No Sound from X-FI Xtreme Gamer

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I have the latest Creative driver on here for Win 7 64bit, and I'm not getting any sound. Anybody else having this problem.
 

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  • OS
    Win 7
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron 570
    CPU
    AMD x2
    Motherboard
    Dell
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI HD 5670
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500GB
    PSU
    Corsair 600W
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    Dell
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    Logitech K300
    Mouse
    Logitech G400 Gaming
Im afraid that I have my soundblaster X-FI Extremegamer running fine. Or as fine as it can be running given that Windows 8 is still buggy as hell.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8 Dev Preview
    CPU
    AMD Quad Core Pehnom 2.5
    Memory
    6GB 1066 Dual Channel
    Graphics Card(s)
    9800GTX+
[DEL]Im afraid that I have my soundblaster X-FI Extremegamer running fine. Or as fine as it can be running given that Windows 8 is still buggy as hell.[/DEL]

Scratch that, I installed the driver for my extreme gamer and was continually crashing. Infact, even after a total reinstall without installing the drivers, it was crashing. I have now removed the soundcard entirely and am using my onboard sound. So far so good, I will let you know how it goes.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8 Dev Preview
    CPU
    AMD Quad Core Pehnom 2.5
    Memory
    6GB 1066 Dual Channel
    Graphics Card(s)
    9800GTX+
This is a widespread issue currently for various X-fi cards. People can be a little confused at first because the issue isn't apparent right away after installing the drivers and apps - most people (including me) report that the problems happen after restarting the system and finding that settings have reverted to default (in the Console Launcher) and that there's no sound. If you click on "default", the sound should come back - but this is not a fix, as it's not an option to do this upon every boot/reboot. Your problem might not manifest itself as mine does, but all in all, X-fi and Windows 8 do not work well together at this point.



Windows 8 Pro x64 Retail No Sound after Restart Creative X-Fi Titanium HD Driver
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 x64
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X4 965BE @ 3.7Ghz
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 (Rev 2.1)
    Memory
    8GB G.Skill DDR2-1000 4x2GB @ 800Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte GTX670 GV-N670OC-2GD
Yea.. I have the same issue. And the same issue was occurring with Vista, it seems to me at least that Creative has issues with their drivers.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8.1 Pro 64 Bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Built: Atomic City Computer
    CPU
    AMD A4-4000 3.0/3.2Ghz
    Motherboard
    MSI FM2-A55M-E33
    Memory
    8BG of Corsair DDR3 RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    On Board
    Sound Card
    On Boardi
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic 27" VA2703
    Screen Resolution
    1920 X 1080
    Hard Drives
    Seagate 500GB, Crucial 120Gb SSD
    Case
    Thermaltake
    Cooling
    N/A
    Keyboard
    Corsair Raptor K40
    Mouse
    Amazon Generic Optical
    Internet Speed
    56Mbps
    Browser
    Firefox, Chrome and Opera
    Antivirus
    Micro Soft Defender
    Other Info
    Getting this on May 1st:
    AMD A8-6600K
I found one way around this issue. I re-installed the Win 7 drivers for the sound card. Then I restated the PC. When it was up and going I went into the Creative control panel and selected the Entertainment mode.. the sound was back. I have not tried this with the beta drivers.. but it might work. HTH


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System One

  • OS
    Win 8.1 Pro 64 Bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Built: Atomic City Computer
    CPU
    AMD A4-4000 3.0/3.2Ghz
    Motherboard
    MSI FM2-A55M-E33
    Memory
    8BG of Corsair DDR3 RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    On Board
    Sound Card
    On Boardi
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic 27" VA2703
    Screen Resolution
    1920 X 1080
    Hard Drives
    Seagate 500GB, Crucial 120Gb SSD
    Case
    Thermaltake
    Cooling
    N/A
    Keyboard
    Corsair Raptor K40
    Mouse
    Amazon Generic Optical
    Internet Speed
    56Mbps
    Browser
    Firefox, Chrome and Opera
    Antivirus
    Micro Soft Defender
    Other Info
    Getting this on May 1st:
    AMD A8-6600K
My X-FI card stopped working yesterday after installing a driver update through Win8 Update. I rolled back the driver and the card works fine now. How can I see the updates that Windows Updates is applying? Thnaks!
 

