Got the new driver CD from Creative

NiChO · Jul 12, 2002, 02:46 AM

I have the official Audigy/Live release from Creative.
The drivers are the same as the Compaq ones.
I need a places to upload the CD ISO image.
Its big...670 MB.
Anyone who wants it and can share it are welcome to contact me.

Candyman · Jul 13, 2002, 03:07 AM

Are they official from Creative by Creative? or are they official from Compaq by Creative?

(trying not to confuse myself...)

Maniac · Jul 13, 2002, 05:58 AM

I don't have the required webspace, but I'm really interested in getting those drivers. What about sharing them with eDonkey or some other sharing utility until you find some space?

DallasStar · Jul 13, 2002, 08:28 AM

These drivers are official from Creative and I believe they are also WHQL certified (not sure). They are supposed to be and updated version of the Compaq drivers, but they might be the same thing (i'm not sure)....

NiChO · Jul 15, 2002, 12:37 AM

Its the official driver and application CD from Creative.
The drivers are the same as in the compaq release.

~~shai~~ · Jul 15, 2002, 12:40 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by NiChO
I have the official Audigy/Live release from Creative.
The drivers are the same as the Compaq ones.
I need a places to upload the CD ISO image.
Its big...670 MB.
Anyone who wants it and can share it are welcome to contact me.

sure i want it

DaSnIpE · Jul 15, 2002, 07:13 AM

Yea, hook it up!

snoz · Jul 15, 2002, 11:48 AM

id really like this cd also, can someone at DH pull some strings and hook up a fat ftp for us to download off ??

Zardon · Jul 16, 2002, 10:12 AM

a 670 meg image file is not really hostable. there are other files I have at this size I could have released to the public if I thought this was viable... I dont think anyone could cope with a file that size .... if anyone wishes to talk to me about this im on MSN messenger, contact name zardonthemystic@hotmail.com

Matth · Jul 16, 2002, 11:25 AM

Lots of languages, plus some other stuff that could probably be dropped.

Remember, Creative are supposed to have a download available soon - though what they'll leave out is anyone's guess.

Got mine today - loaded it - GREAT!
Supports Win98/ME and Win2k/XP

The apps are quite nice, and it works fine with my 4780 (Live Value)

**Spike** · Jul 18, 2002, 09:21 AM

Yep that cd is the official

this is the link for it

ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/sp2...00/SP20920.exe

look in the setup dir after extracting and remove the CToem.cfg file if you remove that than you have the official driver cd by creative.

shuki · Jul 19, 2002, 07:18 AM

spike, are those the compaq ones? cause that is dated 4/30. Just looked kind of like you were saying those were the official creative release but I don't see how they could be with that date....

shuki · Jul 19, 2002, 07:22 AM

nevermind. those are the compaq drivers. duh! that's compaq FTP hehe silly me

Matth · Jul 19, 2002, 07:41 AM

Got the CD - installed fine on 98SE

Now looking for better soundfonts (free only, blowed if I'm buying them!)

The supplied one is only 4Mb - the stingy sods didn't even put the 8Mb on there.

No problem (those against download abuse should cover their eyes!)

http://www.emu.com/products/aps/downloads.html
Download "E-Control" - WITH 8Mb E-MU GM soundfont bank

Start Install, when files are prepared, look in your TEMP area for the Soundfont (.sf2)
Copy it somewhere, and then cancel the install.

Now you can install the 8Mb soundfont using AudioHQ, or one of the alternative tools from one of the SB Live fansites.

**Spike** · Jul 20, 2002, 12:44 AM

Those compaq drivers are the same as the official driver cd of creative. You only need to remove that CToem.cfg file out of the setup dir. The drivers that creative brings out now are the same. Creative just released the Live drivers that are the same as on the cd and in August Creative will release the Audigy drivers and that are also the same as on the cd. So if you download that files and remove that single file than you have the official Creative driver cd.

shuki · Jul 20, 2002, 12:46 AM

just wonder why the "official" cd is 630MB and compaq is half that size..... sure language files ain't no 300MB!

DallasStar · Jul 20, 2002, 02:45 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Matth
Got the CD - installed fine on 98SE

Now looking for better soundfonts (free only, blowed if I'm buying them!)

The supplied one is only 4Mb - the stingy sods didn't even put the 8Mb on there.

