Creative Aud. 2ZS, Windows x64 XP, driver won't load

Dfran

I downloaded the 64bit driver from creative's website. There is only one version. Basically when it is installing it just behaves a little strange; the install shield comes up, etc., then it says "updating Windows Drivers", and then it doesn't ask for a directory to install into but just finishes. After the re-start there is a Creative folder in Programs but there is only one tiny file in it. The Device Manager just has a question mark where the Sound card driver should be, and when you look into it says "unknown device in PCI bus." I haven't installed anything off the cd that came with it, but then I did install EAX Console also from Creative's site (the 64bit one). I didn't know if I needed that or not but it installed fine. Can't get the driver to work though, tried repeatedly. Has anyone had experience with 64bit Windows and the Audigy 2ZS, and how did you make it work?
thanks in advance.

BeerCheeze · Posted: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 10:57:13 Post Subject:

Have you hit MS's windows update site? It's possible they have a correct driver for it there. It worked for me on x64 on my ATi motherboard.

I also did some searching around and found that some were able to use the beta drivers ok, but not the productions one. Here's a link to the beta drivers: http://download.creative.com/files/drivers-amd64-041805.zip

Dfran · Posted: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 13:41:30 Post Subject:

Thanks! I'll check it out when I get home.

Dfran · Posted: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 13:03:39 Post Subject:

I tried the beta version. No go. It said it was "updating drivers" but it just had a little window while doing so, not the Install Shield. It was like nothing had changed after though. I think I found what you were talking about on ms site, but they had nothing under sound card. I guess I'm going to try to call Creative today and see if they have any good ideas.

BeerCheeze · Posted: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 14:43:29 Post Subject:

Have you checked to make sure your sound card isn't sharing an IRQ with another device? Like the on-board IDE or USB?

knight0334 · Posted: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 15:13:39 Post Subject:

Yeah.. Cheezy's last post is sometihng you want to keep an eye out for with ANY Creative Labs sound cards. They can be total whores with resource like IRQ's and DMA's.

Dfran · Posted: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 00:54:10 Post Subject:

I don't know about those or how to fix them.
I did call creative today though. They had me run a driver uninstall program that is with the creative drivers then clear out the temp files, configure the startup to have minimal programs running, re-boot, install driver, etc. It recognized the sound card and the game port, but still not the firewire port. More importantly though, still no sound. I've double checked the speaker setup even though I know it's right. I'm going to try again tomorrow with Creative to see if they can help. It's just frustrating me now.
thanks.

knight0334 · Posted: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 09:27:52 Post Subject:

Have you checked Services in the Administration Tools to see if "Windows Audio" is enabled and started??

Dfran · Posted: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 13:14:13 Post Subject:

How do I check if the IRQ's are shared?
thanks.

zardozfl · Rated PG Joined: 09 Jul 2005 Posts: 1

Might seem like a silly question but, are you using the new 64-bit version of Windows? If not, there is a warning that it will not work with any previous versions.
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