My Audigy 2 Died...is there a history

Ator · 03-June-05, 01:49 PM

Well, it finally happened. My Audigy 2 Platinum sound card died. I've heard several stories of these things dying lately. Is there a history of bad SB cards?

I really want to pick up an Audigy 2 ZS...I hate using the built in Realtek junk.

LwrS10 · 03-June-05, 02:04 PM

well i had an audigy die about 4 months ago. girlfriend had a live card go bad about 2 months ago. another friend went thru 2 audigy2 platnium zs's before he got one that worked. anyone else see a trend here?

DuckWarrior · 03-June-05, 02:13 PM

I see a trend, youre roomates and you seem to affect any Audigy cards you are around! No more coming to my house! Stay away from my computers

LwrS10!

RexBeans Explosion · 03-June-05, 02:16 PM

I had an original Audigy Platnium a few years a go that worked great, it is now used by KraftMayo who has never reported any problems. I now use an Audigy 2 Plat and have never had any problems. In my experience as it is Creative makes a quality product.

Ator · 03-June-05, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by DuckWarrior


	I see a trend, youre roomates and you seem to affect any Audigy cards you are around! No more coming to my house! Stay away from my computers LwrS10!

LOL that is EXACTLY what I thought. My computer has been blowing up ever since I moved in.

LwrS10 · 03-June-05, 02:18 PM

ok. ok. ok. ok. ok. screw you guys(insert smiley face flipping you off) imma go and eat a sandwich.

Ator · 03-June-05, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by LwrS10


	ok. ok. ok. ok. ok. screw you guys(insert smiley face flipping you off) imma go and eat a sandwich.

LwrS10 · 03-June-05, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Ator

welcome to fatburger home of the fatburger can i take your order fu**face?

Cpt.Planet · 03-June-05, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by DuckWarrior


	I see a trend, youre roomates and you seem to affect any Audigy cards you are around! No more coming to my house! Stay away from my computers LwrS10!

Yea I wont let him touch mine either. He did this tweak to help supposidly help "Server Stability" but all it did was give me problems.

LwrS10 · 03-June-05, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Cpt.Planet


	Yea I wont let him touch mine either. He did this tweak to help supposidly help "Server Stability" but all it did was give me problems.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I AM DOING!!!!!!!!!

Cpt.Planet · 03-June-05, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by LwrS10


	I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I AM DOING!!!!!!!!!

Tru Dat!!!! Nice Edit Duck.

LwrS10 · 03-June-05, 08:07 PM

it was supposed to say that it was a trial and error on the server thing---well more like an error.

everyones gotta learn somewhere

Bane · 03-June-05, 08:36 PM

No problems with my Audigy 2 Plat, and iv had it for 3 years...there is this annoying hiss in one of the channels tho....

Derrick70 · 10-June-05, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Bane


	No problems with my Audigy 2 Plat, and iv had it for 3 years...there is this annoying hiss in one of the channels tho....

smae here i love mine but no hissing

DarkD3vil · 01-July-05, 07:11 PM

just picked one up heart it

IcEMage · 01-July-05, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Bane


	No problems with my Audigy 2 Plat, and iv had it for 3 years...there is this annoying hiss in one of the channels tho....

could be the amp on your speakers....what are you using.....

have an audigy 2pzs, love it..was a wonderful tool when i was a digital arts music major.....

never had an audigy die.....but on the audio side i hade 3 sets of klipsch 5.1 go bad before they fixed the problem and called it "ultra" lol i guess when you fix a problem with your hardware now you have to ad a tag

....utlra
....2
....zs

i guess i cant bitch too much they did replace every set for free w/ shipping

good luck, if you have an old card around i would use that and just wait till the audigy X-Fi comes out

Bane · 02-July-05, 11:43 AM

Hah I wish I had Klipsch speakers :-p Or even the Logitech 5300's
Eh I have the Harmon Kardon 595 speakers. Got em with my Dell and just moved em to my new computer. Makes 4.1 sound from a 2.1 setup, so it's been decent. Only place you can find em nowadays is directron.com. Dont really have the money to pick up a new set. However I can tell you that when I had the creative 6.1 speaker set (which i returned cuz it was annoying) it had the same hissing sound on one of the channels, therefore I think that it is the card, but w/e.

