Need Audigy 2 driver cd.

[IceDigger]

I know this is an odd request but I am in need of the driver disc that came with the audigy 2 sound card. I need the speaker setup programs on it. Their website only has updates of that software but not the full thing. I threw out my driver cd a while back thinking that I could just download the software again but I was wrong. Crazy creative.

 

[Alexvrb]

More typical Creative. Their driver/software situation has always been a mess. Anyway, I've got a file that looks like an Audigy 2 CD compressed. It has a folder in it that appears to contain the speaker setup program you want. Tell me how you want me to send it, and if you want the whole thing or what (it is a 119 MB .rar).

Oh yes, and apparently there is a way to mod the Audigy 2 drivers for use on Audigy and Live! sound cards. You don't get all of the features, and you don't get a crystal DAC obviously, but people say it helps things a lot. I dunno, I use a Fortissimo II so I've never had personal experience with it.

Edit: I'll try burning it and see if I can get it to run.

Edit 2.0: Whoops, my CDRs aren't here. I left them at a friend's house. But I did extract the speaker setup folder, and the installer runs and says creative speaker setup. So I can just .rar that up and AIM it to you or something. Wait, maybe I can just post it here... let me go compress it and see how big it is.

 

[Alexvrb]

Hmm, err, can't upload this type of file.

 

[mal]

What type of file are you trying to attach and how big is it?

 

[Alexvrb]

3 MB zip or rar

 

[mal]

That should be working fine. :huh

Try it again now.

 

[Alexvrb]

Here we go:

name: SpkSet.part1.rar

size: 1357664 bytes

crc32: 585296C5

 

[Alexvrb]

part 2, because it was giving me hell, so i split it.

I just hope the speaker setup program is standalone, lol... if not I can always send it to you through other means such as AIM or upload it to an FTP.

name: SpkSet.part2.rar

size: 1328768 bytes

crc32: EDCC48DB

 

[Alexvrb]

Alrighty. I don't think it had anything to do with the filesize allowed, because bumping up the allowed size from 4 to 10 didn't help. But still related to the size? It spat out the error "can't upload this type of file". But whatever... splitting it worked, but I have no idea why. :looney

 

[mal]

Just as long as it worked. 🙂

 

[MasterAkumaMatata]

Here's a slightly more updated version (which contains an extra file ikernel.ex_ not present in Alexvrb's version) that I extracted from my SoundBlaster Audigy 2 Platinum installation CD.

; Generated by WIN-SFV32 v1.1a on 2003-01-21 at 20:56.00

;

;     104 20:00.00 2002-11-24 CTEngine.ini

;     365 20:00.00 2002-11-24 CTShared.ini

;   1509180 20:28.28 2003-01-21 data1.cab

;    26074 20:28.30 2003-01-21 data1.hdr

;   1235483 20:28.30 2003-01-21 data2.cab

;    713248 20:55.00 2002-12-17 Eng.cab

;    344923 23:24.02 2001-09-04 ikernel.ex_

;     1165 20:28.32 2003-01-21 layout.bin

;    168448 00:03.14 2001-09-05 Setup.exe

;     272 20:28.18 2003-01-21 Setup.ini

;    182995 20:28.14 2003-01-21 setup.inx

;     129 20:00.00 2002-11-24 Speaker.ini

;     205 20:56.00 2003-01-05 Version.ini

CTEngine.ini 66A6C24B

CTShared.ini CD68682D

data1.cab 13CB0813

data1.hdr 6264F8E9

data2.cab A7A48DE8

Eng.cab 3A8D4514

ikernel.ex_ F1D5EC52

layout.bin D71F45EB

Setup.exe 85B09F74

Setup.ini 899DAF44

setup.inx C8CCACB4

Speaker.ini 60A6F131

Version.ini 77F88FE4

name: SpkSet.part1.rar

size: 1835008 bytes

crc32: 62B57676

Here is the SFV from Alexvrb's rip for comparison:

