[XP/Vista/7] Soundblaster X-FI Bluescreen FIX

[BloodyDeed]

Soundblaster X-FI Bluescreen FIX

1. Introduction
This thread features a solution to the Bluescreen (BSOD) issue lots of people had while using an X-Fi soundcard.
It only happens when setting the game sound mode on "X-FI"; "Hardware"-mode worked fine
This solution was gathered in this thread.
We want to thank all who participated in discovering/testing this fix, especially Jorgee!, jaghammer, Sinbe, ChallengerCC, Garack, TeRR0R and the rest I forgot.

It's actually pretty easy to fix and works the same for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.


2. Installation

1. Deinstall all current Creative Soundblaster drivers
2. clean everything related to it with Driver Sweeper
3. Make sure to reboot your PC
4. Install the PAX Driver according to your card
   X-FI PCI
   PAX MASTER PCI XFI ALL OS Driver Suite V1.30 Release
   X-FI PCIe Titanium
   PAX MASTER PCIe Titanium Driver Suite V1.30 release
   X-Fi PCIe Titanium HD
   PAX MASTER PCIe Titanium HD Driver Suite V1.30 released.
5. Reboot again.
6. Enjoy!

3. Issues:
Q: You can't capture your gamesound when using X-Fi with UltraHigh Settings.
A: Choose Hardware->High to get it working.

If you have any further problem feel free to ask.

Cheers
PR Support Team