No problem (those against download abuse should cover their eyes!)

http://www.emu.com/products/aps/downloads.html
Download "E-Control" - WITH 8Mb E-MU GM soundfont bank

Start Install, when files are prepared, look in your TEMP area for the Soundfont (.sf2)
Copy it somewhere, and then cancel the install.

Now you can install the 8Mb soundfont using AudioHQ, or one of the alternative tools from one of the SB Live fansites.

hehe.... you want a really cool soundfont huh? Do a search in google for the "fluid soundfont"... hehe..... that soundfont kicks any other soundfonts ass

(its a whopping 70mb download zipped and sfARKed

). Uncompressed, it is 144 mb

. Needless to say, it sounds awesome except for people with less that 512 ram

.

sounds so awesome that I sometimes find myself listening to midi just as much as my mp3s

DallasStar · Jul 20, 2002, 02:53 AM

One word of advice though: Creative drivers keep the soundfont loaded into your memory ALL THE TIME, so it is not practical to choose fluid as your main soundfont unless you are playing a game that uses midi or something (unlikely). However, if you use winamp and you want it to be on ONLY when you are listening to your midi files through winamp, check out this thread: http://www.hardwareheaven.com/thread.php?id=672

Matth · Jul 20, 2002, 05:07 AM

Awww! -- I thought my 384Mb was BIG - (3 x 128 Mb PC133 sticks in a PC100 system) the old AMD750 chipset - NO VIA BUGS!

Been to a few sites - found one 15Mb "ultimate" that gets a reasonable review, but can't remember where I saw a 64Mb (unpacked) one that was very good, but had the 32Mb problem with the old drivers.

PeteyG · Aug 6, 2002, 06:36 AM

I downloaded the drivers from Compaq did the install, everything went fine.
I unistalled the old drivers and sofware completely. With the new install I chose to install everything but Playcenter and the onlie documentation.
My question is how do remove the creative splash screen and sound every time I start WIN XP. Pleasse someone help me this splash screen and sound cause my start up time to be longer.

Thanks Pete

DallasStar · Aug 6, 2002, 07:05 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by PeteyG
I downloaded the drivers from Compaq did the install, everything went fine.
I unistalled the old drivers and sofware completely. With the new install I chose to install everything but Playcenter and the onlie documentation.
My question is how do remove the creative splash screen and sound every time I start WIN XP. Pleasse someone help me this splash screen and sound cause my start up time to be longer.

Thanks Pete

Go to Start--->Programs--->Creative--->SoundBlasterAudigy--->CreativeSplashScreen

Now, click the circle thing underneat the "play" button. now, uncheck "load on startup"

PeteyG · Aug 6, 2002, 07:26 AM

Thank You I will try that when I get home tonight. I should have looked at all of the options before posting my bad.

PeteyG · Aug 7, 2002, 07:17 AM

IT Worked. Much faster boot time again

Jul 12, 2002, 02:46 AM	#1
NiChO DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SWEDEN Posts: 21 Rep Power: 0	Got the new driver CD from Creative I have the official Audigy/Live release from Creative. The drivers are the same as the Compaq ones. I need a places to upload the CD ISO image. Its big...670 MB. Anyone who wants it and can share it are welcome to contact me. __________________ ASUS P4C800 Deluxe, P4 2.8@3.2Ghz, 1024 MB Geil PC-4000, ATI R9700 Pro, 900+ GB (7xHDDs), Audigy 2, Lian-Li PC71, WinXP SP2 DX9b

Jul 13, 2002, 03:07 AM	#2
Candyman [DH] Lover! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 284 Rep Power: 0	Are they official from Creative by Creative? or are they official from Compaq by Creative? (trying not to confuse myself...) __________________ AMD Athlon XP 1700+ @ 2.53GHz Abit NF7-S v.2 Thermalright SP-97 w/ TT Smart Fan 2 2 x 512MB GeIL PC3500 Platinum DDR 2 x 120GB WD HDD - RAID-0 2 x 80GB Barracuda V HDD - RAID-0 ATI Radeon AIW 9800PRO SB Audigy 2 HP L2335 23" LCD (DVI-D) WinXP Pro SP2

Jul 13, 2002, 05:58 AM	#3
Maniac DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Frankfurt - Germany Posts: 20 Rep Power: 0	I don't have the required webspace, but I'm really interested in getting those drivers. What about sharing them with eDonkey or some other sharing utility until you find some space? __________________ If it's stupid but works, it's not stupid.

