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martinfbrown

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February 24th, 2007 18:00

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi

Hi,
       I have a Dimension 9200 system.  I have found out that the above sound card is not compatable with Vista.  Can anyone please confirm this for me,or give me any advice as to what to do.  Thank you.
Martin
  • ftandcj

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    Posted February 24th, 2007 18:00

    beta drivers are available from creative.com - i have a similar card also in my 410 - they are expecting full functioning drivers in March
     
    i do not have vista yet, so i cannot say if the drivers work


    Message Edited by ftandcj on 02-24-2007 02:08 PM
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    Posted February 24th, 2007 18:00

    Hi,
           Thanks for that. I do not have my Vista upgrade as yet, but Dell have informed me that I should not have any problems with the sound card.
    martin
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    Posted February 25th, 2007 05:00

    I just installed my Vista 64 bit on my Dimension 9200 that has the X-Fi MusicExtreme.  I also loaded the beta driver and Creative player for the Vista 64 bit from Creative web site and the sound system and player worked fine.  So it should certainly work for the 32 bit Vista also.  The only missing element is the program that configures the speakers that's available with the XP version programs. 
     
    As I understand it, Creative won't be able to finish the Vista certified drivers and programs until early March.  But the beta drivers are adequate.  
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    Posted February 25th, 2007 09:00

    Hi,
             Thanks for that info.  So how do you set up the speakers with Vista.  That was my worry withn upgrading to Vista.  With the media center you can set the speakers up, so should that not be okay with Vista.
    Martin