Xi-fi Titanium + Windows 7 =

"Setup is unable to detect a supported product on your system. Please ensure that your product is properly installed before running this Setup program."

I've been trying pretty much all night to try to get this thing to work. I couldn't imagine this would be such a nightmare.

Is there anyone on this forum that is running this sound card on Windows 7? I need to be convinced that it's even POSSIBLE.

If not, someone recommend a sound card. Preferably not Creative Labs.

I mean, look at this archived thread about this guy trying to get this card to work:

http://forums.creative.com/archive/i...27485-p-2.html

Get rid of creative, this is a great card for cheap.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829132020

Amazon sells them for around $30.

I'm running an X-Fi under windows 7, but not the Titanium.
The built-in set of drivers got me most of the way, then I went and downloaded the latest (last?) driver set at Creative for the X-Fi series.
Once all that was done, I also installed the Creative Control panel. <-- Extra work, but I want to make sure I can set 5.1 sound properly, and I don't trust Creative to play nice.
The sound card sounds great. Setting it up was a royal pain.

If it's worth the ~$40 to you, get the card mentioned above, should install without a hitch and work great.

Otherwise, my suggestions are:
1. Get the latest X-Fi Win7 (I'll assume x64 unless otherwise noted) here from Creative.
2. Install it, if it has problems, try installing it in compatability mode. I vaguely remember Creative using a horrible and old version of the installer software.

Yeah I downloaded the beta drivers and I immediately get that same error message. I also just did a clean and updated install of Win7.


I also hear that the ASUS Xonar has similar issues. And it looks like newegg has taken Win7 compatibility off both cards!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829102024


I don't know, maybe I'm a f***ing idiot. But it doesn't matter which patch or driver version I find of this card, I instantly get the same error message. I can't even find a download location for this creative control panel anywhere on the internet. The install CD that it came with will not let me install it seperately because it also gives me the same message.

I don't even believe you James. I don't think this card is at all compatible with W7 and the people who got it working are actually running onboard audio or something.

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Originally Posted by Username

I don't even believe you James. I don't think this card is at all compatible with W7 and the people who got it working are actually running onboard audio or something.

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lol, believe what you want. :)

http://www.sharkyforums.com/images/i.../2012/01/4.png

In all seriousness though, can you post a screencap (Using the snip tool or something similar) of the error message? Also, did you try running the installer in compatability mode. If I remember right, they are using some god-forsaken old version of the Install-wise installer, or something similar.

Another option to bypass Installer problems:
1. Get the driver set.

2. Extract the .exe (it's mostly a self extracting zip file anyway) using 7zip or another program.
http://www.sharkyforums.com/images/i.../2012/01/5.png
http://www.sharkyforums.com/images/i.../2012/01/6.png

3. Manually point Windows to the new drivers instead of trying to use the installer.
http://www.sharkyforums.com/images/i.../2012/01/7.png

I have basically 3 X-Fi's -
SB X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS (PCI)
SB X-Fi ExtremeMusic (PCI)
Auzentech X-Fi Forte 7.1 (PCIe x1)

All have drivers which are WHQL certified compatibility, and I've never had any issue at all.....well, other than crackling and popping sound back when HL2 was first released. I believe I had an A2 ZS then...

Am I the only one using onboard sound these days?

I used it for a long time, then the asus xonar dg was on sale for $20, couldnt resist that price.

have a sennheiser headset, needs an amp to use, something that onboard does not provide.

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Originally Posted by Nabby

Am I the only one using onboard sound these days?

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nope. as i mentioned in another post, i just ditched my asus xonar hdav and i'm using the realtek 889 chip on my radeon 6970 :D hdmi out>pioneer receiver>klipsch ht500 w/ dolby digital live and dolby home theater v4 installed. best sound i've ever had out of a pc, and i've been running output to my receiver for years through auzentech and asus.

So let me get this straight, using CL's installers immediately gives me an error message (always the same one I posted)?

Their phone number is a long-distance number to Singapore.

Their forums are littered with frustrated people and threads are constantly deleted (SOMEONE is watching).


I don't know much more a company can do to be any worse. All these companies that ship jobs overseas are strangely all like this. I'm done with CL pernamentaly. Sometimes you gotta know when enough is enough.

That is what I said 4 years ago, couldn't be happier.

I'm curious about USB-powered sound cards. The isolation qualities intrigues me...

Good luck with the X-FI cards. Do you have an SSD as you primary hard drive?
Check this link on the BS forums: http://forums.creative.com/showthread.php?t=567821&
I finally gave up trying to get it to work.

I was BSODing left and right after installing some windows updates recently. Had no idea what the problem was, until I came across a post mentioning recent Windows Updates and XFi Titanium issues. I uninstalled the card and the BSODs went away immediately. I'll be sticking with onboard sound from now on, I can't tell the difference anyway.