AidenPryde
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I recently purchased the Turtle Beach Ear Force AK-R8 and cannot for the life of me get the included driver disc to install and it cannot be used without the drivers.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826502009&Tpk=ear force AK-R8
I insert the disk, and choose install apps and drivers and when it prompts me I insert the SRM card into a free USB port (I have tried multiple USB ports).
I then have it inserted and press "yes" to continue, but that same window keeps popping up as if I do not have it connected. The green light on the SRM lights up so the SRM is drawing power. I don't know if there is a driver conflict or not, but I even followed a FAQ on Turtle Beach's site which suggested installing the latest RealTek Audio drivers, which I did. And still no luck.
Now the computer recognizes it, as when I go into the device manager it is there as "USB Audio Device." These are my current system specs:
OS: Windows XP Media Edition SP3
MB: ASUS Striker Extreme LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX
RAM: CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
HDDs: 2x Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AHFD 150GB 10000 RPM
PROC: Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Kentsfield 2.66GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775
SOUNDCARD: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 Channels 24-bit
I know that Windows will not allow two audio cards to be present at the same time. So the first thing I tried was disabling the Sound Blaster via the device manager, as I can live with having to restart every time I want to switch to speakers.
I would rather not have to remove the Sound Blaster from the case and just be able to switch between the two.
I emailed Turtle Beach about this and they haven't gotten back to me for more than a week. I have thus far spent 10 hours searching the net for help but have thus far found none.
Has anyone else had this issue or any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. As doing a Newegg RMA and paying the stocking fee is really a pain when there were no disclaimers.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826502009&Tpk=ear force AK-R8
I insert the disk, and choose install apps and drivers and when it prompts me I insert the SRM card into a free USB port (I have tried multiple USB ports).
I then have it inserted and press "yes" to continue, but that same window keeps popping up as if I do not have it connected. The green light on the SRM lights up so the SRM is drawing power. I don't know if there is a driver conflict or not, but I even followed a FAQ on Turtle Beach's site which suggested installing the latest RealTek Audio drivers, which I did. And still no luck.
Now the computer recognizes it, as when I go into the device manager it is there as "USB Audio Device." These are my current system specs:
OS: Windows XP Media Edition SP3
MB: ASUS Striker Extreme LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX
RAM: CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
HDDs: 2x Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AHFD 150GB 10000 RPM
PROC: Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Kentsfield 2.66GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775
SOUNDCARD: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 Channels 24-bit
I know that Windows will not allow two audio cards to be present at the same time. So the first thing I tried was disabling the Sound Blaster via the device manager, as I can live with having to restart every time I want to switch to speakers.
I would rather not have to remove the Sound Blaster from the case and just be able to switch between the two.
I emailed Turtle Beach about this and they haven't gotten back to me for more than a week. I have thus far spent 10 hours searching the net for help but have thus far found none.
Has anyone else had this issue or any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. As doing a Newegg RMA and paying the stocking fee is really a pain when there were no disclaimers.