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Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! (Dell OEM)
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Reviews
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Date of last review
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5
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38321
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07-30-2005
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Average Rating
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80% of reviewers
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None indicated
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2.8
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Description:
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This card is a paper weight in Linux. It is a Dell OEM Sound Card that does not use the Sound Blaster chipset. Therefore the drivers provided by the kernel and sourceforge will not work with it. 4Front Technologies has provided a driver for a fee, But I was not impressed by what came out of my speakers in the slightest... Read more about it below, and if you have one of these...... I'm sorry.... You wasted 20 dollars or more on the upgrade from integrated sound...
http://opensource.creative.com/soundcard.html
Moderator EDIT: This card does use a Creative Labs chip, but a more inferior than the EMU10k1. This chip does not have hardware based DirectSound acceleration nor EAX.
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Keywords:
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Dell SB Live EMU10k1X
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/sbin/lspci output:
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02:02.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs [SB Live! Value] EMU10k1X
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Chipset:
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EMU10k1X
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Connection Type:
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PCI
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11-21-2004, 12:08 AM
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#1
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Registered: May 2003
Distribution: DIYSlackware
Posts: 1,914
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 0
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Well, I was grabbing the latest alsa-driver-1.0.7 and noticed that it now seems to be supported.... I haven't tried because that sound card is no longer in my desktop. Too little too late for me... I bought a real Creative SB Live! 5.1 days after purchasing my desktop. Have a look here:
http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=Creative+Labs&card=Sound+Blaster+PCI+X+%28Dell+OEM%29.&chip=SB0200&module=emu10 k1x
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01-04-2005, 10:44 AM
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#2
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Registered: Jul 2004
Distribution: Fedora 7
Posts: 32
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 5
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.8-686 & 2.4.20
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Debian sarge 3.1 & Slackware 10
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Yeah, the alsa driver emu10k1x does work. I've forgot how to install it in slackware. In debian I went to the alsa website and followed their instructions.
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01-26-2005, 04:54 PM
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#3
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Registered: Jan 2005
Posts: 1
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Would you recommend the product? no | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 1
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.4.21-27.0.1.ELsmp
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Red Hat 3 Update 4
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This card is a Dell OEM. It is labeled Model: SB0200
This card does not work with Red Hat 3 Update 4.
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07-28-2005, 05:01 PM
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Registered: Oct 2003
Distribution: Mandrake
Posts: 21
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 2
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.8.1-12mdk
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Mandrake 10.1
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This device is compatible with ALSA later than 1.0.5 however the driver a beta and it shows. Although the driver is stable the sound quality is horrible, crackling can be heard.
Sounds is jumpy or non-functional when outputting via the ALSA libraries of most programs. Like the device is cycling on and off rapidly. Outputting to the device through OSS emulation improves sound quality and stops the jumps but still is well below where it should be.
The joystick port does not work, surround features are untested.
The driver is not included with Mandrake because it is a beta, the driver must be obtained by compiling ALSA manually. The easiest way for me was to compile the ALSA version Mandrake 10.1 uses and copy the snd-emu10k1x.ko module into place, installing the new ALSA causes conflicts.
Avoid this piece of hardware if possible.
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07-30-2005, 01:32 AM
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#5
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Registered: Oct 2003
Distribution: Mandrake
Posts: 21
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 3
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.8.1-12mdk
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Mandrake 10.1
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This card is compatible as of ALSA 1.0.5, it needs the emu10k1x driver. Most distro do not include this driver as for it is a beta however it is stable. Just produces very poor quality sound.
Output via ALSA libraries is often jumpy or non-functional. Output through OSS libraries + OSS compatability layer provides smooth playback at generally poor quality.
Avoid if possible, but if you're stuck will mostly work.
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