise of the SBLive I think my quest is finally over. I
> tried everything, from turning the accelleration down to changing the BIOS
> to changing my drivers. Nothing worked consistently. Finally, I read a
> message that had a link in it. I tried it out and sure enough it worked! I
> installed the driver twice and it worked out consistently.
Nope, these drivers don't fix the problem for me.....
Wooo Hooo! That driver update (downgrade) fixed GPL plus BF42 even
sounds better than it did. I'm now in Gamer heaven.
I had a Philips card that didn't have good XP support as well. :(
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