Bartman's Blob

Hmmm.....I am curious as well to find out if it will work on the Server Win2012 R2 OS. I did a blog post on getting it running on Windows Server 2008/R2 in the past and I have been using this sound card ever since on the server OS. You can refer to this link  to that previous post and recently, someone has asked about this in that same post. So, what the heck, let’s give it a try. But first, I got to get my hands on a server with Win2012 R2 OS pre-installed. After looking around, I managed to locate a HP ProLiant DL380Gen8 server to test it on. It's time to put it to the test: The moment I plug the Sounds Blaster into the USB port, the OS immediate install the generic USB sound driver. Looking at the Device Manager, it shows that the Sound Blaster Sound card is correctly detected. Here’s a list of the generic driver file details. That was easy. Next step, whip out the old trusty installation driver CD and give it a go. Well, what do you kno...

It has been a while since I last posted anything on USB sound card running on Windows 2008 R2 Server OS. I have been looking to purchase another USB sound card so that I can replace the awful onboard sound card of my laptop. Recent, I came across a new product from Creative, the Sound Blaster E1. It is a rechargeable battery powered headphone amplifier that also comes with an built-in USB sound card. It seems like an interesting product. I was aiming to get the Creative X-Fi Go! but I decided to give the E1 a try. So I placed an order for it online and received it in a couple of days. The first thing that I did was to try it out on my Windows 2008 R2 server OS just out of curiosity and to find out whether it would be able to run on server OS. The E1 was not officially supported on Windows 2008, but there is no harm in trying it out. The Sound Blaster E1 package did not include any driver or software CD. I had to download the software from Creative’s website. Windows 2008 R2 do...