Sound Blaster

Forum discussion tagged with Sound Blaster.
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    Question Grounding issue with new sound card and speakers?

    Hi, I bought a new sound card (Sound Blaster X SE) and installed it a couple of weeks ago - I also got 2.1 speakers (PreSonus Eris 3.5 Studio Monitors with PreSonus Eris Sub 8BT). After installation, my machine wouldn't start. Both the motherboard and power supply were fried (I built the...
  2. gamerk316

    Question Sound Blaster AE7 and Realtek both no longer recognize microphone input from a known good microphone

    I'm at my wits end here: I have a Creative Soundblaster AE7 I've been using for quite some time now, with no problems. Me and my buddies got online for the first time in months today, and for whatever reason my microphone no longer picks up any audio. OS is Windows 11 x64. What I've done...
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    Question Can't get Dolby Digital Live to work (Sound Blaster X3, Logitech Z906, Windows 11 Home 23H2)

    I own a Sound Blaster X3 and bought a new set of Logitech Z906 5.1 speakers to replace my blown Logitech Z607's during the post-Christmas sales. I want to use analog speakers for gaming and movies that use codecs other than Dolby Digital (Sound Blaster X3 only supports Dolby Digital Live for...
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    [SOLVED] Best Amplifier Sennheiser HD 650 Headphones - Currently using a Soundblaster Z

    Hello All! Happy 4th! I am currently using a Sennheiser HD650 headset and its connected to Creative's Sound blaster Z. I've heard a lot about how amplifiers like the Magni make sound come to life, so i wanted a suggestion on which amplifier best suits my setup. Gaming and movies is what this...
  5. kaishlothon

    [SOLVED] I am wondering if Creative ALchemy benefits my Windows 10 sound system.

    I have a Sound Blaster Rx/5 that runs my 5.1 surround sound home theater system and was wondering if the Creative ALchemy program that came with it does anything beneficial. I use Windows 10 64-bit Home and if there's any other info that would be helpful I could give let me know. Thanks for your...
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    [SOLVED] Can not run Sound blaster cinema 2

    Hello! I just got my XMG laptop, the A523 model. It has a Sound Blaster cinema 2 card. Installed Windows 10 64bit on it, installed all the drivers found on the official website. But whenever I try and run the Sound blaster cinema 2- it says that there are no devices found. What do I do? I...
  7. MagnusLarsen

    Question My microphone keeps freezing at what seams to be random intervals

    Hello, i have a ModMic 4 conectet via CREATIVE Sound Blaster Omni Surround. My microphone randomly freezes and the only thing that make it work again is to reconect the external soundcard. I have tried to reinstall all drivers, trubleshoot the microphone, change back and forth on whats standard...
  8. HarryGRGamer

    [SOLVED] (5.1) USB Sound-Card vs PCIE Sound-Card

    Hello! So I have some old-ish LG speakers a subwoofer and a DAC (amplifier) however I never thought about doing a 5.1 surround sound setup on my room with my PC because mainly I didn't knew how I got the gist of it however I'm in between buying a cheap USB OEM Sound Card (around 20 dollars) or...
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    [SOLVED] Sound Blaster Card for gaming?

    I've never added a sound card to my gaming PC and I just upgraded the PC (on a 3 year cycle, this was a good time for it). I have some money left over, and I was thinking about upgrading the sound. All the recommendations I see are for gaming with headphones. I have a 5.1 surround system...
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    [SOLVED] Sound BlasterX AE-5 vs high quality DAC

    Hi, I currently have a Gaming PC with a dedicated sound card, the Sound BlasterX AE-5 and a pair of Edifier audiophile grade stereo speakers along with the Sennheiser HD 600 headphones. I was wondering if it'd be worth it to get a high quality DAC in order to get a superior sound quality vs...
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    [SOLVED] Av reciever Pioneer vsx-323-k vs Sound Blaster AE-7

    Hello, I want to upgrade my audio setup. I would like to know which device will send better signal to my 5.1 speakers. I have a possibility to buy second hand AV reciever Pioneer vsx-323-k or I'm thinking of buying new AE-7 Sound blaster sound card. Which will produce better quality of sound...
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    [SOLVED] Sound Blaster wifi headset w/android

