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Introduction
I am testing a Creative Sound Blaster Live! CT4760 card. I think it's an X-Gamer model, but I am not exactly sure. According to the Creative website, there are two types of X-Gamer cards: the X-Gamer 5.1 and the X-Gamer (not 5.1). I think this card can support 5.1 speakers, and so I am guessing it is a 5.1 card, but during my tests I ran a 5.1 driver for it, and it failed to find the card, so I am confused as to exactly what type of card this is.
The card
Anyone know what the jumpers do at location 6 and 7, on the photo? They are jumpers JP3 and VOL_CTRL. Also, 1 - 5 are:
1: Digital Out
2: In
3: Mic
4: Out 1
5: Out 2
Regarding the ports numbered 1+4+5 above. The manual (extract below) says that the digital out port only works in "5.1 mode" on certain models. I now think that my card is not a 5.1 model, even though it looks like it can support 5.1 speakers.
1) Link to the full Live!Ware 3.0 CD. Filename is "Creative Live!Ware 3.0 CD ISO+update.7z". Source: some random MegaUpload link.
2) Link to the Creative upgrade patch. Filename is sblw9xup.exe. Source: Creative.
3) Link to the "Beta" Creative upgrade patch. Filename is sblive2.zip. Source: mdgx.com, also discussed here on the msfn website.
4) Link to the Play Center patch. Filename is PlayCenter155.exe. Source: Creative.
5) Link to the Disc detector patch. Filename is DDINSUPD.EXE. Source: Creative.
6) Link is http://www.mdgx.com/sbdr/SB_Live!_Setup_CD_IS … _1713331000.rar (punctuation confuses hyperlink, so it has been removed, but be careful when clicking on link) to another full Live!Ware 3.0 CD. Filename is SB_Live!_Setup_CD_ISO_1713331000.rar. Source: mdgx.com.
7) Link to the standalone Live!Ware 3.0 drivers. Filename is liveware3.0.zip. Source: DriverGuide. See note 7 below.
8 ) Link to the full install CD, using the WDM driver model (Windows Millennium). Filename is Live! Install CD.7z. Source: Malik's Creative software thread, here.
9) Link to the English user guide manual. File name is English.pdf. Source: it's in the User Guide sub folder located inside the software above, at link number 8.
Notes
1) This is the best software package to use for Windows 98. It should run on 95, but I haven't tested it. I would recommend a different package (link 8 ) for Windows Millennium. This full CD will install the VxD drivers, and not the WDM drivers. It will also install a range of applets. Please note that this download file comes with a "bundled" Creative upgrade patch. This patch is mentioned in link 2, below.
2) This will upgrade the software in link number 1 above. It only updates a few core drivers. If you don't want to use a Creative written Beta upgrade, then just use this one.
3) This will upgrade the software in link number 1 above. It updates quite a few core drivers. One is marked Beta. It is not available on Creative's website anymore. I am guessing they removed it "for safety" because it contains a Beta driver, and is now completely unsupported. If you want to use it, then you do not need to run the Creative upgrade in link number 2 above. However, if you do run it, it will do no harm whatsoever.
4) This upgrades the Play Centre installed from link number 1 from version 1.53 to version 1.55
5) This upgrades the disc detector applet installed from link number 1 from version 1.54 to 1.55. You need to reboot the PC to see the change take place. Please note that this patch didn't seem to work when I installed the software in link number 6 below. I don't know why.
6) This is a different installation CD, compared to the software in link number 1. It's got KeyTar and Rhythmania on it. However, the drivers are definitely older. Also the Disc Detector patch doesn't seem to work with this software. Generally speaking, I would avoid this software. I recommend that you use the software in link number 1 instead. However, what you could do is that once all of your software is installed, you could then run this setup, and simply pick these two extra apps (KeyTar + Rhyth) only, and not select anything else.
7) This is a driver package only. I think some of the drivers are newer than the software in link number 1, but as those can be easily upgraded, I wouldn't bother with this package, because if you use the software in link number 1, you can select the "Drivers only install" option anyway. If you can't download this file from DriverGuide for whatever reason, just google for LiveWare 3.0 or liveware3.0.zip, and you'll surely find it.
8 ) This is a good CD if you are using Windows Millennium, because it installs a late looking (date wise) set of WDM drivers, but the WDM model doesn't cater for DOS emulation, so that's something to bear in mind. This software is a full CD, and has all the typical Creative apps on it, which are also on the software in link 1. I'm not sure if there is any upgrade to this CD. It's possible that this CD contains the latest drivers. Please don't run the update in link number 2 or 3. They are both strictly for Win 95+98 (VxD) only.