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Make sure to check the first post. I've summed up my shipping experience there.

Wow this ram is small! I dug out the little bag and I thought "Huh, did they give me a moist towellet to sanitize my hands before installation or what?" But no, there they were.

I could have sworn that I've gotten it to work before, but I could be wrong. The two tests don't seem to work, but if I remove my audigy while audio is playing there is the usuall beep, but also a twitch in the sound. When I put the Audigy back in the sound goes out for a few seconds, and I have to reopen media player to get it to play music again. It seems to me that must be something, but the test simply won't play when the internal card is used as the default.

Well, I've fixed the Audigy to work perfectly now. But if it isn't on problem it's another. I THINK Alienguise has caused a problem. I got an error message about theme files being currupt, and the seemed to fix themselves, but now EVERY time I turn on the computer logs on I get the error message
"Windows - Registry Recovery
One of the files containing the system's Registry data had to be recovered by use of a log or alternate copy. The recovery was successful." How do I fix this?

keisur- sorry, but I'd like to get this fixed for sure before I help you get yours to work so that I know I haven't done something wrong.

Fixed!

OK, I'm not sure what exactly what had caused the error, but doing a soft system restore to before the problem occured fixed it. Soon I will install my new RAM.

Keisur- Here's how to set up the Audigy through the internal speakers.
1. Plug in the Audigy, with nothing plugged into it. Keep as many other ports clear as possible. That means keep it down to power, internet, and maybe a mouse and printer.
2. Update all drivers and software from creative's support page, and then restart. (If you haven't done this already)
3. Find your "My Computer" link, right click it, then click "properties".
4. Click the Hardware tab, then "Device Manager"
5. Click the + in front of the "Sound, video, and game controllers" category
6. Make sure all of the appropriate audio devices are enabled and functioning properly. If something isn't enable, troubleshoot, whatever it takes. Close this menu.
7. Open "Control Panel", "Sounds and Audio Devices"
8. Click the Audio tab, set "Sound playback" and "Sound recording" default devices to the Audigy option.
9. Click the Volume button in the "Sound playback" area and make sure nothing is muted or too quite. The one in "Sound recording", I'm guessing, should have Line In checked.
10. Set the Default "MIDI music playback" device to "Creative SoundFont Synth".
11. Near the bottom of the Audio tab leave "Use only default devices" unchecked.
12. Now click the Voice tab. Set "Voice playback" default device to Audigy. Set the "Voice recording" default device to Realtek.
13. Click the Volume button in the "Voice recording" area and check Microphone. This should allow you to still use the mic, but I haven't tested it in any applications.
14. Click OK to save the changes, but leave the Control Panel open for a quick double check later.
15. Double-click the "Feature Mode Selection Utility" in the notification area. If it isn't there then open it in the "Creative" folder in the start menu to put it in the notification area. If it isn't there either, than you haven't updated enough from Creative's website.
16. Anyway, once you have it open you can select Advanced and put the resolution to maximum if you want. Check "Enable audio playback through Notebook speakers".
17. Click "Test". The first test doesn't usually do it. Just answer honestly and click OK on the further attempts untill you hear a drum beat.
20. Reopen the "Sounds and Audio Device Properties" (step 7) on the Audio tab. The Default MIDI device Should have changed to include a number whitch corresponds to the attempt that worked in the test. Hopefully none of the other settings (like Sound and Voice Recording) haven't changed. If they have it's possible that you may have to do some tinkering in those areas to get them to work right, but do that some other time.
21. You may have noticed that only the test gave you any sound after you changed your default audio device. This is what threw me for a while. What you need to do now is restart your computer. DO NOT REMOVE YOUR AUDIGY DURING THE RESTART.
22. Your sound should work fine now! Just make sure for one last time that the Audigy is still your default audio device and enjoy!

You can now also yank and reinsert your Audigy and the laptop will automatically switch back to and from the Realtek internal sound! The "Safely Remove Hardware" Wizard probably won't allow you to "stop the device", but there haven't been any issues for me. For instance if you pull or insert the Audigy while playing Media Player the sound will cut out untill you change tracks or shut off and restart the player.

Sorry about the long instructions, but I thought I'd be thorough and help out those in need. Now I'm off to install my RAM.

Keisur, if this solves your problem post it (or rep me ), and I'll put it in its own thread so others can find it. If it doesn't work, I do have another quick step that could possibly fix it.

The RAM is in!

I was very worried that for some reason the RAM wouldn't work, but it does!! The two 512's that were already in the system were split up, one in each channel. I rearanged them so that the stick that was in the first slot of the primary channel went into the first slot of the secondary channel. Then the other went into the second slot of the secondary channel. I then put the Infineon 1 GB sticks into the primary channel. I replaced the panel, putting the screws into the same holes they came from, put the battery back in, plugged in the computer, and turned it on! I hit F2 to look at the status of the RAM. It detected the full 3072 MB and clarified that the OS could only make use of the 2814 MB (3.75 GB) already mentioned by Alienware's knowledge base. Then I continue the boot up. First try and now errors!! Now I just need to test it. 3DMark 2005 right?

This is so cool.

Glad to hear it. I'm also happy to know that someone understands that my log in name refers to "Paradigm City".

I've started to play with the BisonCam. What's your picture quality? Mine seems to have dust on the lens or something, and the motion blur is awful. I also can't figure out how to take pictures or save audio from the mic into captured video. If that's as good as it gets then fine, but I'd like to make sure everything is working properly.

Thanks for the rep hit keisur. It's wierd though, it added zero points to my rep. I need to find a thread that explains how rep is calculated. Oh, well. I just posted to say thanks. Since those instructions worked for you I'll post them in their own thread to make them easy for people to find.

I am very sorry for not posting more often. I'm sure you can understand that I've just been too busy tinkering with my new toy. I tried cleaning the BisonCam again and this time it seems more or less decent. Keisur, no, the rep didn't do anything, I can't understand why, but it really doesn't matter. Thanks for the apprectiation anyway. Any problems with your Audigy? Have you tested it with all your games? So far it works fine for me. The only program that I've tried so far that works better with the internal audio is Project64 (an n64 emulator). I get about 2 sec. of sound effect delay. That's alright though. Everything else seems to be fine. I'll download 3DMark 2005 eventually and report back with the results.

I'd have to do some digging to find that out about analog vs. digital and which is which, but I can say this The Audigy and the Gigaworks are designed for each other. I figure that in this case Creative knows best and as long as it works flawlessly, ignorance is bliss enough for me. };P> On the other hand, now that I think about it, that's the way to learn. Something doesn't work right, so you tinker and research, and tinker some more until, POOF, your a friggin expert!
Sigh, it's a shame I can't order my speakers for about a month.

OK, I've run 3DMark05 with all default settings and every test. Those are some beautiful clips. I didn't use any special settings or OC. I closed some of the processes in my task bar like messenger, the printer, and my antivirus. I left my screen resolution on 1400 by 1050. I left the test on 1024 by 768. I raised my laptop a little and put papertowel rapped frozen gell packs underneath. I made sure it wasn't too cold and that there was no moisture. To be honest, I really don't think it made any difference on my score.

Anyway, does this kick a$$, or am I dillusional? I've been looking around, but I'm having trouble finding many recent marks. The score that Alienware put in "My ALienware PC Information" was 5127.