Updated: March 20, 2009

- Added download mirror for dencorso's parametric EQ patch (Thanks again MDGx )


There are some people having problems with their Creative Sound Blaster Live! in Windows 9x.
Creative CD release drivers and Web Release drivers seem to be in many different revisions for different cards...
Some revisions are good and some are not.

For years I have been collecting and testing newer versions of creative driver files to determine those that worked in 9x with the Live!.
Following is that collection of driver files:

Please note that these are original, freely available Creative files, and the binaries are not modified or patched in any way.
The provided software is useless without a Creative Sound Blaster Live! card installed.

Main Driver Set (4.42 MiB)

mirror 1: http://www.divshare.com/download/6107747-45d
mirror 2: http://www.mdgx.com/sbdrv/sblive2.zip

Creative EMU10K1 sound devices supported:

CT4620 - PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_00211102 - Sound Blaster Live! (Gen I)
CT4670 - PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_00201102 - Sound Blaster Live! (Gen I) Value
CT???? -- PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_002F1102 - Sound Blaster Live! motherboard integrated
CT4760 - PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_80401102 - Sound Blaster Live! (Gen II)
CT4780 - PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_80221102 - Sound Blaster Live! Value
CT4790 - PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_80231102 - Sound Blaster PCI512 (OEM)
CT???? -- PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_80251102 - Sound Blaster Live! motherboard integrated
CT4830 - PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_80261102 - Sound Blaster Live! (Gen II OEM) Value
CT4831 - PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_80311102 - Sound Blaster Live! Value
CT4832 - PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_80271102 - Sound Blaster Live! Value
CT4850 - PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_80511102 - Sound Blaster Live! Value
CT4870 - PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_80281102 - Sound Blaster Live! Value
CT4871 - PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_80321102 - Sound Blaster Live! Value
SB0060 - PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_80611102 - Sound Blaster Live! (Gen III) 5.1
SB0100 - PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_80621102 - Sound Blaster Live! (Gen III) 5.1
SB0102 - PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_80641102 - Sound Blaster Live! (Gen III) 5.1
SB0100 - PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_80661102 - Sound Blaster Live! (Gen III) 5.1 (Unofficial)

If you have a Creative Sound Blaster Live! card that is not recognised by these drivers, then please post your PCI ID.
The PCI ID can be found using regedit:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\PCI
Look for a key starting with VEN_1102&DEV_0002, and copy the key name.


I have used these drivers in Windows 98SE, but they should support 95 and Me although I have not tested them on these platforms.
There are Creative installers for Windows 95 and for Windows 98/Me.


Windows 9x Pure DOS support drivers

For those wanting Pure DOS (outside of Windows) Sound Blaster 16 Emulation for their Live! and have lost or never had the original CD, or have a newer CD that does not come with these, or simply can't be bothered looking for them:

1999 Release (823 KiB):
mirror 1: http://www.divshare.com/download/6106307-f19
mirror 2: http://www.mdgx.com/sbdrv/sbldos.zip
2000 Release (827 KiB):
mirror 1: http://www.divshare.com/download/6107195-60d
mirror 2: http://www.mdgx.com/sbdrv/sbldos2.zip

There are two releases of DOS Drivers. The 2000 release should work on all Live! cards, but if there is a problem then use the 1999 release.

Note: DOS Emulation may not work on some (newer) motherboards if the BIOS does not map the PCI SERR# signal to the processor NMI (Non-Maskable Interrupt). Look in the BIOS settings for a PCI SERR setting or check with your mobo vendor for a BIOS upgrade, or dump the Mobo for one that works properly!

See here for more technical information:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.comp.pe...47b2fbdaeff13e6


Creative Applets that are compatible and tested with VxD drivers:
Check your current version of each applet before installing these in case they are actually newer than these...

AudioHQ
To deinstall the original CD installed AudioHQ (and 1.0.185.0):
C:\WINDOWS\IsUninst.exe -f"C:\Program Files\Creative\SBLive\AudioHQ.isu"
Always deinstall old version first!

1.0.185.0 (Oct 1999) - Works (1.98 MiB):
mirror 1: http://www.divshare.com/download/6106308-e10
mirror 2: http://www.mdgx.com/sbdrv/audiohq10185.zip
1.0.193.0 (Sep 2000) - Fails to install (!)
1.0.193.0 (May 2001) - Fails to install (!)
1.10.21 (Jun 2002) - Fails with VxD drivers
1.10.22 (Nov 2002) - Fails with VxD drivers

Surround Mixer
To deinstall the original CD installed Surround Mixer:
C:\WINDOWS\IsUninst.exe -f"C:\Program Files\Creative\SBLive\SurMixer.isu"
To deinstall 1.1.1.0 of Surround Mixer:
C:\WINDOWS\IsUninst.exe -f"C:\Program Files\Creative\SurroundMixer\SurMixer.isu"
Always deinstall old version first!

