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From: Jean Rosenfeld on 26 Oct 2009 19:18
Have you tried Daniel_k's drivers?
You did not say which card you have, but look for his drivers for your card
on
http://forums.creative.com/t5/Sound-Blaster/bd-p/soundblaster

"Andrew Hodgson" <andrew(a)hodgsonfamily.org> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:14:51 -0400, Ben Myers <ben_myers(a)charter.net>
> wrote:
>
>>Andrew Hodgson wrote:
>>> On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:27:25 +0000, Andrew Hodgson
>>> <andrew(a)hodgsonfamily.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I have a Dell XPS410 which I got with a Creative sound blaster (this
>>>> will be the last time I ever buy Creative).
>>>
>>> Should have said 710 sorry.
>>>
>>> Andrew.
>>>> When upgrading to Vista, I had issues with the Creative/Dell specific
>>>> drivers (as this is an OEM card). On Windows 7, I believe I will have
>>>> just as much trouble, so I want to ditch the card and use the on-board
>>>> audio (which I believe already works with Windows 7).
>>>>
>>>> I opened the case, but I am visually impaired, and not sure how to
>>>> open the part of the case to get the cards out - do I need to unscrew
>>>> anything to do this? Also, there is a cable that goes from the
>>>> Soundblaster to the front of the computer - presumably for the front
>>>> audio ports, which I do use. If I remove this plug from the card,
>>>> where does it need to plug into on the motherboard in order to provide
>>>> the onboard sound connection for these jacks?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> Andrew.
>>>
>>
>>The Creative Labs Sound Blaster cards used by Dell in its desktops are
>>not so customized that they are vastly different from the ones sold in
>>the stores. The only difference is that the Dell OEM cards have the
>>long skinny white connector to accept the cable from the front panel of
>>the chassis. In all other respects, they are the same as the retail
>>cards and they use the same drivers which can be downloaded from the
>>Creative web site. I do not know what issues you have with these cards
>>and Vista, but I would give the Creative card a try with Windows 7. The
>>Creative sound cards generally have better audio quality than the
>>built-in chips on the Dell motherboards, altho the Dell built-in audio
>>is not bad either.
>
> Ok, I did some research on this and tried a Windows 7 install and got
> the same issues as others were saying - i.e, very crackly sound, and a
> few other issues. The Creative drivers just caused the sound to go
> silent, so I don't believe they will work either.
>
> I have currently just did a clean install of Win 7, and disabled the
> card, and am using the Dell onboard card which is fine for my needs;
> at some point I may get round to move the Creative card from the
> system.
>
> Thanks.
> Andrew.


From: Nobody on 26 Oct 2009 22:57
RnR <RnR wrote:

>
> Andrew I think you are doing fine. Windows 7 drivers are right now
> supposed to be similar to Vista but this may not be true for all like
> your sound card. And you should not need to remove your sound card to
> disable it and just use the internal one. You sound like you already
> found this out.
>

When you installed the card, did you disable the onboard through the
BIOS? I forgot to do that myself and had some issues initially.
From: Andrew Hodgson on 28 Oct 2009 19:48
On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:18:52 -0000, "Jean Rosenfeld"
<jean.rosenfeld(a)nospam.ukgateway.net> wrote:

>Have you tried Daniel_k's drivers?
>You did not say which card you have, but look for his drivers for your card
>on
>http://forums.creative.com/t5/Sound-Blaster/bd-p/soundblaster

Thanks - will look into this, though to be honest, I am loving my Win7
(64-bit) experience with the Dell integrated sound card, and don't
believe I will ever go Creative again.

I have to use the sound card all the time when I use my system, since
I am partially sighted and use a screen reader which reads out
everything I am doing on the system. This is why I always went for
the Creative cards before - since the older integrated cards used to
leak noise from the processor/system, and would degrade if the system
processor was used heavily. I haven't noticed anything like this with
the Dell integrated mobo card so far.

Thanks.
Andrew.
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