X-fi Drivers on Soundblaster Live! 5.1

Resident · Feb 16, 2006, 03:17 PM

I have a question, is it possible to install the SoundBlaster x-fi 2.07.003 drivers on a soundblaster live! 5.1? I´ve read somewhere that this can be done, but I don´t know how to do it. Anyone tried to install this drivers? I´ll apreciate any comments or suggestions. Thanks!

BONEHEAD · Feb 17, 2006, 05:15 PM

You have to manualy install them thru device mngr. Yes it does work. I tried it on my kids comp. I decided not use them because I hav a plat 5.1 and I lost the ability to change the inputs on the live drive thru the mixer software.

Son Of Tzu · Jul 6, 2006, 04:09 AM

Hello all. New guy here. I am fascinated by tihs concept of installing X-Fi drivers for my SB Live 5.1 and was hoping someone could sort of walk me through the process. I tried to install them through the device manager with no luck. I also tried to extract the files from the .exe but the Install Shield always starts up and gives me an error saying that no compatable hardware was found. I'm disappointed in Creative for not updating the Live 5.1 drivers since 2002, especially since I bought the card new in 2005. I am hoping that the X-Fi drivers will give my sound card DX9c support, because as an avid gamer that is the biggest reason for me wanting them. Or I am open to suggestions if there is a better solution for my soundcard. Big THANX in advance for any help rendered. Running XP Pro SP2. Hope everyone had a great 4th of July !

backslash47 · Jul 6, 2006, 04:10 PM

this driver works with most of the Live!, Audigy, 2, 4, X-Fi cards.
On Live! cards not all applications work correctly and Creative claims to have OpenAL 1.1 support but apparently complete 1.1 implementation is only on Audigy cards, on Live! you will get only 1.0 support(maybe only a mistake in OpenAL driver).

http://rapidshare.de/files/24926878...hacked.rar.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/19392619/OpenALwEAX.exe.html

Install both for full OpenAL support in newest games.

Rogacz · Jul 9, 2006, 01:13 PM

I wonder how's that possible if X-Fi has diffrent DSP architecture than 10kx cards.

bachikho · Jul 14, 2006, 02:15 PM

can u up this driver 2 megaupload instead of rapidshare?

sovietdoc · Jul 15, 2006, 08:59 AM

All you know how both Forceware and Catalyst drivers from our beloved videocard makers use unified driver architecture. New driver always support all older products but you are not able to use any features from the new products on the old ones. Same thing happens when you forcefully install X-FI drivers on older cards. Drivers work with them but only to some extent. Creative doen't not officially support this way of updating your drivers on older hardware probbaly because the drivers don't fully support older devices. Like in the case of people here, he was unable to switch outputs with the newer driver.

swaaye · Jul 16, 2006, 12:04 AM

Creative's driver packs are somewhat unified, but they don't support pre-Audigy cards officially with them. We can't really tell if the driver's code for a Live! is actually new or not. It's probably not considering nobody sells EMU10K1 Live! anymore. There's no business reason to support the card anymore.

Rogacz · Jul 20, 2006, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sovietdoc

All you know how both Forceware and Catalyst drivers from our beloved videocard makers use unified driver architecture. New driver always support all older products but you are not able to use any features from the new products on the old ones. Same thing happens when you forcefully install X-FI drivers on older cards. Drivers work with them but only to some extent. Creative doen't not officially support this way of updating your drivers on older hardware probbaly because the drivers don't fully support older devices. Like in the case of people here, he was unable to switch outputs with the newer driver.

Thanks for explanation

jlccarv · Aug 4, 2006, 03:22 PM

Im using these drivers with the OpenAL install and Quake4 indicates that my card is not OpenAL capable. Also, the prey demo wont allow me to select OpenAL...

I thought with these drivers , OpenAL would work fine on my SBLive 5.1 DE?

Feb 16, 2006, 03:17 PM	#1
Resident DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	X-fi Drivers on Soundblaster Live! 5.1 I have a question, is it possible to install the SoundBlaster x-fi 2.07.003 drivers on a soundblaster live! 5.1? I´ve read somewhere that this can be done, but I don´t know how to do it. Anyone tried to install this drivers? I´ll apreciate any comments or suggestions. Thanks!

