Missing X-Fi volume panel

[negative]

I had this on my previous desktop:

I went through the same installation process w/my new setup and now there's no volume panel. Can anyone guess what's wrong?

Thanks!

 

[Met-AL]

Let me guess, you downloaded the driver suite from Creative instead of using your CD's that came with the card? It's not included in the driver download.

I uploaded it to my ISP's webspace.

http://www.iw.net/~dwagner1/volpanel.zip

 

[negative]

Hmm, I used the CD it came with.

 

[negative]

What folder does the volpanel folder go into?

Thanks!

 

[Met-AL]

Just extract that zip file and run the setup.

If you used the CD's that came with the card, it should be there if you did a full install.

Look in your startmenu in All Programs\Creative\Sound Blaster X-Fi\Volume Panel, it should be there.

 

[negative]

Extracted, then setup file didn't work. I get an error code -6003.

 

[Met-AL]

Extracted, then setup file didn't work. I get an error code -6003.

Hmm, that right there maybe the root of the problem and caused it to not install when you installed the driver suite off the CD's.

Found a thread relating to that error over on Creative's forums.

http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&message.id=81673

 

[Tytanium]

When you do the installation, if you select "custom installation", volume panel, for reasons unknown to normal people, is not selected for install. You can pop the CD back in and run through the installation process again, go to "custom installation", and select only the volume panel and install that. Worked for me after I figured it out.