Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi - Troubleshooting Audio Device Conflicts; Resolving Multiple Audio Device Issues

ProblemswithMultipleAudioDevices
Theotherinstalledaudiocardisnotworkingwell.
Youmayhaveanexistingaudiodeviceinstalledinyourcomputer.Theaudio
devicemaybeanaudiocardoranonboardaudiochipset.Beforeyouinstall
yourSoundBlasterX-Fiaudiocard,youareadvisedtodisableorcompletely
uninstallandremoveyourexistingaudiodevice.Operatingmultipleaudio
devicesinyourcomputermayintroduceusabilityissues.
Alternatively,duringtheinstallationofyouraudiocard,dothefollowing:
IfyourcomputerdetectsaninstalledSoundBlasterAudigyseries,Sound
BlasterLive!seriesorSoundBlasterPCI512audiocard,amessagebox
recommendingthatyoucompletelyuninstallandremovetheolderaudio
devicewillappear.ClicktheYesbuttonandfollowtheinstructionsonthe
screentocompletetheremovaloftheoldaudiodevice.Removetheold
audiocardfromyourcomputer.
Ifyourcomputerdetectsanyotherinstalledaudiocard,amessagebox
recommendingthatyoucompletelyuninstallandremovetheolderaudiodevice
willappear.ClicktheYesbuttontocontinuewiththeinstallationoftheSound
BlasterX-Fiaudiocard.
AftertheinstallationoftheSoundBlasterX-Fiaudiocard,completelyuninstall
theexistingcardandremovetheaudiocardfromyourcomputer.
Theonboardaudiochipsetisnotworkingwell.
Disableyourcomputer'sonboardaudiochipset.Seeyourcomputer's
motherboarddocumentationfordetails.