IcEMage · 02-July-05, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Bane


	Hah I wish I had Klipsch speakers :-p Or even the Logitech 5300's Eh I have the Harmon Kardon 595 speakers. Got em with my Dell and just moved em to my new computer. Makes 4.1 sound from a 2.1 setup, so it's been decent. Only place you can find em nowadays is directron.com. Dont really have the money to pick up a new set. However I can tell you that when I had the creative 6.1 speaker set (which i returned cuz it was annoying) it had the same hissing sound on one of the channels, therefore I think that it is the card, but w/e.

yah prob the card then,

yah on my moms computer is a dell, she has the harmom kardons thay are not that bad.

If you ever want a new set and dont want more than 5.1 deff go for the klipsch.....i have them set up in my room around the tv so movies/tv/xbox/ps2 can all go through my audigy bay and to the speakers and i love it. being an audio guy and going to school for it i have listend to proffesional monitors that dont sound as good as my set of klipsches

and plus 2 8" subs really boom with movies and games.

MLiV · 03-July-05, 08:49 PM

My audigy2 has been beaten, abused, thrown around.. even had a waterblock come loose and spill water on it. Still works great, i heart it too. I've never used the extra channels, how does it sound with 5 speaks?

cpjlam · 04-July-05, 02:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Bane


	No problems with my Audigy 2 Plat, and iv had it for 3 years...there is this annoying hiss in one of the channels tho....

You might try playing with the spread spectrum settings for your motherboard. Usually the hiss is due to underdriving the speakers or electrical interference from anything nearby or in the case that might be a tad lean on the shielding.

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Originally Posted by M*LiVVy


	My audigy2 has been beaten, abused, thrown around.. even had a waterblock come loose and spill water on it. Still works great, i heart it too. I've never used the extra channels, how does it sound with 5 speaks?

Fantastic when you've got the speakers calibrated to compensate for any variations in angle and distance from where you typically sit.

03-June-05, 01:49 PM		#1 (permalink)
Ator At-Whore	My Audigy 2 Died...is there a history Well, it finally happened. My Audigy 2 Platinum sound card died. I've heard several stories of these things dying lately. Is there a history of bad SB cards? I really want to pick up an Audigy 2 ZS...I hate using the built in Realtek junk.

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03-June-05, 02:04 PM		#2 (permalink)
LwrS10 C-hoe-bra Joe	well i had an audigy die about 4 months ago. girlfriend had a live card go bad about 2 months ago. another friend went thru 2 audigy2 platnium zs's before he got one that worked. anyone else see a trend here?

03-June-05, 02:13 PM		#3 (permalink)
DuckWarrior Retired Admin In Charge of Death and Destruction to All those Who Oppose My World known as PimpRig	I see a trend, youre roomates and you seem to affect any Audigy cards you are around! No more coming to my house! Stay away from my computers LwrS10!

03-June-05, 02:16 PM		#4 (permalink)
RexBeans Explosion Apex Master Tech	I had an original Audigy Platnium a few years a go that worked great, it is now used by KraftMayo who has never reported any problems. I now use an Audigy 2 Plat and have never had any problems. In my experience as it is Creative makes a quality product.

03-June-05, 02:18 PM		#6 (permalink)
LwrS10 C-hoe-bra Joe	ok. ok. ok. ok. ok. screw you guys(insert smiley face flipping you off) imma go and eat a sandwich.

03-June-05, 08:07 PM		#12 (permalink)
LwrS10 C-hoe-bra Joe	it was supposed to say that it was a trial and error on the server thing---well more like an error. everyones gotta learn somewhere

03-June-05, 08:36 PM		#13 (permalink)
Bane Apex Tech Fanatic	No problems with my Audigy 2 Plat, and iv had it for 3 years...there is this annoying hiss in one of the channels tho....

01-July-05, 07:11 PM		#15 (permalink)
DarkD3vil Apex Advanced Techie	just picked one up heart it

02-July-05, 11:43 AM		#17 (permalink)
Bane Apex Tech Fanatic	Hah I wish I had Klipsch speakers :-p Or even the Logitech 5300's Eh I have the Harmon Kardon 595 speakers. Got em with my Dell and just moved em to my new computer. Makes 4.1 sound from a 2.1 setup, so it's been decent. Only place you can find em nowadays is directron.com. Dont really have the money to pick up a new set. However I can tell you that when I had the creative 6.1 speaker set (which i returned cuz it was annoying) it had the same hissing sound on one of the channels, therefore I think that it is the card, but w/e.

03-July-05, 08:49 PM		#19 (permalink)
MLiV You want news, you got news!	My audigy2 has been beaten, abused, thrown around.. even had a waterblock come loose and spill water on it. Still works great, i heart it too. I've never used the extra channels, how does it sound with 5 speaks?