5.1 live sound card and drive installation problem

[crashdummie 0]

hi everyone

I recently purchased a cicero computer that pretty much came with everything already installed; but i wanted to upgrade the sound card and install a dvd writer.

 

sound card problem:

I installed the card (creative 5.1 live) into the first PCI slot, disabled the onboard sound in the bios and installed all the neccessary software; but my computer still cannot recognize the card (hardware not found). I then tried the card in the second PCI slot with no further success, anybody have any idea what might be wrong?

 

dvd writer drive installation problem:

the brackets that support the drive in the cicero case is very difficult to

work with. I cant seem to connect the brackets to the drive once the brackets are set in the groves. if anyone knows what im talking about, some advice would be great

 

P.S. I think the cord that plugs into the sound card from the cd/rw is to short, do i need an extension?

 

thanks in advance

[Tomay 0]

Does the sound card appear in the device list at boot. It sould be something like "multimedia device"?

[crashdummie 0]

yes tomay, it does appear in the device manager as multimedia audio controller. I cant understand why my computer cant install the driver for it.

[Tomay 0]

Did you try different drivers or download from creative?

[videobruce 0]

What O/S are you running?

 

I gave up on Creatives bloated drivers! The ones Windows installs work ok AFAIC.

 

BUT, there is another avenue I discovered through another forum:

 

http://download.kxproject.lugosoft.com/

 

I had no problems with this package. It gives you the option to install just the drivers and/or the control panel. I installed both.

BTW, the control panel has selectable skins (if that matters, I didn't like the default skin).

 

Check it out.

[knapp 0]

Hi just purchased Creative soundblaster 5.1 live ls, installed it on my computer which I run windows 98 SE, I have a Amd athon motherboard 256memory. So the sound blaster should work on my computer. But for some reasion when I try and play games I may get sound for a maybe 2 to 3 minutes, then its a beeping noise when someone is talking or music playing. I also found out that I can not play cd's and hear the music. I have called support but no help. they told me to download updates on windows, the nvidia vanta/vanta lt updates, ect. and nothing has helped. Has anyone else out there had the same problem, and if so how was you able to fix the problems? PLEASE HELP!!!