Win 7 - cant install X-Fi Titanium - Overclock.net

gtarmanrob · 2 Weeks Ago

i just purchased the Creative X-Fi Titanium PCI-E card. when i go to install it, Win 7 automatically installs High Definition Audio drivers.. then when i go to the Creative website, download the proper drivers and try to install them, it says there are already up to date drivers installed.

which means i cant install the Creative Console Launcher either.

how do i stop Windows 7 from automatically installing my sound drivers?

ImmortalKenny · 2 Weeks Ago

I would download the drivers and console launcher off of Creative's website then uninstall the drivers that Windows installed by finding your sound card in the device manager.

As for stopping Windows from downloading drivers for your hardware, I'm not sure how to do that.

gtarmanrob · 2 Weeks Ago

i did exactly as you said but it doesnt help. Windows 7 still installs the drivers and even uninstalling them and then installing Creative ones without a restart doesnt work.

anyway, im just sticking with the Win 7 ones. all works fine, sounds good, just doesnt have Creative console.

ImmortalKenny · 2 Weeks Ago

Interesting...I've never had a problem installing the drivers for my X-Fi card under Windows 7.

Try this:

Device Installation Settings:
1. From the Start Menu, select Devices and Printers.
2. Select the single device, right click, and in the menu click Device installation settings.
3. Under “Do you want Windows to download driver software and realistic icons for your devices?” select “No, let me choose what to do”.
4. By selecting No, the choice will be expanded. Select also “Never install driver software from Windows Update”. Under this choice Windows will not do any searching for recommended driver updates for that specific device. Save changes.
5. By selecting “No, let me choose what to do” and “Always install the best driver software from Windows Update”, Windows will offer the driver for you to keep under Recommended Updates, for possible later installation. Save changes.
6. The choice to “Replace generic device icons with enhanced icons” is offered only in the manual selection.

Windows Update Settings:
1. All driver software updates are classified as Recommended.
2. Check “Give me recommended updates the same way I receive important updates”. The installation of this updates depend on the options selected under “No, let me choose what to do” in the Device Installation Settings.

Source: Link

Then try doing what I posted above again.

gtarmanrob · 2 Weeks Ago

yeah thats the thing...i had an Xtreme Gamer Fatality before this. worked fine with the drivers.

but this new card is a PCI-E one. the reason i got it was to free up a PCI slot. anyway yeah since the new card, no matter what i do it says that Windows drivers are newer.

ill keep messing around with it but otherwise it does seem to work fine.

cheers anyway

ImmortalKenny · 2 Weeks Ago

That's interesting...I hope you can get the console launcher working.

snow cakes · 2 Weeks Ago

just got the same sound card last night, it took about 4 hours to get it to work right

-gotta upload your firmware
-windows update
-get all recent drivers from the website
-also had to get a sound driver from microsoft.com

don't remember other few things i did, but this is what got it to finaly work..

gtarmanrob · 2 Weeks Ago

yeah, i mean mine worked fine out of the box, just not without the creative drivers/software. but im over it, it sounds great still.

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