audigy mp3 install error or lack there of

When i went to install my SB Audigy on Vista x32 the installer just sat there saying "installing driver", 10 minutes later it would say "installer timed out". I tried downloading the new drivers from Creative but that didnt seem to do anything.
Help?!

When i went to install my SB Audigy on Vista x32 the installer just sat there saying "installing driver", 10 minutes later it would say "installer timed out". I tried downloading the new drivers from Creative but that didnt seem to do anything.
Help?!

Hi,
I had a similar issue. Creative doesn't supply a Vista driver at all for our card it seems.
I tried the XP SP2 driver and get a nice Incorrect OS - You need Windows 2000 to install this product - error message.
I am running my WIN XP SP2 hard drive as slave and guess what, if I let Vista look for the driver on my XP SP2 drive... magic happens and the card installs itself.
Good luck and regards,
R0ut3r
"Ari" wrote:

When i went to install my SB Audigy on Vista x32 the installer just sat there saying "installing driver", 10 minutes later it would say "installer timed out". I tried downloading the new drivers from Creative but that didnt seem to do anything.
Help?!

You are a genoius!!!! I love you :)
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"R0ut3r" wrote:

Hi,
I had a similar issue. Creative doesn't supply a Vista driver at all for our card it seems.
I tried the XP SP2 driver and get a nice Incorrect OS - You need Windows 2000 to install this product - error message.
I am running my WIN XP SP2 hard drive as slave and guess what, if I let Vista look for the driver on my XP SP2 drive... magic happens and the card installs itself.
Good luck and regards,
R0ut3r
"Ari" wrote:
When i went to install my SB Audigy on Vista x32 the installer just sat there saying "installing driver", 10 minutes later it would say "installer timed out". I tried downloading the new drivers from Creative but that didnt seem to do anything.
Help?!

Ok, i spoke too soon.
Yes--- that did work to install the card; however, no sound comes out of it. Which leads me to beleive that the XP driver doesnt exactly work for Vista.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Ari

In article , Ari says...

Ok, i spoke too soon.
Yes--- that did work to install the card; however, no sound comes out of it. Which leads me to beleive that the XP driver doesnt exactly work for Vista.
Any ideas?
Wait until Creative release some and if you can, use the onboard sound

for now if you have it.
-- Conor Grumpy Old Man Same Shit, Different Day.

Hmm,
It worked for me. Lets see... what version of the driver do you have installed on the XP SP2 you are trying to install from.
Mine says :
Driver Provider : Creative Driver Date : 21/10/2003 Driver Version : 5.12.5.441
Here are my HW vendor IDs... see if it matches up with yours:
PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0004&SUBSYS_00531102&REV_03 PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0004&SUBSYS_00531102 PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0004&CC_040100 PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0004&CC_0401
If you can confirm you have matching vendor IDs I can make a driver package for you.
Kind regards,
R0ut3r

"Ari" wrote:

Ok, i spoke too soon.
Yes--- that did work to install the card; however, no sound comes out of it. Which leads me to beleive that the XP driver doesnt exactly work for Vista.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Ari

Drivers are:
Version: 5.12.8.1164
Vendor ID: pci\ven_1102&dev_0004&subsys_00531102
PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0004&SUBSYS_00531102&REV_03 PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0004&SUBSYS_00531102 PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0004&CC_040100 PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0004&CC_0401