The package will update the following: Sound Blaster Extigy Drivers (Update to V5.) Sound Blaster Extigy Firmware (Update to V07) Creative Audio Mixer (Update to V2.01.15) reative Diagnostics (Upda. Anyone can recommend a good USB audio device that outputs 5. This package is an update for the Sound Blaster Extigy for users running Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. I can't afford to lose 64-bit mode because I run 64-bit guests in VirtualBox on this mach among other things. Other sites claims that it works but only in 32-bit mode. Before the show I hadn't heard dick about the Extigy, so it was a very.
If I downgrade it to 10.5.6 and I'm running Mac OS X 10.6.7, will it mung up my hackintosh?Įdit3: Looks like it's a no-go. Shortly after returning from CES, I wrote a preview of the Sound Blaster Extigy. Tests on other machines show that the card is still functional.Įdit: Here's the last few entries on the log:Īpr 28 01:00:52 BingoBeaver kernel: WARNING: AppleUSBAudio has detected an unsupported format type: Type II AC-3Īpr 28 01:00:53 BingoBeaver kernel: IOAudioStream::setFormat(0x0xffffff804f2e3b50, 0x0xffffff800c44e2c0) - invalid format.Īpr 28 01:00:53 BingoBeaver kernel: AppleUSBAudioEngine: bad busy count (0,-1)Īpr 28 01:00:53 BingoBeaver kernel: Backtrace 0xffffff800052b13f 0xffffff800052b282 0xffffff80002c7387 0 0 0 0Īpr 28 01:00:53 BingoBeaver kernel: AppleUSBAudioStream: bad busy count (0,-1)Įdit2: It appears that the Extigy stopped working with AppleUSBAudio kext version 10.5.7 and later. If I plug it in and power it on after my Mac is properly booted, it's not detected at all. Sound Blaster Extigy Getting Started (English) Download Filesize: 2.03 MB. However, the Creative Labs Sound Blaster Extigy allows both notebook and desktop computer users to add advanced I / O features without opening the system. Manual for the Sound Blaster Exitgy Download Filesize: 3.25 MB. If I plug it in and then power up my hackintosh, It'd hang at the login screen. Get technical help for your Creative products through Knowledgebase Solutions, firmware updates. But I can't get it working under Mac OS X.
Creative obviously allow the file to be downloaded as the links on the Creative forums were pointing to someone's personal website anyway. It is here because the links on the Creative website are no longer valid.
Now I want to replace it with a old SoundBlaster Extigy, a USB sound card I have savaged from a computer which just freshly retired. The Sound Blaster Extigy CD This Nero disk image (.nrg file) is perfectly legal to download. Under Mac OS X it is no longer detected regardless of how many times I reinstall the kX drivers, and under a Linux LiveCD it is detected but fails to initialize- crashes ALSA with a mixer error on boot. So the SBLive I had in my Hackintosh has inexplicably bit the dust for no reason at all. Building a CustoMac Hackintosh: Buyer's Guide