First post, by xmngr
Hello to everybody!!! I've been a short time lurker around here and just decided to register and ask for some help for this newbie haha
I just got two SoundBlaster cards, an Audigy 2 ZS Platinum (SB0350) and an X-FI Xtreme music, with the respective front panel (which I find quite amazing). I went and installed it on my "retro" computer, which detected the sound card. And here is where the problem comes:
When I try to install the drivers on WinXP SP3, the computer just freezes, gets stuck when copying the drivers to System32 and the computer has to be restarted using the PSU power switch. Goes completely unresponsive without further things to do.
I tried the drivers from the Creative website, ISOs from Internet Archive and V0gons, Daniel_K's drivers and the issue happens with all of them; tried installing the drivers on Safe Mode, got a BSOD. Thought it has to be something related to WinXP, but nope; did a fresh install of Win 7 32-bit and the computer still freezes. Tried switching PCI slots, rinse and repeat. Nothing... So I'm here with the card on the computer and still looking for something for an answer. I suspect that it has to do something with the HDMI audio or the onboard HD codec (Realtek) but I'm not so sure though. Either that, or there is an IRQ problem or the card has a conflict with the onboard 1394, or it is possessed or something else. I'll throw system specs down here, hoping to get help from you people 😁
Motherboard: Asus P5Q, 775
Processor: Core 2 Quad Q9400
RAM: Corsair XMS2 DDR2 2*2GB
GPU: XFX Radeon 7750 Ghost (but I'll switch to a MSI HD3870)
PSU: Austin 285w (I know, it's a fishy unit)
Soundcard: Audigy 2 ZS Platinum (SB0350)
Cheers from Chile people, wishing you to be safe and secure n.n