Soundblaster X-Fi - Page 2

azianai · March 8th, 2008

Hmm but the onboard sound isn't even installed. I didn't install drivers for it, and i can't access the SB so that is out of the question.

screwballl · March 8th, 2008

if it is enabled in the bios then windows automatically installed drivers for it... if it doesn't show in the Device Manager then it is likely disabled

azianai · March 8th, 2008

yeah its not working still stuttering/lagging. Gonna return this board @_@/

Small update, seems a lot of people have been having problems with that P5K-Green, microcenter dude who always seems to find stuff for me and helpful too (Anthony) told me they had like 20 returns on it for various issues from no post to undervolting like i had (maybe foxconn dropped the ball with a bad batch of MBs). Picked up the Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R (figured if i ever wanna jump to DDR3 im covered) for an additional 26 bucks to what i paid for my P5K-Green. reinstalling windows, hopefully it fixed the problem and its the board, but a small note, im a little sad gigabyte dropped the ball a little with their default boot, i mean they give 2 SATA L cables, 2 regular ones, and a bunch of extras (eSATA adaptor, more stickers than you can know what to do with) but seriously at this day and age to not have USB Keyboard/Mouse support on boot is a bit silly. Dug out my old trusty Logitech Basic Multimedia Keyboard that i usually use for troubleshooting at friends houses, and was only able to jump into bios that way. honestly, what happens if someone ONLY has USB keyboard, what are they gonna do, just sit there?. Very disappointed on that imo.

March 8th, 2008	#11
azianai Aeria gloris Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NY Posts: 1,312	Re: Soundblaster X-Fi Hmm but the onboard sound isn't even installed. I didn't install drivers for it, and i can't access the SB so that is out of the question. (thanks blake!)

March 8th, 2008	#12
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,283 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Soundblaster X-Fi if it is enabled in the bios then windows automatically installed drivers for it... if it doesn't show in the Device Manager then it is likely disabled

March 8th, 2008	#13
azianai Aeria gloris Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NY Posts: 1,312	Re: Soundblaster X-Fi yeah its not working still stuttering/lagging. Gonna return this board @_@/ Small update, seems a lot of people have been having problems with that P5K-Green, microcenter dude who always seems to find stuff for me and helpful too (Anthony) told me they had like 20 returns on it for various issues from no post to undervolting like i had (maybe foxconn dropped the ball with a bad batch of MBs). Picked up the Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R (figured if i ever wanna jump to DDR3 im covered) for an additional 26 bucks to what i paid for my P5K-Green. reinstalling windows, hopefully it fixed the problem and its the board, but a small note, im a little sad gigabyte dropped the ball a little with their default boot, i mean they give 2 SATA L cables, 2 regular ones, and a bunch of extras (eSATA adaptor, more stickers than you can know what to do with) but seriously at this day and age to not have USB Keyboard/Mouse support on boot is a bit silly. Dug out my old trusty Logitech Basic Multimedia Keyboard that i usually use for troubleshooting at friends houses, and was only able to jump into bios that way. honestly, what happens if someone ONLY has USB keyboard, what are they gonna do, just sit there?. Very disappointed on that imo. (thanks blake!) Last edited by azianai; March 8th, 2008 at 16:18.