1.1.1.0 (Nov 2000) - Works (1.68 MiB):
mirror 1: http://www.divshare.com/download/6106309-53b
mirror 2: http://www.mdgx.com/sbdrv/surmix111.zip
2.00.26 (Jun 2002) - Fails with VxD drivers
2.00.29 (Nov 2002) - Fails with VxD drivers
3.00.57 (Feb 2003) - Fails with VxD drivers


More stuff:

dencorso's parametric EQ patch for emu10k1.vxd 4.12.01.0906:
See here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...st&p=771209
mirror 1: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?act=at...st&id=22430
mirror 2: http://www.mdgx.com/sbdrv/emu0906.zip
aLeXis' patch installer: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...st&p=771360
mirror 1: http://qshare.com/get/222538/sblive-eq-pat...1.0906.exe.html
mirror 2: http://www.mdgx.com/sbdrv/sblive-eq-patch-4.12.01.0906.exe

Various Sound Blaster files hosted by MDGx:
http://www.mdgx.com/sbdrv/


Standard disclaimer
These drivers have worked for me but YMMV. I have been using them for years with no problem, however, they may or may not work on your model of Creative sound card, and therefore, I cannot make any guarantee of suitability. In simple terms, you are solely responsible if your audio begins to sound like you're in a concrete bunker some thirty-seven miles from the stage of Disaster Area!

Enjoy!

This post has been edited by RetroOS: Mar 20 2009, 11:48 PM

These drivers

They might say 2000/XP, but the drivers appear to work on Windows 98SE as they are WDM drivers which don't have a 2000/XP only header.

the_guy

Wouldn't install.

First thing I got was an error ""Unhandled Exception" / Error number 0x80070725 / Description: Incompatible version of the RPC stub. /
Setup will now terminate.

So I figured out how to fix that (replace oleaut32.dll with correct version). Now the file unpacks a self-extracting EXE, which starts Install Shield, which then dies silently. No error message, no nothing, it just disappears.

Any idea how these drivers can be manually installed w/o help from InstallShield?

Everybody who wants to post SB drivers:
pls PM me, I have enough space at my site to host any files you may have.


Edit:
I posted all files I could get my hands on here:
http://www.mdgx.com/sbdrv/

Edit:
Torrent removed...
I can't d/l the ISO from the torrent, it has no seeds, and no downloaded copies.

HTH

MDGx,

I think the iso you mean is the sb_install.iso I had on filefront until they deleted it due to inactivity. The OP apparently got hold of it since he added some of the files and inf stuff to his 1st post and thanked me.

I am currently uploading it again to filefront. I think it will be able to be accessed once done from my file page there:

http://hosted.filefront.com/dahveed3/

Since they remove it automatically and you have offered to host stuff, I hope you can get it from there and offer it from your site on a more permanent basis.

As I've said, it's the install cd included in the retail Creative SB0100 box. You may want to add to your description that it, by default, installs WDM drivers on 98SE and Me. If one wants it to install the VXD drivers, and thereby include the full Creative MS-DOS driver in DOS and Windows, it needs to be copied to the hard drive and the following change needs to be made:

Right click on the/Audio\/english/Setup/AUDIO.INI file, choose Properties, and uncheck Read Only.
Open AUDIO.INI in notepad and change the following:

[Drivers]
98SEWDM = 1 to 98SEWDM = 0
MEWDM = 1 to MEWDM = 0

Save and Close Notepad, then right click it and in Properties check Read Only again.

Then to install run /Ctrun/Ctrun.exe but if that doesn't startup properly then run /Audio/English/Setup/Setup.exe


Note that since this retail SB0100 did not come with a LiveDrive, Creative did not include Remote Center on the cd at all so even though the driver probably contains the files there is no software provided for it. But it does contain a full set of LiveWare that is more up to date on software and drivers than the older cd's and web releases ever contained for the VXD setup of things.

Users should download the latest PlayCenter package from the Creative Download Legacy site and upgrade the version of PlayCenter the cd installs. That's what I used to do.

They should also go into Control Panel - Multimedia Properties, and in the Audio Codecs section choose the Creative ctmp3 codec and in Properties choose not to use that codec in this profile. That way it won't interfere with the Windows Media Player mp3 codec and cause system freezes such as when running Themes and Windows Startup sounds. The old fix was to delete or rename the codec itself but this works just as well and doesn't mess up the registry in the process.