    Hi all, I hope this is in the correct place. I also have doen a ton of searching both here and on the net with no help yet. What I would like to know is this: I have creative sound blaster tactic rage 3d wireless gaming headset ( I know, could they make the name any longer ?). Anyways, I broke...
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    Question No Signal form ryzen 2200g and B450M pro -m2 MOBO

    So I have just bought all the components for a pc I’m building, Ryzen 2200g MSI B450M - PRO M2 Corsair 2400 ddr4 ram 8gb (1x8) Corsair 650 watt 80+ gold PSU 1 TB hatachi 7200rpm HDD 500 Gb Samsung EVO ssd And I also put in a GTX 1060 6gb card So I reseated the CPU, Changed ram slot, plugged...
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    Question Power cuts out and clicks on and off endlessly.

    My guess is power or cooling. Full tower Cosmos C700P case, 2x140 front fans, 1x140 rear fan, 2x 140 top fans. I9 7900x, liquid cooled, Single GTX 1080 Ti, liquid cooled. 54GB trident RGB 3200, Win 10. Have seen 183* Fahrenheit on CPU package (in Neverwinter, 4K) and 165* on GPU. Have a 1200W...
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    Question Help me choose from these 3 cards

    Hello, I'd like to help my brother to choose a graphics card from these 3. His specs are -i5 6500 -8gb 2400 ddr4 -Cooler Master 600W psu The cards in question are: Gigabyte GV-N1060WF2OC-3GD 273 usd Gigabyte GV-RX580GAMING-4GD 273 usd MSI RX 570 ARMOR 8G OC 210 usd Thank you :)
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    Question Restore Chrome tabs to a preset value

    My MIL continually screws up her Chrome tabs, and basically cannot function unless its set to a certain look. She is 82 so I guess Im good with her at least trying to try to use today technology, but its taking a lot of my time to fix silly user issues. It isnt difficult to change it back, but...
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    Question Help!

    If a mobo writes they are compatible with rams between 2133 and 2933mhz ddr4, does it match with all of them? Is it possible for ram to be 2133 +ddr4 and not match it? Help I need to customise the order ASAP
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    [SOLVED] Can I use my old PSU?

    Hey, just a quick question. I bought an EVGA 500w 80+ White PSU in 2015 for my current build (upgrading) and wanna know if I can skip buying a new power supply and just use the current one I have now. Here's a link to what my new build will be. I know 500watts for my pc will be enough, I just...
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    [SOLVED] Is this a Good Build for $340?

    Hey I'm doing a budget build for my younger brother and was wondering if the was good. The purpose is to have a low cost build, but can upgrade it in the future to make it better. My absolute budget is $340 no more. Please tell me what you think. CPU- Ryzen 5-1400 ($50) CPU Fan-CRYORIG - M9a...
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    [SOLVED] Compatible coolers for LGA 1366

    What are some compatible coolers for MSI MS-7593 X58M SLI Motherboard
  21. chrisafp07

    2 RX 570s or 1 580?

    Hi there, So I have the rest of my new budget build decided but I recently found a 570 4gb card for $100 each, the $580 8gb is just over $210 in most places, this one is $190. Would I be better off grabbing the two 570s? I am leaning towards that option but wanted some input, I'll provide...
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    Intel price hikes in india

    When will be the prices of intel 8th gen CPU'S drop in india I think they are already decreased in USA
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    [SOLVED] Which SSD to get for my mobo Asus H97-PRO GAMER

    currently i am using Asus H97-Pro Gamer motherboard. Can someone advise me which SSD to get? want to get one with around 500gb storage. Can my motherboard support NVME ssd? It has M.2 slot Planning to get either 1 SSD below: 1) Samsung 860 Evo 2) Kingston A1000 m.2 NVME 3) Crucial mx500 Can i...
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    [OBSOLETE ]First custom pc for occasional gaming => is it an okay one?

    Hi everyone, So it's time for me to get a new pc (the last one died and was a 2011 laptop). I decided I wanted to be able to play some recent games, and don't have an immense budget so I settle for a custom config I will assemble myself. I never did before but I'm patient and looking forward to...
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    Asus Z370-A Prime - Controling LEDs on motherboard. Aura sync not working - screen shot

    It looks like theres 3-5 small LED RGB lights behind the top right corner of the board. I thought you had to download aura sync to control them but when I open it I only see an option to control my RAM. Any ideas? I also have NZXT lights and a kraken x62 that use RGB LEDS as well as a GPU...
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    [SOLVED] PCI-E (GEN 3) x16 socket on my HP 81B4 00 motherboard

    is there a fire wire board that will plug in to this slot.
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    bose soundsport free wont pair with BTI-010 transmitter & receiver

    OK, I thought I had this solved.... the BTI-010 pairs to my Bose Soundsport wireless earbuds, but in the transmit mode, I'm not getting audio...
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    Will Windows 10 OEM work if I change some parts of my PC?

