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M1330 - SB Audigy MB - Windows XP - Drivers?

post #1 of 8
9/1/08 at 10:42am
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Just got my new M1330, originally came with Vista, but i gave it the boot as i need XP for my work. It came with the SB Audigy MB stuff, it had worked fine when installed in Vista.. but FFS I cannot get it to work in XP, I tried off my cd, I tried off an ISO of a Windows XP version (not sure what audio hardware it was compatidble with). I tried Dell driver for this for Windows XP.. ive googled for hours.. but nothing works.. has anyone gotten this thing to work? Is it possible for it to function under Windows XP? Where the hell can I find a working driver for it?
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post #2 of 8
9/1/08 at 11:32pm
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BUMP!

Another few hours of web searching still getting nowhere.., still hoping someone here knows how to fix this situation.. id love to take advantage of this technology under windows xp.
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post #3 of 8
9/2/08 at 7:46am
Have you tried Creative site itself?

cheers ...
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post #4 of 8
9/2/08 at 1:33pm
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yup, poked around their drivers, every time i got a "no supported device found", i also tried their auto-update service.. also didnt find anything, i know its there cause its installed on the windows vista partition.

i dont think a windows xp driver is "enough", i think i need a driver (SBA Advanced MB) which is for my sound card "Sigmatel STAC-9228" that runs under Windows XP.

theres gotta be one that exists right?, or perhaps the vista version can be convered to xp with a bit of reworking here and there..
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post #5 of 8
9/3/08 at 2:29am
have you also tried to manually install the vista driver? just a question since i did not see in the steps you listed in your posts

cheers ...
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post #6 of 8
9/4/08 at 10:01pm
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i heard about that, but was unsure of the process and couldnt find any info on it so no i havent attempted that.. not sure what to do..
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post #7 of 8
9/5/08 at 8:08am
what you need to do is go to the folder that contains the driver installation/set up file, right click and choose to run it under administration mode - simple as that

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post #8 of 8
9/12/08 at 2:05pm
Mind you that audio driver isn't really a hardware driver. All it is is a Creative Labs software wrapper that enables any integrated audio to use some of their higher end EAX extensions. You still have to install the Sigmatel audio driver from Dell.

Personally Creative Labs would have to PAY ME to take their crappy bloatware.
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