Feb 17, 2006, 05:15 PM	#2
BONEHEAD DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: TEXAS Posts: 182 Rep Power: 0	You have to manualy install them thru device mngr. Yes it does work. I tried it on my kids comp. I decided not use them because I hav a plat 5.1 and I lost the ability to change the inputs on the live drive thru the mixer software. __________________ [COLOR=red]Xp Pro Sp2 Amd Athlon 2400+ O/C 2800+ (2250 GHZ)Antec True 550 ps Dragon Orb 3 7000rpm 2 80mm Case fans [/COLOR] [COLOR=red]2 40mm case fans[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]1.5 Gig Ecc Ram Msi KT2 COMBO[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]Adaptec 29320A-R[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]8 Seagate 36 gig ultra 320 10k [/COLOR] [COLOR=red]1 Toshiba SD-M1401 [/COLOR] [COLOR=red]1 Plextor 124TS cdrw [/COLOR] [COLOR=red]2 Nec4551a 1 Samsung TS-H552U 1 Nec3520a[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]Ati AIW Radeon 8500 128mb SoundBlaster X-Fi Platinum[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]Midiland sm7401 5.1 Hp 4C scanner VPR 17'' Lcd[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]Apc Back-ups RS1500[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000]Taken by the ex maybe to return soon[/COLOR]

Jul 6, 2006, 04:09 AM	#3
Son Of Tzu DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	Hello all. New guy here. I am fascinated by tihs concept of installing X-Fi drivers for my SB Live 5.1 and was hoping someone could sort of walk me through the process. I tried to install them through the device manager with no luck. I also tried to extract the files from the .exe but the Install Shield always starts up and gives me an error saying that no compatable hardware was found. I'm disappointed in Creative for not updating the Live 5.1 drivers since 2002, especially since I bought the card new in 2005. I am hoping that the X-Fi drivers will give my sound card DX9c support, because as an avid gamer that is the biggest reason for me wanting them. Or I am open to suggestions if there is a better solution for my soundcard. Big THANX in advance for any help rendered. Running XP Pro SP2. Hope everyone had a great 4th of July ! Last edited by Son Of Tzu; Jul 6, 2006 at 04:50 AM.

Jul 9, 2006, 01:13 PM	#5
Rogacz Porcupine Floyd Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Poland Posts: 422 Rep Power: 0	I wonder how's that possible if X-Fi has diffrent DSP architecture than 10kx cards. __________________

Jul 15, 2006, 08:59 AM	#7
sovietdoc DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 121 Rep Power: 0	All you know how both Forceware and Catalyst drivers from our beloved videocard makers use unified driver architecture. New driver always support all older products but you are not able to use any features from the new products on the old ones. Same thing happens when you forcefully install X-FI drivers on older cards. Drivers work with them but only to some extent. Creative doen't not officially support this way of updating your drivers on older hardware probbaly because the drivers don't fully support older devices. Like in the case of people here, he was unable to switch outputs with the newer driver. __________________

Jul 6, 2006, 04:10 PM	#4
backslash47 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	this driver works with most of the Live!, Audigy, 2, 4, X-Fi cards. On Live! cards not all applications work correctly and Creative claims to have OpenAL 1.1 support but apparently complete 1.1 implementation is only on Audigy cards, on Live! you will get only 1.0 support(maybe only a mistake in OpenAL driver). http://rapidshare.de/files/24926878...hacked.rar.html http://rapidshare.de/files/19392619/OpenALwEAX.exe.html Install both for full OpenAL support in newest games.

Jul 14, 2006, 02:15 PM	#6
bachikho HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 66 Rep Power: 0	can u up this driver 2 megaupload instead of rapidshare?

Jul 16, 2006, 12:04 AM	#8
swaaye HardwareHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 17 Rep Power: 0	Creative's driver packs are somewhat unified, but they don't support pre-Audigy cards officially with them. We can't really tell if the driver's code for a Live! is actually new or not. It's probably not considering nobody sells EMU10K1 Live! anymore. There's no business reason to support the card anymore.

Aug 4, 2006, 03:22 PM	#10
jlccarv DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Im using these drivers with the OpenAL install and Quake4 indicates that my card is not OpenAL capable. Also, the prey demo wont allow me to select OpenAL... I thought with these drivers , OpenAL would work fine on my SBLive 5.1 DE?