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System One

  • OS
    Win 10 Pro 64bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home built Intel i7-3770k-based system
    CPU
    Intel i7-3770k, Overclocked to 4.6GHz (46x100) with Corsair H110i GT cooler
    Motherboard
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula 2.30 BIOS
    Memory
    32GB DDR3 2133 Corsair Vengeance Pro
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce GTX 980ti SC ACS 6GB DDR5 by EVGA
    Sound Card
    Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD, Corsair SP2500 speakers and subwoofer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG 27EA33 [Monitor] (27.2"vis) HDMI
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB (system drive)
    WD 6TB Red NAS hard drives x 2 in Storage Spaces (redundancy)
    PSU
    Corsair 750ax fully modular power supply with sleeved cables
    Case
    Corsair Air 540 with 7 x 140mm fans on front, rear and top panels
    Cooling
    Corsair H110i GT liquid cooled CPU with 4 x 140" Corsair SP "push-pull" and 3 x 140mm fans
    Keyboard
    Thermaltake Poseidon Z illuminated keyboard
    Mouse
    Corsair M65 wired
    Internet Speed
    85MBps DSL
    Browser
    Chrome and Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender, MalwareBytes Pro and CCleaner Pro
    Other Info
    Client of Windows Server 2012 R2 10 PC's, laptops and smartphones on the WLAN.

    1GBps Ethernet ports
I wish I could help you on that. I hope someone else can answer,.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8.1 Pro 64 Bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Built: Atomic City Computer
    CPU
    AMD A4-4000 3.0/3.2Ghz
    Motherboard
    MSI FM2-A55M-E33
    Memory
    8BG of Corsair DDR3 RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    On Board
    Sound Card
    On Boardi
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic 27" VA2703
    Screen Resolution
    1920 X 1080
    Hard Drives
    Seagate 500GB, Crucial 120Gb SSD
    Case
    Thermaltake
    Cooling
    N/A
    Keyboard
    Corsair Raptor K40
    Mouse
    Amazon Generic Optical
    Internet Speed
    56Mbps
    Browser
    Firefox, Chrome and Opera
    Antivirus
    Micro Soft Defender
    Other Info
    Getting this on May 1st:
    AMD A8-6600K
This is a widespread issue currently for various X-fi cards. People can be a little confused at first because the issue isn't apparent right away after installing the drivers and apps - most people (including me) report that the problems happen after restarting the system and finding that settings have reverted to default (in the Console Launcher) and that there's no sound. If you click on "default", the sound should come back - but this is not a fix, as it's not an option to do this upon every boot/reboot. Your problem might not manifest itself as mine does, but all in all, X-fi and Windows 8 do not work well together at this point.



Windows 8 Pro x64 Retail No Sound after Restart Creative X-Fi Titanium HD Driver

works for me I had same prob try adding this to the reg ...

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"CtxfiReg"="CTXFIREG.EXE /FORCE"
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custome
    CPU
    Intel i7
    Motherboard
    ASUS PQ6T Deluxe Palm Ed.
    Memory
    6G DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATi HD6970
I just tried the Beta driver from Creative and so far so good.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8.1 Pro 64 Bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Built: Atomic City Computer
    CPU
    AMD A4-4000 3.0/3.2Ghz
    Motherboard
    MSI FM2-A55M-E33
    Memory
    8BG of Corsair DDR3 RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    On Board
    Sound Card
    On Boardi
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic 27" VA2703
    Screen Resolution
    1920 X 1080
    Hard Drives
    Seagate 500GB, Crucial 120Gb SSD
    Case
    Thermaltake
    Cooling
    N/A
    Keyboard
    Corsair Raptor K40
    Mouse
    Amazon Generic Optical
    Internet Speed
    56Mbps
    Browser
    Firefox, Chrome and Opera
    Antivirus
    Micro Soft Defender
    Other Info
    Getting this on May 1st:
    AMD A8-6600K
This seems to be a problem with all X-fi cards.

I installed W8 yesterday with the X-Fi fatality professional beta drivers, which I guess are the same for both card. (somewhere around june 2012).

The workaround of BunnyJ works good as hell, and I appreciate it a lot (I was going to open the pc, plug off the card and use the integrated one, but I would miss my ps3 sound ;()

The reg key, I guess it will reset all the sound config, right? That's not good. I changed the line-in to microphone, unmuted the optical and activated Crystalizer.