Jul 13, 2002, 08:28 AM	#4
DallasStar Junior Join Date: May 2002 Location: Wave Existence Posts: 2,065 Rep Power: 0	These drivers are official from Creative and I believe they are also WHQL certified (not sure). They are supposed to be and updated version of the Compaq drivers, but they might be the same thing (i'm not sure).... __________________ "A picture of my existence... would show a useless wooden stake covered in snow... stuck loosely at a slant in the ground in a ploughed field on the edge of a vast open plain on a dark winter night." --- Franz Kafka

Jul 15, 2002, 12:37 AM	Thread Starter #5
NiChO DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SWEDEN Posts: 21 Rep Power: 0	Its the official driver and application CD from Creative. The drivers are the same as in the compaq release. __________________ ASUS P4C800 Deluxe, P4 2.8@3.2Ghz, 1024 MB Geil PC-4000, ATI R9700 Pro, 900+ GB (7xHDDs), Audigy 2, Lian-Li PC71, WinXP SP2 DX9b

Jul 15, 2002, 07:13 AM	#7
DaSnIpE Driverage Snipe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Montreal, Canada or NYC, USA Posts: 372 Rep Power: 0	Yea, hook it up! __________________ Antec SX1030 Case - Enermax 431 W Whisper PS - 4 Case Fans -ThermalRight AX-7 With Panaflo Ultra Fan - Sb Audigy / Logitech Z-560 Speakers / Sennheiser HD497 Headphones WD 80GB 7200 rpm HD - Samsung SyncMaster 955DF - LG 16x10x40x Burner / Pionner 16x Slot DVD View my rig http://nl.dodhq.net/Rig/

Jul 15, 2002, 11:48 AM	#8
snoz DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: England Posts: 27 Rep Power: 0	id really like this cd also, can someone at DH pull some strings and hook up a fat ftp for us to download off ?? __________________ [color=red] Windows 2000 sr3 Athlon XP 1900+ Epox 8k3a kt333 chipset [/color] [color=yellow]Via 4 in 1 4.45 [/color] [color=red]768mb of Crucial pc2700 cas 2.5 ram Soundblaster Audigy[/color][color=yellow] 5.12.1.253 drivers [/color] [color=red]Geforce 4 ti4400[/color] [color=yellow]Nvidia Detonator 41.80[/color]

Jul 16, 2002, 10:12 AM	#9
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	a 670 meg image file is not really hostable. there are other files I have at this size I could have released to the public if I thought this was viable... I dont think anyone could cope with a file that size .... if anyone wishes to talk to me about this im on MSN messenger, contact name zardonthemystic@hotmail.com

Jul 16, 2002, 11:25 AM	#10
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,411 Rep Power: 91 System Specs	Lots of languages, plus some other stuff that could probably be dropped. Remember, Creative are supposed to have a download available soon - though what they'll leave out is anyone's guess. Got mine today - loaded it - GREAT! Supports Win98/ME and Win2k/XP The apps are quite nice, and it works fine with my 4780 (Live Value) __________________ Mary had a little lamb, Her father shot it dead Now Mary takes her lamb to school, Between two crusts of bread

Jul 18, 2002, 09:21 AM	#11
Spike Driver Cleaner Maker Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 2,085 Rep Power: 69 System Specs	Yep that cd is the official this is the link for it ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/sp2...00/SP20920.exe look in the setup dir after extracting and remove the CToem.cfg file if you remove that than you have the official driver cd by creative. __________________

Jul 19, 2002, 07:18 AM	#12
shuki DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: in the hidden place Posts: 1,975 Rep Power: 0	spike, are those the compaq ones? cause that is dated 4/30. Just looked kind of like you were saying those were the official creative release but I don't see how they could be with that date....

