Wishmaker

Hello everyone. I hit a very nasty bump with my Audigy 2. ZS. I would like to apologise in advance if this has already been solved. I spent 8 hours trying to fix this Audigy 2 ZS. I am sure I missed the right thread because of the anger I had. Anyways, here goes.

1. I have a LAN at home.
2. 3 laptops running Vista (x86 and x64) and 2 XP SP3 machines.
3. The XP SP3 machines fail to network all the time so I decided to upgrade to Vista.
4. One of my pcs has an Audigy 2 ZS.

My problems start here.

After a fresh Vista Ultimate x86 install I downloaded Daniel's modified ISO. I burned the disc, slipped it in and decided to install. Errors I had :

1. This disc requires Windows 98 or later. I have no idea why because I did not set compatibility on the installer.
2. Removed all the trash with driver sweeper, cc cleaner, etc.
3. Reboot, insert disc, compatibility mode to XP SP2, setup says a supported product is not detected.


I spent two hours with Daniel's disc .

Afterwards, I went for KX Drivers. I used them before and I knew they will be different from creative. I've tried 2, 1 failed 1 installed. The latest one is not bad but the sound is far from what I am used too . Not enough treble, not enough bass, nasty mids, brutal cross over, etc.

I spent 3 hours on them, reading and trying to configure them in order to make them sound nice. Foobar+Asio+KX and no joy .


I turned back here and I tried :

1. creative_sbxfi_youppax2007. Supported product not detected. I run the youpax.exe file, everything works, creative setup halts.
2. Youp-Pax_X-Fi_Software_Su08. Audio installs with no problem, the rest fails. Supported product not detected.


I even modified the wdm_emu.ini with these entries and still no joy .

PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0004&SUBSYS_20021102&REV_04
PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0004&SUBSYS_20021102
PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0004&CC_040100
PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0004&CC_0401


As a desperate measure, I tried these,PAX_PCI_Audigy_OS_V6.35_RC1.

These install but the mixer and audio console do not open. Fatal Error


Sorry for the long post. I tried to be as detailed as possible so your input will be clear.

Thanks,
Wish...


P.S: I even tried my Audigy X-Fi Extreme Notebook drivers . This is how desperate I am .