I just reinstalled windows and I seem to keep getting more and more problems. Today when I was trying to install my sound card drivers it wasn't working.

I would be going through the install process and everything would go normal. Then after I restarted I went to play some music and it says somthing like "No audio device detected." Well then I go to Creative's control panel and it says no audio device detected....wtf.

I figured I should try and move the sound card to a differen't PCI slot. Well when I did that I turn it on and now it's detected. That's better. Now the problem is when I go to install the drivers it first asks me to put my windows cd into the cd-rom drive because it's missing a file. I do that and nothing happens.... So I click cancel and it keeps going. Few seconds later it asks me to insert my creative installer cd. Do that and it asks to find a file. Well... the file isn't on the cd(atleast windows cant find it). I tried clicking cancel agian because I couldn't find the file. This time it closes the installer.

Then I went into device manager and and it's showing that there is a new Multimedia Controller. That must be my sound card. I click on it and it gives me this error message:
"This device is not configured correctly. (Code 1)

To reinstall the drivers for this device, click Reinstall Driver."

I tried doing that but it just does the same thing as before.

So I tried to reinstall it and it does the same thing as before.

I will be honest though, the windows I have isn't exactly a legal version. When I used a crack on it do you think it screwed somthing up which is why it's asking for my windows cd when I go to install the driver?

That's creatives drivers for ya :/

Does it happen to be a plx.core error?

I don't think you screw your windows with crack, if it wasn't screwed before by pirates. Just try to reinstall windows

Why dont you try this......

Goto creative's website and use the autoupdate feature. Select the software you want after it detects your card and install. I have used this option on every clean install i performed and its worked flawlessly for me. Maybe its just me but i've been using creative since the soundblaster 16 and havent had any issues with their products.

i have to agree with that one, im using the creative sb mp3 ( external ) myself.
when i installed it on my new project it was missing a dll3 something orother driver so i did the same, went on creatives homepage and updated the drivers aswell as some new plugins and it all works fine now!!

yeah! i to got a similar problem once on my old sb live 5.1 but i think i fixed by restarting in safe mode & reinstall drivers from there or with a new windows installation? no sure to long ago lol!

but it's not your windows that i'm sure of it (unless you're running vista?)

try as other said go on creative site & update your sound card drivers , i always do that when i format & reinstall windows then install my sb audigy4 drivers & then after that i got to there site to do the updates.

anyhow let us know what happen.