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F.A.Q: Sound Blaster Live!

A growing collection of questions and answers for Creative Labs 10K1 based cards including the original Live and Live Value, the MP3+, the X-Gamer, the Player 1024 and the Platinum. Our FAQ is intended to supplement but not replace Creative's own extensive FAQs.

1. How to I get rid of the Live!News update program in the system tray so that it does not reappear everytime I reboot my machine?

2. Can the Live! SPDIF out worth with the Cinemaster DVD Player?

3. In terms of the acutal board, what is the difference between Sound Blaster Live! Platinum, X-Gamer, mp3+ and Player 1024? What about the new 5.1 versions of the cards?

4. When I enable the Digital Only setting in the SBLive mixer, I only get sound from the rear speakers. What am I doing wrong?

5. How do I apply an effect to the microphone and not to the other inputs (ie TAD in)?

6. I am having trouble installing the EAX demo that I download from Creative Labs. What can I do?

7. How can I get LiveWare 3.0 to work in Windows 2000?

8. Can a Live!Drive be used with the original Sound Blaster Live! cards?

9. Does the EAX setting have to be the default 'no effects' in order to get EAX to work correctly in games and secondly, do I have to have the Creative Launch installed on my system for EAX to work correctly?

10. I have an SB Live! and a Dolby ProLogic Receiver with L/R RCA inputs. I cannot get the EAX directional sounds to work, only the environments. What is the best way to hook up the card to my stereo?

11. I have one of the original Sound Blaster Live! Value cards. Will Creative be releasing a version of the LiveDrive or LiveDrive 2 that can connects to my card?

12. I am having a problem running the EAX demo. What should I do?

13. I have installed LW 3 on and when I try to play MP3's, the player crashes giving the message that MPLAYER2 caused a divide error in module IVIAUDIO.AX with a bunch of other details. It does this for both playcenter and windows media player. What can I do?

14. How many IRQ's does the SB Live use?

15. I noticed a sblink on my mainboard. Am I supposed to connect it to my Sound Blaster Live?

16. What is a Live!Drive?

17. Why can't I connect the DIN connector on my FPS2000 or DTT2500 to my Sound Blaster Live?

18. I have a Sound Blaster Live MP3+, X-Gamer, or Player 1024. Do I have to get Creative's Digital Output Module or LiveDrive to get a COAX SPDIF out?

19. I just installed LW 3.0 and I can't find all the legacy game presets. Where are they?

20. I had a bunch of custom environmental presets and since installing LW 3.0 I can't find them. Where did they go?

21. My LW 3.0 - LAVA / Playcenter installation ends complaining about lack of disk space and I still have plenty of space. What do I do?

22. I have the LW 3.0 / Playcenter/LAVA full download and it won't install. What should I do?

23. I am going to get the LW 3.0 web download. Do I need LW 2.x or anything else installed on my system before I install LW 3.0?

24. I have installed LW 3.0 and my 8 or 12 MB SoundFonts go back to 4 MB SoundFonts and the SoundFont cache keeps going back to 12 MB after I reboot my computer. What can I do to stop this?

25. I have installed LW 3.0. Now how do I find movie mode?

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A growing collection of questions and answers for Creative Labs 10K1 based cards including the original Live and Live Value, the MP3+, the X-Gamer, the Player 1024 and the Platinum. Our FAQ is intended to supplement but not replace Creative's own extensive FAQs.: 1. How to I get rid of the Live!News update program in the system tray so that it does not reappear everytime I reboot my machine?; 2. Can the Live! SPDIF out worth with the Cinemaster DVD Player?; 3. In terms of the acutal board, what is the difference between Sound Blaster Live! Platinum, X-Gamer, mp3+ and Player 1024? What about the new 5.1 versions of the cards?; 4. When I enable the Digital Only setting in the SBLive mixer, I only get sound from the rear speakers. What am I doing wrong?; 5. How do I apply an effect to the microphone and not to the other inputs (ie TAD in)?; 6. I am having trouble installing the EAX demo that I download from Creative Labs. What can I do?; 7. How can I get LiveWare 3.0 to work in Windows 2000?; 8. Can a Live!Drive be used with the original Sound Blaster Live! cards?; 9. Does the EAX setting have to be the default 'no effects' in order to get EAX to work correctly in games and secondly, do I have to have the Creative Launch installed on my system for EAX to work correctly?; 10. I have an SB Live! and a Dolby ProLogic Receiver with L/R RCA inputs. I cannot get the EAX directional sounds to work, only the environments. What is the best way to hook up the card to my stereo?; 11. I have one of the original Sound Blaster Live! Value cards. Will Creative be releasing a version of the LiveDrive or LiveDrive 2 that can connects to my card?; 12. I am having a problem running the EAX demo. What should I do?; 13. I have installed LW 3 on and when I try to play MP3's, the player crashes giving the message that MPLAYER2 caused a divide error in module IVIAUDIO.AX with a bunch of other details. It does this for both playcenter and windows media player. What can I do?; 14. How many IRQ's does the SB Live use?; 15. I noticed a sblink on my mainboard. Am I supposed to connect it to my Sound Blaster Live?; 16. What is a Live!Drive?; 17. Why can't I connect the DIN connector on my FPS2000 or DTT2500 to my Sound Blaster Live?; 18. I have a Sound Blaster Live MP3+, X-Gamer, or Player 1024. Do I have to get Creative's Digital Output Module or LiveDrive to get a COAX SPDIF out?; 19. I just installed LW 3.0 and I can't find all the legacy game presets. Where are they?; 20. I had a bunch of custom environmental presets and since installing LW 3.0 I can't find them. Where did they go?; 21. My LW 3.0 - LAVA / Playcenter installation ends complaining about lack of disk space and I still have plenty of space. What do I do?; 22. I have the LW 3.0 / Playcenter/LAVA full download and it won't install. What should I do?; 23. I am going to get the LW 3.0 web download. Do I need LW 2.x or anything else installed on my system before I install LW 3.0?; 24. I have installed LW 3.0 and my 8 or 12 MB SoundFonts go back to 4 MB SoundFonts and the SoundFont cache keeps going back to 12 MB after I reboot my computer. What can I do to stop this?; 25. I have installed LW 3.0. Now how do I find movie mode?