Computer Trouble

dcmeigs
dcmeigs Posts: 708
edited December 2010 in The Clubhouse
I use an external sound card - Creative Sound Blaster sb0270 - to get optical digital output from my computer to the DAC for Pandora and Netflix applications.

For some reason I do longer have any audio drivers. Both the S/PDIF and the speakers driver are missing. I get a "No Audio Output Device is installed" message when I place the cursor over the box used to select output devices. I think it ran OK on the native Vista driver.

I can't figure out how to restore or reload those drivers (and I've been working on it all morning)... Any help would be appreciated. I am most interested in the S/PDIF driver.

Thanks
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  • vc69
    vc69 Posts: 2,500
    edited December 2010
    Remove and re-seat the card. Download the driver package from the manufacture's website and try re-installing.
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  • dcmeigs
    dcmeigs Posts: 708
    edited December 2010
    Creative no longer supports this device and they have no drivers offered on their support site.
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited December 2010
    Is that the Sound Blaster MP3+?
    If so I have the driver at home. It's ridiculously difficult to find on the main page. I got it to work in Win XP, Vista, and 7 32/64 thus far.
    Let me know.

    Driver for MP3+ 5.1
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited December 2010
    Try downloading the drivers again from this site:

    http://support.creative.com/Products/product_list.aspx?catID=1&CatName=Sound+Blaster#
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited December 2010
    The drivers are there, trust me. I use this device every day.
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  • dcmeigs
    dcmeigs Posts: 708
    edited December 2010
    nguyendot wrote: »
    Is that the Sound Blaster MP3+?
    If so I have the driver at home. It's ridiculously difficult to find on the main page. I got it to work in Win XP, Vista, and 7 32/64 thus far.
    Let me know.

    Driver for MP3+ 5.1

    I found that earlier but it is said to be for XP, not vista. I'll give it a shot and see how it works.
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  • dcmeigs
    dcmeigs Posts: 708
    edited December 2010
    Humm, "Setup could not detect ant Sound Blaster Audio card on your system"

    I don't think it works with the Vista OS. I plugged the device into another computer and it works fine there.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited December 2010
    Are you sure the drivers are gone? Are you sure the card just isn't seen anymore?

    Go to device manager (sorry, I odn't know what the Windows 7 / Vista equivilant is) and make sure the system even sees the card. As someone mentioned, make sure it's still seated correctly. It may have just up and died.
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited December 2010
    Lasareath wrote: »
    You can try it again in the Vista machine but plu it into a different PCI slot. It may find it then and allow you to load the drivers.

    It's a usb device.
    Try a different USB port. Does it even acknowledge that something plugged in when you put it in the port?
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  • vc69
    vc69 Posts: 2,500
    edited December 2010
    That USB hub may be toast. Try a different port.
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    Muscial Fidelity M1 DAC
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  • dcmeigs
    dcmeigs Posts: 708
    edited December 2010
    I think I finally found the correct driver. The device isn't labeled as such but it appears to be a "LIVE! 24 bit external" and I found a visa driver for it. It's installing now. I did try switching USB ports but it doesn't recognize the device on any of the ports.
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  • dcmeigs
    dcmeigs Posts: 708
    edited December 2010
    If anyone else should need a driver for the SB0270 sound blaster Live! 24 bit external sound card, here is the Link

    It's pretty well hidden and if you don't know the sb0270 was marketed as "Live!" you're going to spend hours looking for it.
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  • dcmeigs
    dcmeigs Posts: 708
    edited December 2010
    Victory,

    Thanks guys. It's working just fine now. I still don't have the driver for the internal speakers but they sound like crap anyway. It's a toshiba laptop. That's a problem for another day.
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited December 2010
    Mines labeled MP3+, and yes it's part of the live line.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited December 2010
    I would really try to figure out why that stuff just disappeared on you. Seems odd, drivers don't usually uninstall themselves.
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  • ryanjoachim
    ryanjoachim Posts: 2,046
    edited December 2010
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    I would really try to figure out why that stuff just disappeared on you. Seems odd, drivers don't usually uninstall themselves.

    I've had external hard drives cause errors just like this before. It seems to be a quirk with some USB 2.0 controllers.
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