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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: AGmurdercore on Mon, 03 February 2014, 13:32:16
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Soooo i got this one sound card Audigy 2 ZS from a friend of mine and i can't run the drivers of this god damn piece of crap. I tried everything but with no luck. Anybody here got any ideas how i can run this thing on windows 7?
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Does this help?
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/compatibility/CompatCenter/ProductDetailsViewer?Name=Creative%20Sound%20Blaster%20Audigy%202%20ZS%20Platinum%20Sound%20Card&vendor=Creative&ModelOrVersion=70SB035000003&Type=Hardware&tempOsid=Windows+7
http://support.creative.com/Products/ProductDetails.aspx?catID=1&subCatID=205&prodID=9107&prodName=Audigy%202%20ZS%20Platinum&subCatName=Audigy&CatName=Sound+Blaster
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Does this help?
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/compatibility/CompatCenter/ProductDetailsViewer?Name=Creative%20Sound%20Blaster%20Audigy%202%20ZS%20Platinum%20Sound%20Card&vendor=Creative&ModelOrVersion=70SB035000003&Type=Hardware&tempOsid=Windows+7
http://support.creative.com/Products/ProductDetails.aspx?catID=1&subCatID=205&prodID=9107&prodName=Audigy%202%20ZS%20Platinum&subCatName=Audigy&CatName=Sound+Blaster
I am trying to instal the same thing and is not working for me :( I will try to re-instal the sound card again just to make sure (for 3rd time) that it is instaled ok.
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I have the same card on a win 7 setup.. works fine..
I used these drivers below..
Mine is moded with lm4652 opamps, and the muting transistors removed..
Without those mods the card doesn't sound very good at all... it's only slightly better than modern onboard sound, with a slightly better noise floor..
the only creative card that "sounds good" out of the box is the "titanium HD".. because it was designed from the grounds up with fidelity in mind...
If you look at the 2 zs, the base xfi, they all use regular caps where bipolar caps are required..
and instead of using say prop-film caps, they used can-caps to reduce cost...
http://support.creative.com/downloads/download.aspx?nDownloadId=11314
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The mod is "night and day"... it's not some BS audiophile gimmick that costs $500..
It's a $10 mod where even a NOVICE can tell the difference.
oh.. also remember the audigy 2 zs can't resample from 44100 very well, so always use software to resample to 48000 before output stage.
movies will be fine since it's always 48
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Ok thanks for the help guys! After 4 instalations/re-instalations of the card i finally managed to get the drivers to work and WOW my mind is blown right now i can hear music like never before WTF. Thanks again!
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Ok thanks for the help guys! After 4 instalations/re-instalations of the card i finally managed to get the drivers to work and WOW my mind is blown right now i can hear music like never before WTF. Thanks again!
Well, if you're impressed with it "already"... then you will be even more impressed once you've done the opamp mod.
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As i said i have managed to get the card to work somehow but now i have problems with the microphone... it is all good in the beginning but then after some time the sounds that comes from it starts going crazy like i am some alien robot or something. Anybody knows what this might be from?