That torrent never seemed to be able to work for some reason but hopefully you can get the iso from filefront once it is finished uploading.

This post has been edited by Eck: Feb 15 2009, 09:03 AM

Will do.

Thanks for your prompt reply.

I'll keep these files at my site, hopefully for a long time.

HTH

Edit:
Done.
See next post.

Eck,

Thanks a lot for your time and concern.

I managed to d/l your iso from filefront.

I renamed it to SB0100.ISO [was 591 MB] and compressed in RAR format down to 395 MB (200 MB smaller) = new file name SB0100_ISO.RAR:
http://www.mdgx.com/sbdrv/SB0100_ISO.RAR
One needs 7-zip, WinRAR or similar to extract the ISO:
http://www.mdgx.com/toy.htm#ZIP

______________________________________

Everybody,

All files in the SB repository now available at [this is where list.php now redirects to]:
http://www.mdgx.com/sbdrv/

Please update all your bookmarks/favorites/links to this new mirror URL.
And feel free to link to any files.

HTH

Since this topic applies to all Windows 95/98/ME users, I moved it here:
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showforum=8

I've also added it to the "Sticky" list:
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=95815

Best wishes.

FYI:

emu0906.zip uploaded here:
http://www.mdgx.com/sbdrv/emu0906.zip
Details here:
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...mp;#entry771209

Edit:

P.S.:
Please PM me if any1 wishes to add more files to this topic, so I can upload them here:
http://www.mdgx.com/sbdrv/
Thanks.

This post has been edited by MDGx: Apr 5 2009, 03:44 PM

hey where can i find the windows me drivers for the
sound blaster 5.1 SB0680

http://support.creative.com/Products/Produ...e=Sound+Blaster

Requirements:

Microsoft® Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
Creative Sound Blaster 5.1

There are no windows me drivers...

starcraftmaster, if you have the card installed in your PC, can you please post the PCI ID of the card here.
See the instructions under the card list in the First Post

I'm not able to get the PCI ID information from the latest drivers since Creative now encrypt this information(!) - as if it's really secret!
Anyone can find it if they have the card.

RetroOS
am getting the card soon lol and if its not going to work on windows me am not sure what i will do
cant you tell from the model name?

As mentioned previously, Creative are hiding the information I need related to the model number...
The only way currently is to actually have the card in the PC and read what Windows has got from the card...
Even then, I'm not sure what we can get working with these latest cards.
But we'll try...

its not new its a 2005 model Lol
so idk
i downloaded the drivers just to see if it will start and it started but said cant find any soundblaster sound card so i dont know if they will install but looks like it will since the installer started.

ok hes the pci id thing
ven_1102&dev_0006&subsys_10011102&rev_00
what the hell can you tell from that lol

Well, the first thing I can tell is that it's not part of the Sound Blaster Live! family...
All the Live! cards have a PCI ID starting with PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002.
The one you have starts with PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0006.
I would say at first glance that the Live! drivers will probably never work on this card...
I could be wrong though...
It all depends on whether it has an EMU10K1 chipset...
The Audigy family has an EMU10K2 chipset.

i dont know justr its a sound blaster 5.1
and live drivers wont work becasue its not a a Live! card
EMU10K1 chipset... how do i tell ?
see the driver wont start at all with windows 98 as it says its not support OS
but with with windows me it install just this error commes when installing the drivers

cannot load a crucial installer component (thk3216.dll) exiting...

???????? gee creative is a** holes make things so hard for us
some one mind giving me windows xp ? lol

Starcraftmaster, is this what your card looks like?...

http://www.tipidpc.com/viewitem.php?iid=3031311


I've found a few other places calling that model number an "Audigy LS" and it's also possible that it's a Dell or Gateway part.


The only mention of SB0680 that I've been able to find so far on the Creative Labs page is this one where they call it a "Sound Blaster 5.1" (note, no "Live")...

Windows 7 - Driver Availability Chart

If you have the original CD that came with it, maybe you could make an ISO image, then make a RAR archive of this ISO file and upload it somewhere so that RetroOS can take a look at it.

I'm wondering if that model was the bastard child of the flurry of sound chip manufacturer acquisitions that Creative did a while back and was later abandoned.

This post has been edited by krick: Apr 27 2009, 10:57 PM

well on the card is says SB0680 and plus in white letter on the top right corner it says SOUND BLASTER
so is my a audigy ls or not ?

and yes that is my card krick in the pics
also i tryed installing audigy ls drivers but said it could not find any audigy sound card
no i dont have the driver cd i just downloaded them

This post has been edited by starcraftmaster: Apr 28 2009, 01:20 AM