    I read somewhere that OEMs only work on the specific set of components they were installed on. Will it still work if I changed my CPU/GPU/Motherboard or RAM and stuff? And what about if I change my keyboard mouse and other peripherals? (don't judge me pls I'm a noob)
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    Can not set right CL timings from XMP (Ryzen 2600 + HyperX + Aorus B450M)

    I have a DDR4 kit of two HyperX 8GB modules. The exact model is hx426c15fbk2/16. In the memory specs it says that the CL is 15 in one of the JEDEC profiles and in the XMP profile. I have tried different approaches - setting the XMP profile or configuring the timings manually but when I boot...
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    CSGO best upgrade for my pc

    I want to upgrade a component or two to increase performance on my csgo. I run it on a ssd, i5-7400, gtx 1060 3GB, 8gb ddr4-2133 single on dual channel, low settings multi core on. 4:3 1280x960. 25” hp omen 144hz 1ms monitor. I want higher minimum frame rate and to be able to run high settings...
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    FX 9370/8350 from a FX 6300 for gaming?

    So as a few people may know, the new forza horizon 4 will be coming out soon in october. I have a big issue CPU related. System specs: AMD FX 6300 Black Edition @ 3.5Ghz Radeon Saphire pulse rx 580 8gb 16gb ram My cpu is going to struggle with only 3 cores and old hardware. Is it worth...
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    Gt 710 support

    Will the 710 graphics card work with my m2n68 la mother board??
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    Lenova x230 Thinkpad will not boot in any capacity

    My mother brought her laptop to me to fix after letting my nephews borrow it. Which resulted in the computer moving at an extremely slow pace. Since the only thing, my mother had on the laptop that she cared about were her sims 4 characters. I spent a few hours getting the saved uploaded to my...
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    Gray screen crash

    Hello, I was playing league of legends and my pc crashed with a grey screen, i turned it on again and the monitor didnt show the bios bootup, when i spammed del this showed up: any ideas what happened?
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    Fried CPU or motherboard?

    I recently tried to fix my brother in laws operating system with my computer by hot plugging his hdd drive into my computer. When I did this, it didn't read it, but sparked really bad when I plugged it in. I restart the system and the hdd started sparking like crazy. I unplugged it immediately...
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    I have a Blu Ray wifi disc player, connected to my older model Sony flat screen, but not getting any sound..hellllppp

    Welp we bought the connectors to attach the HDMI cord to our TV becasue this modle tv is old got all that done and now no sound
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    Do I need to re-buy Windows 10 if I install another motherboard and CPU but keep my HDD?

    Like I said above, do I need to re-buy Windows 10 if I install another motherboard and CPU but keep my HDD? I've linked my key to my account on Microsoft but i'm unsure if I need to spend more money on Windows 10
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    Gtx 1070 Ti + Ryzen 7 2700x with CX550M PSU?

    I'm building my first pc at this moment. Already purchased all my components. I just wanted to know before I do anything with the computer. Will my CX550M (550w, 80+ bronze) PSU be good enough for a GTX 1070 Ti and a Ryzen 7 2700X??? Since this is my first build I'm not planning on overclocking...
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    Don’t know how to update drivers

    Hello I play fortnite on my own self built pc and I updated it to the last driver which is 17.1.2 and now it asks me to update it to 17.1.2 but it says I have the Adrenalin 17.1.2, I looked into the amd Radeon settings to see if there’s any update available and it says it’s up to date. Can...
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    PC Slow Boot Help

    My PC Specs are as follows -Intel Core i5 750 2.67 GHz -8 GB Ram -Windows 7 Ultimate -Geforce GTX 950 -Segate 1TB hard disk drive There are times where my PC boots slowly and sometimes not at all. But thankfully, this only happens occasionally and when I restart my PC, it seems to work out so...