; Generated by WIN-SFV32 v1.1a on 2002-09-26 at 01:07.42

;

;     104 20:00.00 2002-07-15 CTEngine.ini

;     365 01:20.04 2002-09-06 CTShared.ini

;   1505238 01:07.34 2002-09-26 data1.cab

;    25782 01:07.40 2002-09-26 data1.hdr

;    892264 01:07.40 2002-09-26 data2.cab

;    719323 20:43.22 2002-09-23 Eng.cab

;     1341 01:07.42 2002-09-26 layout.bin

;    168448 00:03.14 2001-09-05 Setup.exe

;     272 01:07.08 2002-09-26 Setup.ini

;    180836 01:07.06 2002-09-26 setup.inx

;     129 20:00.00 2002-07-08 Speaker.ini

;     233 20:10.00 2002-09-23 Version.ini

CTEngine.ini 66A6C24B

CTShared.ini CD68682D

data1.cab 3DD4F948

data1.hdr 214D0375

data2.cab 8C9611C0

Eng.cab 01638E38

layout.bin FA667DD2

Setup.exe 85B09F74

Setup.ini 899DAF44

setup.inx 851E431C

Speaker.ini 60A6F131

Version.ini E2225D1E

 

[MasterAkumaMatata]

name: SpkSet.part2.rar

size: 1528322 bytes

crc32: 5FDFC57C

 

[MasterAkumaMatata]

And now comes the Creative Speaker Calibrator software split into five parts.

; Generated by WIN-SFV32 v1.1a on 2002-11-25 at 22:43.38

;

;      80 20:00.00 2002-11-24 CLBRate.ini

;     230 20:00.00 2002-11-24 CTShared.ini

;   1509232 22:43.30 2002-11-25 data1.cab

;    20799 22:43.36 2002-11-25 data1.hdr

;   6383329 22:43.36 2002-11-25 data2.cab

;   1549922 20:18.00 2002-11-25 Eng.cab

;     771 22:43.38 2002-11-25 layout.bin

;    168448 00:03.14 2001-09-05 Setup.exe

;     274 22:43.20 2002-11-25 Setup.ini

;    164808 01:48.32 2002-10-22 setup.inx

;     198 20:18.00 2002-11-24 Version.ini

CLBRate.ini F0127BC9

CTShared.ini 4989B1E2

data1.cab 80AED09D

data1.hdr 4D13BD17

data2.cab CAC00702

Eng.cab 049BA838

layout.bin FC20966D

Setup.exe 85B09F74

Setup.ini D1CDE049

setup.inx E30ED0D5

Version.ini 6EA22480

name: SpkCal.part1.rar

size: 2097152 bytes

crc32: 1CE189F8

 

[MasterAkumaMatata]

name: SpkCal.part2.rar

size: 2097152 bytes

crc32: 140F490E

 

[MasterAkumaMatata]

name: SpkCal.part3.rar

size: 2097152 bytes

crc32: 5F733B9B

 

[MasterAkumaMatata]

name: SpkCal.part4.rar

size: 2097152 bytes

crc32: C834F8C4

 

[MasterAkumaMatata]

name: SpkCal.part5.rar

size: 850666 bytes

crc32: 5FBE8E38

 

[mal]

You're just too damn good. 😀

 

[Alexvrb]

They have additional updates on their web site, so it really doesn't matter as long as you have some working version. They just don't have the full thing online. Oh, and like I mentioned earlier, you can use the newest Audigy 2 drivers for Live! and Audigy 1 cards. Seems to fix a lot of software issues, even if it obviously doesn't upgrade any of the hardware. So if anyone still has one of those cards lying around, there's a guide here.

Edit: added better guide link, it has a link to the full driver CD. Interesting. So once you have that... you can get the updates for anything from Creative (after navigating their mess of a site). Maybe I should do that for my friend's Live card.

 

[IceDigger]

Yea, that full cd really helped. Thank you very much for finding it. Now I can have CMSS2 again with the 5.1 🙂