5381: Anyone got X-fi Sound card working?

No luck here, I've been trying various things for the last few days. In
previous versions sometimes it would work, sometimes it wouldn't.

Hopefully upcoming beta 2 will have a working driver, it is hard to test an
OS without sound. Even my motherboard's built in sound card is not picked
up by Vista.
--
TC

Have you tried the X-FI beta drivers from Creative's web site? I to am
going to be installing the Beta 2 of Vista when it is released on a system
with the X-FI sound card.

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Jason
Windows Vista, Build 5308


"The Canuck" <> wrote in message
news:...
> No luck here, I've been trying various things for the last few days. In
> previous versions sometimes it would work, sometimes it wouldn't.
>
> Hopefully upcoming beta 2 will have a working driver, it is hard to test
> an OS without sound. Even my motherboard's built in sound card is not
> picked up by Vista.
> --
> TC
>

Yes, they don't work. They are dated Nov 2005.

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AP
"Jason" <> wrote in message
news:1F07E94F-8463-4BA2-918F-...
> Have you tried the X-FI beta drivers from Creative's web site? I to am
> going to be installing the Beta 2 of Vista when it is released on a system
> with the X-FI sound card.
>
> --
> Jason
> Windows Vista, Build 5308
>
>
> "The Canuck" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> No luck here, I've been trying various things for the last few days. In
>> previous versions sometimes it would work, sometimes it wouldn't.
>>
>> Hopefully upcoming beta 2 will have a working driver, it is hard to test
>> an OS without sound. Even my motherboard's built in sound card is not
>> picked up by Vista.
>> --
>> TC
>>
>

Try this workaround, extract the X-fi driver file file using
WinZip for instance. Now go to the folder where you extracted the file. Find
the Drivers folder. Now in that folder click on Support. Now click on i386
folder. In that folder you will find the ctzapxx.exe file. Double click on
the file and the drivers should install correctly. Not a very smooth install
for sure.
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Andre
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"The Canuck" <> wrote in message
news:...
> No luck here, I've been trying various things for the last few days. In
> previous versions sometimes it would work, sometimes it wouldn't.
>
> Hopefully upcoming beta 2 will have a working driver, it is hard to test
> an OS without sound. Even my motherboard's built in sound card is not
> picked up by Vista.
> --
> TC
>

Sweet info Andre, Thanks. I can't wait till Beta 2 is released to test it
on on my XPS machine.

--
Jason
Windows Vista, Build 5308

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Try this workaround, extract the X-fi driver file file using
> WinZip for instance. Now go to the folder where you extracted the file.
> Find
> the Drivers folder. Now in that folder click on Support. Now click on i386
> folder. In that folder you will find the ctzapxx.exe file. Double click on
> the file and the drivers should install correctly. Not a very smooth
> install
> for sure.
> --
> --
> Andre
> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>
> "The Canuck" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> No luck here, I've been trying various things for the last few days. In
>> previous versions sometimes it would work, sometimes it wouldn't.
>>
>> Hopefully upcoming beta 2 will have a working driver, it is hard to test
>> an OS without sound. Even my motherboard's built in sound card is not
>> picked up by Vista.
>> --
>> TC
>>
>
>

Great, I can't wait too.
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--
Andre
Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta

"Jason" <> wrote in message
news:7A163B76-CCD5-4AFA-86A0-...
> Sweet info Andre, Thanks. I can't wait till Beta 2 is released to test it
> on on my XPS machine.
>
> --
> Jason
> Windows Vista, Build 5308
>
> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Try this workaround, extract the X-fi driver file file using
>> WinZip for instance. Now go to the folder where you extracted the file.
>> Find
>> the Drivers folder. Now in that folder click on Support. Now click on
>> i386
>> folder. In that folder you will find the ctzapxx.exe file. Double click
>> on
>> the file and the drivers should install correctly. Not a very smooth
>> install
>> for sure.
>> --
>> --
>> Andre
>> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
>> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
>> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>>
>> "The Canuck" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> No luck here, I've been trying various things for the last few days. In
>>> previous versions sometimes it would work, sometimes it wouldn't.
>>>
>>> Hopefully upcoming beta 2 will have a working driver, it is hard to test
>>> an OS without sound. Even my motherboard's built in sound card is not
>>> picked up by Vista.
>>> --
>>> TC
>>>
>>
>>
>

I have tried your suggestions, and the creative vista X-Fi driver still has
problems installing on build 5384.

Rui Da Costa
Build 5384 64bit

I guess we just have to wait for Creative to get it's act together.

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

> Great, I can't wait too.
> --
> --
> Andre
> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>
> "Jason" <> wrote in message
> news:7A163B76-CCD5-4AFA-86A0-...
> > Sweet info Andre, Thanks. I can't wait till Beta 2 is released to test it
> > on on my XPS machine.
> >
> > --
> > Jason
> > Windows Vista, Build 5308
> >
> > "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <> wrote in message
> > news:...
> >> Try this workaround, extract the X-fi driver file file using
> >> WinZip for instance. Now go to the folder where you extracted the file.
> >> Find
> >> the Drivers folder. Now in that folder click on Support. Now click on
> >> i386
> >> folder. In that folder you will find the ctzapxx.exe file. Double click
> >> on
> >> the file and the drivers should install correctly. Not a very smooth
> >> install
> >> for sure.
> >> --
> >> --
> >> Andre
> >> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
> >> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> >> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> >> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
> >>
> >> "The Canuck" <> wrote in message
> >> news:...
> >>> No luck here, I've been trying various things for the last few days. In
> >>> previous versions sometimes it would work, sometimes it wouldn't.
> >>>
> >>> Hopefully upcoming beta 2 will have a working driver, it is hard to test
> >>> an OS without sound. Even my motherboard's built in sound card is not
> >>> picked up by Vista.
> >>> --
> >>> TC
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
>