Windows 7

[h0ffmeister]

Hi there,

I recently built a dual boot machine - Windows 7 and ubuntu 9.10. I installed Windows first, then Ubuntu. Both boot no problem. I have a SB Audigy SE OEM PCI card which was unrecognised by Windows, so did a Windows Update which found and installed a driver and sound worked no problem. I then booted Ubuntu and did some config and installs (incl. wine and spotify) and now when I boot into Windows, there is no sound. WIndows and Ubuntu are on separate physical disks so there can't be any conflict/overwite issue. The Device Manager in Windows says everything is fine - there is nothing wrong with the sound card and the driver is fine, just no sound. Sound works fine in Ubuntu.

I don't know if the dual boot scenario has anything to do with this or if it is something to do with Windows / SB driver on its own, but I've gone from a working system with sound to having no sound in Windows.

Any ideas?

H0ff.

[Knuckles500]

I wish I could help, but I'm getting the same problem. So at least you're not the only one.

I have a Sound Blaster Live! card (not sure which one it is, but Windows Update says SB Audigy or SB Live!). I dual boot between Ubuntu and Windows 7 (with XP as well) and sound was working fine until I upgraded my distro to 9.10 and rebooted into Windows. I did the same thing you did and installed the update that Microsoft issued over Windows Update on October 31st. Now I don't have working sound anymore on Windows 7 and I've checked every possibility and nothing is bringing the sound back. Strangely, sound works in Ubuntu. But it doesn't in XP or 7, and I actually haven't booted into XP for several months. So when I booted back into XP today, the sound wasn't working there either! Very strange.

This issue needs to be brought up. I've been looking for a solution, but I haven't found one.

[h0rm1]

Omg, same problem here, i use audigy se, and i have installed ubuntu 9.10 (wubi install). i googled and i found your posts. i quickly removed it ... and still nothing, and then i thought it could not be related to any software compatibility, cause they are 2 separate os. so ... i thought ubuntu might have locked the card somehow (i dont know about you but i have an extremely loud sound on ubuntu). i solved the problem by shutting down my computer (not restarting) and shutting down the psu also for about 10 seconds. that solved it ... i`ll install ubuntu again and see if i can fool them both with the shut down thing. hope this helps.

[Knuckles500]

I'm starting to wonder if it might be PulseAudio that's causing the problem? I'm not sure how much activity it can do with a card internally, but maybe when you configure PulseAudio to run a server it's interfering with something on Windows (since there is no OSS/ALSA in Windows OS I guess) because it isn't there.

If any of you are techswavy with Linux, maybe you could find a way to remove PulseAudio completely (or go back to when PulseAudio wasn't being installed by Ubuntu as the default 'standard'). I'm pretty sure since a Linux operating system is the only thing that works with the card and surprsingly not any of the Windows operating systems I use (one I haven't used for months, back when the sound was working), it's a problem with what Linux configured with the card itself.

How to prove this theory or how to fix it is beyond me. Any ideas?

[h0ffmeister]

Hi,

As you say, I can only assume that something is happening at the OSS/ALSA level with the card which somehow affects the way the Windows 7 driver communicates with the device. I also found this unfortunately:

Sound Blaster Audigy SE OEM

I didn't even consider this as I tested Windows 7 Ultimate eval for a few weeks on the same hardware without any problems. I only got issues when I dual booted. I've decided to get another sound card - one that is compatible with Windows 7:

Sound Blaster X-Fi Extreme PCI-e

 

Thanks a lot Microsoft! 

On the pulseaudio front, I've checked and it is version 0.9.19 under my Ubuntu 9.10 64 bit. You could remove it with "sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio" but I don't know what effect this will have and I don't want to break my Ubuntu installation just because of crappy Windows!

Hope this helps.

[jmacguire]

http://forums.creative.com/t5/Sound-Blaster/SB-P17X-Series-Support-Pack-2-0-07-31-2009-AudigySE-Valu...

Try that.  Windows update drivers are trash.  They are not fully functional drivers.

[vvvexor]

Tried everything. I have my OpenSuse 11.2 and sound card works perfect. I have my Windows 7 Ultimate, and it shows like everything is working, but there is no sound.

Don't blame pulseaudio. OpenSuse does not have one, and I have the same issue. It's purely drivers issue. I have also built-it sound card and it works in both systems without issues.

Creative did not bother to build Windows 7 drivers for low-end cards. I do not consider myself their customer anymore. They will not get a penny from me.

[poskalego]

Not only a Windows 7 problem,   i have the same one with XP   and a Soundblaster Audigy Live!   

   

no sound in analog

but i still have sound in digital !?!?!?!?          but when i'm with Ubuntu, analog ang digital work both perfectly

p.s. can i configure my system in digital and keep it in 5,1 ??   if yes ,  how i make it ???

thank for help

.....  and sorry for my very poor english