I think that is faster to simply swap modes two times than configuring the stuff everytime I boot. or am I wrong?

If the reg just activate the sound without having to configure all again, would be good.

Thanks.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    CPU
    i7 2600
    Motherboard
    Asus P8P67
    Memory
    2x4GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GTX570
    Sound Card
    X-Fi fatal1ty professional
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2448hc / Asus 24"
    Screen Resolution
    3840x1080
    Hard Drives
    SSD Corsair 60GB / WD 2TB Black
    PSU
    Temporary crap
    Case
    Antec nine hundred two
    Cooling
    Noctua
    Keyboard
    Microsoft 10€ kb
    Mouse
    Logitech MX 518
    Internet Speed
    10MB
The problem with all X-Fi Cards under windows 8 is that Console launcher can't save your settings every time you reset your system, there's a solution that I' tried it
on my X-fi XtremeMusic and actually worked, just google "PAX MASTER PCI XFI ALL OS Driver Suite V2.35 Default Tweak Edition" , with some luck you'll be at the forum from PAX Drivers...
 

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System One

  • OS
    windows 8 pro
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X4
    Motherboard
    M5A97
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI RADEON HD 5700
Tried that driver suite, but no luck (My card is PCIe and not PCI and the PCIe edition of PAX is for Titanium).

Anyway, I have a better fix:

Do you guys have hibernation? I see on many forums that the problem is SSD related and no, Is just hibernation related. And because we the SSD users have hibernation off...

The problem is the way Windows 8 saves the config when shutting the computer.

If you activate hibernation, configure your card and the shut down (not reboot), the config will be saved. Then you can disable hibernation again, reboot, what you want.

I guess that if you want to change more options, you will need to do this again. Anyway, better than nothing.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    CPU
    i7 2600
    Motherboard
    Asus P8P67
    Memory
    2x4GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GTX570
    Sound Card
    X-Fi fatal1ty professional
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2448hc / Asus 24"
    Screen Resolution
    3840x1080
    Hard Drives
    SSD Corsair 60GB / WD 2TB Black
    PSU
    Temporary crap
    Case
    Antec nine hundred two
    Cooling
    Noctua
    Keyboard
    Microsoft 10€ kb
    Mouse
    Logitech MX 518
    Internet Speed
    10MB
This is what has worked for me for my Xtreme Gamer and W8 Pro x64:

Install the Creative beta driver
Make whatever changes you want in the Creative Audio Control Panel
Put the computer to sleep
Wake the computer from sleep
Shut down the computer

When you start the computer, settings will have been saved and the sound will work.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro x64
    CPU
    Intel 2600K
    Motherboard
    Asus P8P67 Deluxe
    Memory
    16 GB G.Skill DDR3 1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon 7750
    Sound Card
    Creative XtremeGamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell U2410M
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    Boot: 240 GB Intel 520 SSD; Western Digital Black 2 TB (2); Western Digital Green 2 TB
    PSU
    Kingwin LZP-550
    Case
    Fractal Design Define XL
    Keyboard
    Logitech K750
    Mouse
    Logitech Performance MX
Xfi 5.1 surround does work fully with Creative Windows 8 beta drivers
The other software add on items mostly dont
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 64 bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Self built
    CPU
    I5 Intel Pentium 2500K
    Motherboard
    Asus P8P67 Rev 3.1
    Memory
    Kingston 16 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD H7700 1GB
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    AOC 18"
    Screen Resolution
    1680 x1050
    Hard Drives
    5 Samsung /Hitachi drives ...inc 2 external backups
    2 TB total
    PSU
    850 watts OCZ
    Case
    ICute Silver
    Cooling
    BE Quiet Dark Rock Advanced Overclocker Heatsink
    Keyboard
    Wireless MSoft 6000
    Mouse
    Wireless car non Microsoft
    Internet Speed
    60 Meg
Spent all day uninstalling, reinstalling, researching. That did it. Thanks!

This is what has worked for me for my Xtreme Gamer and W8 Pro x64:

Install the Creative beta driver
Make whatever changes you want in the Creative Audio Control Panel
Put the computer to sleep
Wake the computer from sleep
Shut down the computer

When you start the computer, settings will have been saved and the sound will work.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 x64
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