SB PCI 128 CT4700 Not Recognized W98

Hi.

I have been trying to install a SB PCI 128 (CT4700) in an older socket 7 mb, a QDI Titanium 1B (Intel TX chipset), last bios v. 1.3s. I have tried two different CT4700s. Windows 98 will not identify either card properly and keeps generating a message that the drivers (from the CD and from Creative's web site) are not written specifically for the card. Forcing the drivers causes the system to lock up in the process of installation and upon reboot -- safe mode is required to remove them. All other adapter cards, except the video card (nVida GF2 MX-400 64Mb PCI), have been pulled. All PCI slots, except #1 which holds the video card, have been tried. The board has PCI 2.1 compatibility enabled in CMOS. A clean sweep and fresh install of the drivers has been attempted, following instructions from Creative's tech support site. Nothing works.

Any ideas?

i had the same problem...as i recall i used the file named 'e128up9x'. be sure to uninstall the drivers you installed and then install the e128 one. if you need it i can email it to you.

Sounds like you have the wrong driver. I have used CT4700 with a TX motherboard, no problem. It works great with NT4 when you have the driver and a driver update. With W2000 there is only a default volume control so you lose the effect controls. W95 driver is slightly bugged since some volume control settings are changed after rebooting.

<a href="http://uk.europe.creative.com/support/drivers/eula.asp?id=55" target="_blank">latest driver</a> from creative, this driver is for the CT4700 model specificly (spelling anyone?) i would try it and see if it solves your problem.

G.

I think that is a driver update, not a complete driver. I am trying to get the dos drivers on the installation disk. Can anyone send me them?

It is a driver update from 16/4/99 for W95, W98 and W98SE.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Fraser:
<strong>I think that is a driver update, not a complete driver. I am trying to get the dos drivers on the installation disk. Can anyone send me them?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">according to the site it includes the drivers. hopefully it isnt a mis type, i have an original 128 blaster CD, but not sure if its for that model.. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="frown.gif" />

Hi,

Thanks. The e128up.exe file worked, mostly. The card is working except for midi. There is an error message at boot stating that the PC I128 drivers cannot load the midi-wave table and that midi playback has been disabled.

This has been a long and strange trip. The driver CD is "the" driver CD. The file I downloaded from Creative was for a CT4700 SB PCI 128. None worked.

Thanks again.

I will kept tweaking here.

Sound like you have not got the midi file. They can be downloaded from Creative. If you have the cd for CT4700 can you zip the whole thing and send it to me?

yep wavesets/wavetable can be loaded from the webstie just install em anywhere you want o your PC..