Creative Labs Live Unoffical Support/Driver pages

The Live support/driver pages covers all the soundcards Creative Labs has sold under the Live! brand name. This includes

• The original Live (CT4620) and Live!Value (CT4670) released fall of 1998.
• X-Gamer, MP3+, Player 1024 and Platinum (all CT4760) released fall of 1999.
• X-Gamer 5.1, MP3+ 5.1, Player 5.1, Digital Entertainment 5.1 and Platinum 5.1 (all SB0060) released fall of 2000.
• New Live 5.1 board (SB0100) released 2001.
• Live cards in the OEM channel sold under the Live!Value or Live 1024 name using the CT4830, CT4831 and CT4832 boards.

All these cards use the same emu10k1 chip and except for the new Live 5.1 cards the same drivers. The differences between the Live 5.1 drivers and the drivers available for download are almost identical except the support for the new subwoofer/center output and DD 5.1 decoding. You can find more details in our Live reference review about differences between the various boards Live boards. 

For detailed info about the current drivers including known issues and download links check out our Windows 9x, WindowsNT, WindowsME or Windows XP/2000 Live  support pages. For Linux drivers check out Creative Labs Open Source site and their SoundBlaster Live Linux FAQ

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