Audigy2 ZS problem

Volcom929 · Oct 19, 2007, 05:17 AM

So I have had my PC for a few years and it has always run great. Well recently my sound blaster has been acting up. I go into the Creative Volume Control to change between 5.1 and headphones, depending on what I am doing and that has always worked fine. Recently when I go into the control panel to change my speaker config all that is there is a blank dropdown box? Everything is up to date, drivers etc. I have tried rebooting and still same thing. It is stuck on 5.1 atm, sounds great but I need to use my headphones. Also I tried changing from the windows sound control panel and nothing. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Robert McClelland · Oct 19, 2007, 05:59 AM

Try KX drivers to see if that works if works then there something not working right with creative end then.

starfury6 · Oct 19, 2007, 11:01 AM

I had this problem with my Audigy 2 ZS. Was all driver related in the end. Unfortunately all I could do to correct the problem was a complete uninstall and reinstall of creative drivers.

My problems started by switching the output from Headphones to 2.1 all the time and it would not stay put. Then it would not let me change.

Volcom929 · Oct 19, 2007, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Robert McClelland

Try KX drivers to see if that works if works then there something not working right with creative end then.

Is there a particular way to install them? Uninstall old creative ones, run drivercleaner, install Kx drivers and good to go? Just curious because creative had so many incremental updates and patches.

Robert McClelland · Oct 19, 2007, 07:37 PM

ya best bet is used drivercleaner then installed KS then hook up the headphone in your surrounder

Oct 19, 2007, 05:17 AM	#1
Volcom929 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 175 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Audigy2 ZS problem So I have had my PC for a few years and it has always run great. Well recently my sound blaster has been acting up. I go into the Creative Volume Control to change between 5.1 and headphones, depending on what I am doing and that has always worked fine. Recently when I go into the control panel to change my speaker config all that is there is a blank dropdown box? Everything is up to date, drivers etc. I have tried rebooting and still same thing. It is stuck on 5.1 atm, sounds great but I need to use my headphones. Also I tried changing from the windows sound control panel and nothing. Any suggestions would be appreciated. __________________ AMD FX-53 w/ XP-120 & Panasonic 120mm Panaflow fan Asus A8V Deluxe Rev 1.02 BIOS 1009 ATI Radeon X1950 Pro AGP 2 GB Corsair XMS PC3200XL 2-3-3-6 Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro 2*WD 10,000 RPM Raptor Hd's Raid 0 120GB Seagate 7,200 SATA LiteOn 8x dvd +/- RW LiteOn 52X CD-RW LiteOn 16X DVD-ROM PC Power and Cooling Turbo-Cool 510 Deluxe

Oct 19, 2007, 05:59 AM	#2
Robert McClelland PAX Tweaker, PAX Expert. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Somewhere in Wood County Ohio Same Town :) Posts: 10,615 Rep Power: 196 System Specs	Try KX drivers to see if that works if works then there something not working right with creative end then. __________________ "XTREME AUDIO IS CRAP!" "There no support for it. It's crapist card on face of the earth it should be throw into the sun" http://www.speedtest.net/result/1949536385.png

Oct 19, 2007, 11:01 AM	#3
starfury6 Dark Jedi Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Essex, England Posts: 334 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I had this problem with my Audigy 2 ZS. Was all driver related in the end. Unfortunately all I could do to correct the problem was a complete uninstall and reinstall of creative drivers. My problems started by switching the output from Headphones to 2.1 all the time and it would not stay put. Then it would not let me change. __________________ [color=DeepSkyBlue][/color] [color=DeepSkyBlue] Intel Q6600 / Dual 8800 GTS 512/ Asus Striker II Formula OCZ 4GB DDR2 1066 / Scythe Ninja / Hyper 880w 3 x Maxtor 750GB total SATAII / LG Multi Blu[/color]

Oct 19, 2007, 07:37 PM	#5
Robert McClelland PAX Tweaker, PAX Expert. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Somewhere in Wood County Ohio Same Town :) Posts: 10,615 Rep Power: 196 System Specs	ya best bet is used drivercleaner then installed KS then hook up the headphone in your surrounder __________________ "XTREME AUDIO IS CRAP!" "There no support for it. It's crapist card on face of the earth it should be throw into the sun" http://www.speedtest.net/result/1949536385.png