On 06/11/2010 16:01, Dave Osborne wrote:
Lobster wrote:
Just ebayed myself a second-hand Creative Labs SBO220 soundcard for
the kids' old PC. As expected, it arrived without a driver, and
unfortunately the manufacturer's website - which would be my normal
source - can't help so I'm resorting to Google. Trouble is, this
throws up umpteen sources of the required software on any number of
third-party sites - but how can I verify that these are 'safe' to
download? Are there any sources for drivers which are recognised to be
'OK' (or at least more 'OK' than others?)

Yes I know, the penance for relying on Micro$oft products...

http://support.creative.com/download...ownloadId=1972

or

http://support.creative.com/Products...=Sound+Blaster


select Live! then search through archived products until you find a
driver that looks suitable.

Yeah been there done that, but in the absence of a driver for SBO220 (or
even any acknowledgement on that site that this model number actually
exists!) how am I to guess which of the gazillions of listed drivers
might actually work properly with my sound card?

David