Creative Labs SB1040 PCI Express Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Sound Card
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Manufacturer: CreativeAudio: English (Original Language); French (Original Language)
Format: CD
Platform: Windows XP
Model: 70SB104000000
Product features:
- Device Type - Sound Blaster
- Interface Type - PCI-E
- Sound Output Mode - 7.1
- Recording: 24-bit/96kHz
- Serif PhotoPlus X3
- Adobe Photoshop CS4 Upgrade [OLD VERSION]
- Aperture 3
- Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 [OLD VERSION]
- Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 (Win/Mac) [OLD VERSION]
Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Creative Labs SB1040 PCI Express Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Sound Card
Customer Review: BEWARE! A COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME!
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this card to take in digital audio from the TOSLINK port into a sound editing program. Although I could hear audio through the card, the Creative applications provided with the card (and the ones I downloaded from Creative's website) refused to find the card in the system. After hours and hours of frustration I decided to return this card. The replacement card I bought costs half as much and works well. Shame on your Creative Labs!
I bought this card and installed it with Windows 7. My motherboard has onboard audio and I disabled it from the BIOS. I continued to get "Can't Find Audio Device" Error when I ran Creative applications. I tried and tried so many things...
- installed the entire Creative driver/ application suite from CD
- installed just the Creative drivers first and then the application suite from CD
- installed from the Creative CD first and then let Windows 7 upgrade the Creative drivers
- installed from the Creative CD first and then upgraded drivers and applications from Creative's website
- tried the Daniel K package
- upgraded the motherboard BIOS and chipset drivers
- shut down, removed the sound card, booted up, then shut down, then re-inserted the card, then booted up again
- moved the card from one PCI Express slot to another
None of the above options could get me to a point where the Creative applications (e.g. Creative Diagnostics) could recognize the card in the system. I needed these applications to work in order to use the digital audio input (Toslink).
I could not get phone support. It either does not exist for this product or they keep it a secret.
I have been very disappointed with Creative Labs for this experience! I have used their products for 12+ years and I think the quality has gone down a lot recently. I have worked in the IT industry for 20 years; if I'm having so much trouble I wonder what non-technical users have to go through.
Shame on your Creative Labs! It's the last time I bought one of your products!
Description of Creative Labs SB1040 PCI Express Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Sound Card
Why settle for basic, built-in sound? Your music and movies deserve Xtreme Fidelity. Add the Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio sound card to your PC and turn your downloaded music into your own personal concert. Plus watch DVDs or downloaded videos with full cinematic surround sound.Digital Cameras & Photo Categories
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