Recent content by Yerm

Alas, my friends.... the new driver is working just like the old one. It functions great, but it did not solve the root issue and today, after a few calm weeks, it conked out on me again, although I did not consciously see it go into standby or anything this time (but I was working, so, didn't...

Okay, I have installed the driver you provided in the manner suggested and for now everything is still working, so that's a good start. I will only be able to confirm that my issue has been eradicated once it stops failing upon standby so I will need a good couple of instances of standby kicking...

Okay I'm a bit slow to respond here I see, but the issue persists until today. I've since disabled sleep mode but even when the screen goes dark (some sort of automatic standby mode in W11 that you cannot disable) it will still (50% of times) wreck my sound output needing either a hard reboot or...

Can't find it for sale in my country.... I've been suggested an Asus Strix Soar through another resource. It's not W11 supported now, but Asus is planning to release W11 drivers in a few months.

Well I removed the Audigy in the hope the onboard audio would maybe magically have the surround option HP promised (like those old jack-sensing chips from old) but alas, it really only outputs 2.0 stereo and the mic/line in jacks are just that.

Hm, reading through the blog he seems to have given up. He's not maintaining them anymore and the drivers are 1) not free from bugs and 2) only 'hopefully work' with W11. I won't be trying them for fear of wrecking something.

That sounds like something I would try! I'll wait however until my backup disk order comes in.... I want to safeguard all the configuration and bugfixing I did setting this thing up before I start messing with it.

I know you mean to help but you are not exactly inspiring me with confidence :P.

Ok, so you can confirm that the Z SE works well with W11, also when being ruefully awoken from its beauty sleep? No funny business? ...because I can find some issues with it, for other users. https://www.spamsite.com/threads/soundblaster-z-card-and-windows-11.764916/ the crackling...

Yes but this driver's release date even predates Windows 10 :D. Worse still, when running W10 they will offer you their 2014 driver...

At this point I'm wondering whether CL takes driver support very seriously. Putting forward a 7+ year old driver for an OS that's barely a year old and called it 'supported' because apparently it produces sound is not proper testing in my book. On the other hand, I kinda fault Microsoft for...

No, I get it :) it's valuable to get your viewpoint. I'd really want some others too, though. I'm secretly hoping there is still a straightforward solution with most of my current components intact.

How well does it position? I would be kind of an investment to drop, replacing my brand new Z906 set, new cables, receiver... only to find out it doesn't fit my expectations. Surround is nice, but I want to be able to blindly point in a 360 degree direction where everything is coming from, and...

Hi! That might work well for movies and such, but I'm not that confident it would be a solution for games? I don't see many of my games actually supporting audio solutions like Atmos, they just have the option of choosing 'stereo' or '5.1'.

Hi :). I purchased a new pre-built pc. It game with everything in it bar surround audio, plus W11 (21H2 OS Build 22000.795), my first actual run-in with it. Because I like online gaming where I take advantage of precise sound positioning (such as CSGO) I've been using a 5.1 set for years. Now...