"ANTHONY DIODATI" wrote in message
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I just got an Sound Blaster Audigy SE sound card,Model SB0570.
When I got it home,I noticed it said Windows 2000(SP4),XP(SP2),
or XP professional X64. . . .
These are the names of the drivers I tried, . . .

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2/Audigy 2 ZS Driver (Windows
98SE/Me/2000/XP) 5/12/2005
But it also said I needed windows 2000 or better.

It appears only a single model of Audigy card (i.e. 24-bit)
has drivers to run under Win98SE. The information is on
the Creative web site but I did not find it until I asked
directly and got a prompt reply 26 April 2006:

The Audigy 2 Value is not supported in Windows 98SE. The only new 24 Bit
sound card we are selling currently that is supported in Windows 98SE is
the Audigy 2ZS Platinum. We do have some Audigy 2ZS refurbished cards on
our Ebay store that are supported in Windows 98SE.

This is a two-card array, with added external "drive"
for multimedia or game functions. The ext. drive is
very poorly documented, i.e. Creative nowhere says
what it is supposed to do, nowhere describes
functional setups with and without the various
components. The worst feature of this
sound card is that its driver CD (including Win98SE
drivers) is copy-proofed against piracy, thus often
misreads during installation. (There is a visible
mark on the CD that Creative told me is a feature,
not a manufacturing defect.)

I never succeeded in installing only the functions
I planned to use, and removed the cards when by
chance I found an adequate 24-bit card elsewhere.
I would welcome extra information about the
various hardware and software components of
the Audigy 2ZS system.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)