Getting Sound Blaster 16 working in Windows XP? \ VOGONS

Getting Sound Blaster 16 working in Windows XP?

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First post, by Lazar81

Posted on 2019-09-20, 10:33

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Hello,
is there a way to get a soundblaster 16 (ct1740) working in windows xp? until now i didn't find a suitable driver.

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Reply 1 of 2, by Lazar81

Posted on 2019-09-20, 11:18

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Got IT... Had to install manually via device Manager

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Reply 2 of 2, by jaZz_KCS

Posted on 2019-09-20, 13:46

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Windows XP does have drivers for all types of SB16 shipped with it. Albeit sometimes they do not get correctly detected and one has to manually install the driver oneself.

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