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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: kwfine on July 09, 2007, 09:44:49 AM

Title: Problem concerning Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 4
Post by: kwfine on July 09, 2007, 09:44:49 AM

Hi all,

When I turned on my PC this evening, I found that the "Enable Audio Effect" in
EAX console did not work properly.

I was able to check the box to enable the audio effect, but just after a few seconds,
the box was unchecked by itself. I have tried to check the box to enable the audio effect, but the problem just happened again.
I am really new to Creative Soundblaster system, and so curious to know if it makes a difference between "audio effect enabled" and "audio effect disabled"

Please kindly help if you could!

Title: Re: Problem concerning Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 4
Post by: Calum on July 09, 2007, 11:39:19 AM

Having it enabled means better sound quality in games, and potentially better performance.
What happened before this started?
Did it ever work fine?

Title: Re: Problem concerning Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 4
Post by: kwfine on July 09, 2007, 01:26:58 PM

Quote from: Calum on July 09, 2007, 11:39:19 AM

Having it enabled means better sound quality in games, and potentially better performance.
What happened before this started?
Did it ever work fine?

I was playing a free offline game called "Little Fighter 2", but something happened during the play time, and the game closed improperly.
I have googled for some ideas why this happened, but the posts I have read were not helpful, coz none of them were solved.
Did you or any your friends ever ecountered this problem before, Calum?

Title: Re: Problem concerning Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 4
Post by: Calum on July 09, 2007, 01:52:59 PM

Not exactly, but I have had a lot of problems with my Creative Audigy 2 ZS Notebook card, which I have solved.
Go to Creative's AutoUpdate site (http://creative.com/language.asp?sDestUrl=/support/downloads/su.asp) and get the latest updates from there.
Hope this helps.
If this does not help, post back and I will walk you through, or link you to a guide describing, a clean install of your sound card drivers and software.

Title: Re: Problem concerning Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 4
Post by: kwfine on July 11, 2007, 12:12:24 PM

Thanks Calum!

But I am having another problem with my Audigy 4.
Hope you know what I mean, there are three 3.5mm mini jacks
of three different colors: green, black, and orange.
I have noticed that there are audio outputs from the green and black mini jacks only, while the orange mini jack seems to be not working at all.
When I plugged an earphone line to the orange mini jack,
I could hardly hear any sound from it.

I am wondering if the three mini jacks must match with correct mini plugs.
What do you think will happen if I plugged the green mini plug to the black mini jack or likewise for the others?

Any idea?

Title: Re: Problem concerning Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 4
Post by: honvetops on July 11, 2007, 12:56:15 PM

Sound Blaster Audigy 4 On-Board Connectors

    * Line level out (Front / Side / Rear / Center)
    * Line In
    * Microphone In
    * Digital I/O (for stereo SPDIF1 output to Digital I/O Module3)
    * Aux Audio In

 there is a picture on this link of the cards  (holes)   the above corresponds to the picture~  google is a beautiful thing*

  http://www.soundblaster.com/products/product.asp?category=1&subcategory=205&product=14103&nav=1

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Title: Re: Problem concerning Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 4
Post by: Calum on July 11, 2007, 01:29:49 PM

Quote

Thanks Calum!

Does that mean, problem solved then?
At least, the problem you were asking about originally?

As for your other problem, the link honvetops provided looks very useful to me.
I myself am not sure about this, my card is rather different.
Because it is so small I have only 3.5mm audio out and mic in, I do have another thing that plugs in with three more jacks.
I gathered that was for surround sound, so I paid it no further mind and have never used it, therefore I can't help you.