crystal sound fusion ( CS4281 ) sound card dont work help needed...

right since iv installed vista, can i hell for the life in me install the sound card

the software goes in but then it still dont work, its says " this device cannot find enough free resources that it can use ( code 12 )

what is all that about, iv tinkered with pc's for about 15 years but never come across this before........the sound card is an old one the newest drivers i can find is from 2001..

do you guys reckon its a software issue

thanks in advance nathan

Most likely it is a driver issue. Try going to the device manager and selecting that auto device, and hit "update driver" then let vista search for it. It will go look online for a compatible driver for you. If that still doest not work or it doesnt find any. You may look into going to the manufacturer of the cards website and looking for the latest drivers and pointing the driver update to that location once you've downloaded it.



Report back if this all fails.

thanks for replying

iv been through all those options and still nothing vista doesnt find any up to date drivers and the manufacturer doesnt have any to to date drivers either, well none that i can find anyways the most recent driver iv been able to find was made in 2001..

iv searched google till my eyes have bled and still only able to find a 2001 driver.. works fine on XP but just having problems with it on vista...

any other idea???

again thanks for replying

Probably will need a new card, just go to best buy and get one they arnt expensive. The manufacturer of your current card most likely stopped supporting it. Get a well known brand like Sound Blaster and it should work fine.

thanks for all the help mate.......

just to let you know, i went out today and picked up a c-media 8738 5.1 sound card £5 from local car boot :w00t:

i now have sound :laugh: :laugh:

thanks for you help :thumbsup:

Beaware Sound blaster 5.1 will not work in full on Vista you will find the game drivers won't load and no sound mixer ect.

i know matey but i aint bothered about that my joypad is usb so i dont need the game port.....

It wont work... at this moment. Once vista is released the driver support will catchup.

Sound blaster 24bit works fine on Vista 32bit i know that as i had to replace two sound cards i'm unable to tell you if it will work with Vista 64bit.