First off this card is OEM not OEM System Integrator so it comes with an installation and applications disk. I haven't install it yet because I like to be prepared so anything I might encountered and I read a ton of horror stories installing this both retail and OEM.
Second, my mobo is Intel 865GBF.
Some questions:
1) How do I know which PCI slot to plug it to? I read you should plug it to an IRQ that is unshared. Is that the same thing? How should I check which is unshared and not?
2) Can I update my drivers using the Creative website ones? I know that the OEM is not supported by Creative. I read some people who couldn't...can anyone here verify this and have you experienced it?
3) I read some ppl installed the drivers first before the hardware. huh? But they say it worked better that way. Has anyone here done this?
Okay, now to the bread and butter...basically if you have installed an Audigy 2 ZS OEM just give me what you did step-by-step and any problems or conflicts you came across and how you fixed them.
A BIG thanks to anybody who responds!
Second, my mobo is Intel 865GBF.
Some questions:
1) How do I know which PCI slot to plug it to? I read you should plug it to an IRQ that is unshared. Is that the same thing? How should I check which is unshared and not?
2) Can I update my drivers using the Creative website ones? I know that the OEM is not supported by Creative. I read some people who couldn't...can anyone here verify this and have you experienced it?
3) I read some ppl installed the drivers first before the hardware. huh? But they say it worked better that way. Has anyone here done this?
Okay, now to the bread and butter...basically if you have installed an Audigy 2 ZS OEM just give me what you did step-by-step and any problems or conflicts you came across and how you fixed them.
A BIG thanks to anybody who responds!