OT-ish: safe online source for Win XP drivers?
 

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...

Thanks
David

OT-ish: safe online source for Win XP drivers?
 

On Nov 6, 3:20*pm, 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...

Thanks
David

Never had any problems with http://www.driverguide.com but usual
antivirus precautions apply.

OT-ish: safe online source for Win XP drivers?
 

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...

Thanks
David

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.

OT-ish: safe online source for Win XP drivers?
 

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

OT-ish: safe online source for Win XP drivers?
 

Lobster wrote:

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?

Have you tried just plugging it in and letting windows sort it out? You may
not get all the bells and whistles but a generic driver should be ok.
Specifically, what happens if you try this approach?

There's also the uk.homebuilt newsgroup to try.

OT-ish: safe online source for Win XP drivers?
 

There's also the uk.homebuilt newsgroup to try.


that's uk.comp.homebuilt

OT-ish: safe online source for Win XP drivers?
 

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...

Thanks
David

David,

Try a scan at driverguide.com for the file - link he
http://scan.driverguide.com/scan.php this has helped me out quite a lot in
the past.

If the driver is there, you will need to register (free) with the site to
get it.

Cash

OT-ish: safe online source for Win XP drivers?
 

Lobster wrote:
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


You mean been there and *not* done that?

I suspect its a universal driver. That's what the "Uni" bit means in the
file name. Just download it, install it and see if it's happy with your
card. If not, uninstall it and try something else.

You have nothing to lose.

OT-ish: safe online source for Win XP drivers?
 

On Sat, 06 Nov 2010 15:20:37 +0000, 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...

Thanks
David

Creative cards of this nature seem to have many oem users. The driver
may be available from Creative but under an oem link. I have found a
profitable route is to find the name of main brand machines that used
a particular card and trying to find drivers for them. Dell makes are
particularly good as they seem to keep drivers available for ages.

OT-ish: safe online source for Win XP drivers?
 

In article , Lobster davidlobsterpo
writes

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

Doesn't the M$ "Found New Hardware" dialogue kick in and offer to go
search Windows Update for a driver? They are usually fairly basic (not
a bad thing considering all the bloated ****e Creative bundles with
their products) but work and are tested by the M$ HW labs to be
compatible.

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