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dunno but mayb try the latest audigy drivers from the wireplay site (in the
windows 'misc' files area i think)? could be the same as on the cd but i
suspect they are newer/will work

marcus

"Daniel" <dlc@ecr.mu.oz.au> wrote in message
news:TL%G7.319100$bY5.1288403@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> I'm having trouble getting my nice new Audigy working on my system. I
bought
> it about a week ago, and plugged it into my computer which was (then) a
> 1.4Ghz Athlon on an ECS K7S5A running WindowsXP Pro. It worked fine first
> go, then. However, my motherboard died a few days ago (long story...), so
I
> took it back to the shop and replaced it with a Gigabyte GA-7VTXE, which
is
> a KT266A chipset board. Due to the motherboard change, I then had to
> reinstall Windows. After booting into freshly installed XP Pro, I then
> installed the Audigy drivers off the CD, and rebooted as requested. I know
> the card was working then, because I could hear the shutdown sound.
> Unfortunately, when XP booted then booted up, I was presented with a black
> screen, and a couple of error messages saying some files couldn't be
found.
> I remembered there being a black screen with the Creative animation when
the
> Creative software loads, so I suspected there was an issue with this. I
> restarted the computer again, but thesame thing happened. Next reboot, I
> chose the "last known good configuration", which worked fine, only the
> Audigy drivers weren't installed (but the rest of the associated programs
> were). Since then, I have been unable to get the card to work. Whenever XP
> recognises that the hardware is there, it searches for drivers, installs
> them, then says "hardware could not be installed" and "access is denied".
> This applies to the Creative Game Port, too. What the hell is going on?
Why
> can't XP install the drivers properly? How can I solve this problem?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Daniel
>
>