Jul 19, 2002, 07:22 AM	#13
shuki DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: in the hidden place Posts: 1,975 Rep Power: 0	nevermind. those are the compaq drivers. duh! that's compaq FTP hehe silly me

Jul 19, 2002, 07:41 AM	#14
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,411 Rep Power: 91 System Specs	Got the CD - installed fine on 98SE Now looking for better soundfonts (free only, blowed if I'm buying them!) The supplied one is only 4Mb - the stingy sods didn't even put the 8Mb on there. No problem (those against download abuse should cover their eyes!) http://www.emu.com/products/aps/downloads.html Download "E-Control" - WITH 8Mb E-MU GM soundfont bank Start Install, when files are prepared, look in your TEMP area for the Soundfont (.sf2) Copy it somewhere, and then cancel the install. Now you can install the 8Mb soundfont using AudioHQ, or one of the alternative tools from one of the SB Live fansites. __________________ Mary had a little lamb, Her father shot it dead Now Mary takes her lamb to school, Between two crusts of bread

Jul 20, 2002, 12:44 AM	#15
Spike Driver Cleaner Maker Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 2,085 Rep Power: 69 System Specs	Those compaq drivers are the same as the official driver cd of creative. You only need to remove that CToem.cfg file out of the setup dir. The drivers that creative brings out now are the same. Creative just released the Live drivers that are the same as on the cd and in August Creative will release the Audigy drivers and that are also the same as on the cd. So if you download that files and remove that single file than you have the official Creative driver cd. __________________

Jul 20, 2002, 12:46 AM	#16
shuki DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: in the hidden place Posts: 1,975 Rep Power: 0	just wonder why the "official" cd is 630MB and compaq is half that size..... sure language files ain't no 300MB!

Aug 7, 2002, 07:17 AM	#23
PeteyG DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: West Coast USA Posts: 16 Rep Power: 0	IT Worked. Much faster boot time again __________________ Antec Sx-1200,Antec 350 watt PSU,Soyo P4S Dragon Ultra, 1.8 ghz P4, 1gig pc2700 Mushkin, Seagate Baracuda Ata IV 80 gb HDD, Audigy Platinum, Gainward Geforce4 TI 4400, Toshiba 16x dvd, Plextor 4012A.

Jul 20, 2002, 02:53 AM	#18
DallasStar Junior Join Date: May 2002 Location: Wave Existence Posts: 2,065 Rep Power: 0	One word of advice though: Creative drivers keep the soundfont loaded into your memory ALL THE TIME, so it is not practical to choose fluid as your main soundfont unless you are playing a game that uses midi or something (unlikely). However, if you use winamp and you want it to be on ONLY when you are listening to your midi files through winamp, check out this thread: http://www.hardwareheaven.com/thread.php?id=672 __________________ "A picture of my existence... would show a useless wooden stake covered in snow... stuck loosely at a slant in the ground in a ploughed field on the edge of a vast open plain on a dark winter night." --- Franz Kafka

Jul 20, 2002, 05:07 AM	#19
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,411 Rep Power: 91 System Specs	Awww! -- I thought my 384Mb was BIG - (3 x 128 Mb PC133 sticks in a PC100 system) the old AMD750 chipset - NO VIA BUGS! Been to a few sites - found one 15Mb "ultimate" that gets a reasonable review, but can't remember where I saw a 64Mb (unpacked) one that was very good, but had the 32Mb problem with the old drivers. __________________ Mary had a little lamb, Her father shot it dead Now Mary takes her lamb to school, Between two crusts of bread

Aug 6, 2002, 06:36 AM	#20
PeteyG DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: West Coast USA Posts: 16 Rep Power: 0	I downloaded the drivers from Compaq did the install, everything went fine. I unistalled the old drivers and sofware completely. With the new install I chose to install everything but Playcenter and the onlie documentation. My question is how do remove the creative splash screen and sound every time I start WIN XP. Pleasse someone help me this splash screen and sound cause my start up time to be longer. Thanks Pete __________________ Antec Sx-1200,Antec 350 watt PSU,Soyo P4S Dragon Ultra, 1.8 ghz P4, 1gig pc2700 Mushkin, Seagate Baracuda Ata IV 80 gb HDD, Audigy Platinum, Gainward Geforce4 TI 4400, Toshiba 16x dvd, Plextor 4012A.

Aug 6, 2002, 07:26 AM	#22
PeteyG DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: West Coast USA Posts: 16 Rep Power: 0	Thank You I will try that when I get home tonight. I should have looked at all of the options before posting my bad. __________________ Antec Sx-1200,Antec 350 watt PSU,Soyo P4S Dragon Ultra, 1.8 ghz P4, 1gig pc2700 Mushkin, Seagate Baracuda Ata IV 80 gb HDD, Audigy Platinum, Gainward Geforce4 TI 4400, Toshiba 16x dvd, Plextor 4012A.