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Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS SB0350 No Sound

Try...
1. Control Panel
2. Sound
3. Playback and select Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS SB0350 set default.

You could also select the new sound card and then click "Configure" and do a test.

Remember to plug in to the correct jacks.
»images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/···8-05.jpg

Also check your connection. Optional maybe use a different speakers or headphone to test it out.

I'm not sure are there any option on the sound card driver you might need to change.

reply to MEDIAN2k3
Thanks for the reply, I had considered all those options and of course I came up the same issue, no sound.

I also switched to a different pci slot, same problem

Rebooted several times

Used an older driver

Everything is connected properly

My last resort is a BiOS update however, I have no floppy disk laying around anymore to do a BiOS update.

Any thoughts?
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If I am right.. this is your computer:
»support.dell.com/support/edocs/s···pecs.htm

Your computer PCI expansion slot is 33Mhz (32bit)
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The sound card you order is this:
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···29102178

System Requirements PCI 66Mhz
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That could be the reason why it isn't working.

The 66 MHz bus cannot be a requirement. Furthermore, the Audigy 2ZS works fine in a 33 MHz PCI slot. (I have one) I shall note; however, that the SW it came with was less than adequate.
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reply to MEDIAN2k3
Hmmmm I guess another option is to try it on a different pc. If it still doesnt work. Maybe return it?

Shrug

reply to MEDIAN2k3
Post a screenshot of your Volume control, Audio tab of Sounds and Audio Devices, and Device manager with the Sound devices expanded.
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reply to MEDIAN2k3
I will post screen shots in the morning baby is sleeping right now so can't really play around on the pc.

reply to aurgathor

Nope. No clue there.

Perhaps a setting in BIOS? If not, I got nuthin'. Good luck!
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reply to MEDIAN2k3
Flashed the BiOS, still nothing FML, I am just about ready to give up.
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Do you have another computer to try on? Maybe a friend computer. If it doesn't work on the 2nd computer. Better sure something wrong with the sound card.

Another thing you could try. Play like a 5 min mp3 song. If you have a headphone. Use that to plug in to every single jack and see does any of it have sound coming out of it.

reply to MEDIAN2k3
Sadly no second PC, I don't think I can get someone else's PC but I will see and I had tried that already all Jack's produce no sound sigh....
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Hmmm, nothing out of ordinary can be seen in the screen shots. I vaguely remember Creative Labs having their own control panel with a bunch of settings -- you may want to look what's there. My 2ZS is not installed right now (I accidentally messed up it's host PC while modding the x4 slot ) but if I find it, I can plug the 2ZS into some other PC.

But there's one more thing you can take a look, and that's the system event log: see if there's any entry that can be related to your sound card.
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reply to MEDIAN2k3
Creative site is not so good you could be installing the wrong drivers because the site is so bad.
I had the Dell version of that sound card, and the only drivers i could get to work right after SP2 on XP was a package edited and posted by a user (Danial K) at the creative forum.

»forums.creative.com/

You have to use the old drivers pack , check the link below and read it #1 post if your system is listed then install that driver otherwise follow the links to other older drives if your system requires them instead. There is also a thread about uninstalling your current drivers before installing the new one, do a search for uninstall drivers completely.

»forums.creative.com/showthread.php?t=697079

This is version 4.0 of the support pack, i had always used version 3.1 because my older hardware liked it more, i had a Dell XPS Gen2 form 2003.

reply to MEDIAN2k3
I will definitely check this out tonight when I get home.

Thanks!

reply to MEDIAN2k3

http://support.creative.com/Products/ProductDetails.aspx?catID=1&subCatID=205&prodID=149&prodName=Audigy 2&subCatName=Audigy&CatName=Sound+Blaster&VARSET=prodfaq:PRODFAQ_149,VARSET=CategoryID:1
 

reply to MEDIAN2k3
@BoMarty - Those are the drivers I tried and did not work.

I am going to try with the user edited drivers in a minute downloading them now.

Will post results when I am done.
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