ok... Installing the SB live W/O driver CD

[Drachnyan]

I recently snagged a SB live from the for sale forums,
the only hitch was it didn't come w. the driver cd.
Pulled the latest drivers from Creative's site, and
have not been able to get the effin thing to work.
Has anyone else managed to get an install w/o usin
the CD? Or do I need to go find a friend to borrow
the cd from.

Drachnyan

 

[Pederv]

Did you just do the driver or did you get liveware 3.0? I've never tried the drivers without liveware.

 

[enginjon]

I've had no problems using the dl'ed drivers. Are you sure you are downloading the right drivers. SB LIVE Drivers Just select your O/S and card.

 

[Drachnyan]

just drivers,
I'm using the correct ones, installed in safe mode.

It tends to hang on the Gameport installation,
the SB 16 emulation, and the creative multimedia interface...

(Ideas?, thoughts?, please let me know...)

Drachnyan

 

[Drachnyan]

*bump*

 

[NascarFool]

Why are you installing drivers in "safe mode" ?

 

[Motorheader]

You should be installing the Package in normal mode for one.

Another thing you should take into consideration is that you may be having IRQ conflicts - seen this with the error area you havinig too regarding the SB16 Emulation.

Hope this helps

 

[Riddler]

yep, i snagged an sblive card, d/l the drivers and the liveware, and have had no problems. like motorheader said- if you haven't installed them in normal mode, do so, and see what happens.
you said it hangs when installing the drivers- so does the computer freeze up, or does it still install the drivers, but the sound card still doesn't work?
if it does continue to install the drivers, but it still isn't working, again, check for irq conflicts.
if you've checked all of these things, and nothing is working, i think you might have got a bad card.
:frown:

 

[FusionTorch]

I was able to install the drivers with out a problem from the net.

 

[Drachnyan]

Finally got it working,
thanks to all for your help.