Anyone know how to get the Aureal Vortex 2 (AU8830) sound drivers to work on XP? I have no sound

Hi C.Y.

I also have a Aureal Vortex2 8830 soundcard and WinXP Pro EN installs the driver from itself.
But anyway, I'm also looking for a driver because I have only sound on Output1. To get sound from Output2, the right driver must be installed.
I will search further and will inform you if I found something and if you found something in mean time, would you mail me?
But can you mail me anyway because I don't have your emailaddress?

Regards,
Yubo

I,too, have an Aureal Vortex2 8830 sound card. Microsoft has a compatability test that is online and tells you what software you have on your current machine that will not work with Windows XP (unfortuatnely, I've lost the URL for the page that has that test, but I think that you can lookm it up at either the PC World or CNET Web site). That test says that this card does not support Windows XP and recommends taht you contact your software vendor to obtain an update. It also says that if you don't update the card before you upgrade to XP, then the card will not work after the XP upgrade is complete. (For me, things get even better, because the test says the same thing about my video driver, so I won't be able to see or hear anything if I upgrade. Also, my "software endor" is the computer company-Cybermax-that sold me my computer, and it is now out of business.)

i also have the same card.. aureal vortex 2 sq2500 sound card.. windows xp automatically installs its version of the drivers, but its not real good.. yes, only one of the outputs work, so you can not get surround sound. if any of u find drivers or anything new then can u mail me? thanks... till the meantime.. i might buy another sound card. i cant stand this.

Ditto...I have the same card and just installed XP...wish i knew then what I know now. I actually get the boot-up music and about a minute of a song before the sound goes out. Has anyone tried the driver for Win2000 from the address below?

http://www.vortexofsound.com/drivers/drv_v2wdm.htm

I am thinking about giving it a try. Has anyone found any other solutions other than buying a new sound cardI I J ? The only other driver I found was on cnet, but it is for 98.

I have tried the win2k MS certified drivers from vortex of sound with no luck... I have also tried my vortex superquad digital with different configurations of systems (AMD Athlon, AMD Thunderbird and Intel Celeron) with no luck.
I have noticed however that reducing hardware acceleration in the audio control panel does keep the sound on for longer. The win9x drivers will certainly not work on the NT platform of XP. I guess I need a new sound card :-(

/V\asters

Go here, he explains how to get the Vortex 2 card working under WinXP. I have tried it, and it works!

I just found the site I believe Joshua is talking about. Here it is:

http://www.chandler-bing.ic24.net/vortexfix.htm

I will try this tonight...keeping my fingers crossed.

The vortex problem with winxp is an issue Microsoft is actually putting their own money into. They say they are making vortex drivers themselves for XP just to satisfy their customers. So, there's hope yet for functional drivers. Until then, there is a fix, although it's a major pain in the but.
Here's the link, I'd suggest following their instructions perfectly, because I'm sure the process could cause a person a major headache if it wasn't done right.

http://www.vortexofsound.com/techhelp/th-v2a80.htm

It seems to work so far on my card (Diamond MX300) and a friends.
Hope it works for ya.

this did work for me (XP Pro, retail) but it's not perfect. i've noticed some problems now with popping on some mp3s and a decrease in volume and quality for DVD playback.

overall, it should be enough until (hopefully) official WINxp drivers are added.

The fix at

http://www.vortexofsound.com/techhelp/th-v2a80.htm

worked for me. No more sound outs. The sound still doesn't come out of one socket though.

This is really frustrating. Im having the same problem with my sound card that you are all having. I thought XP was suppose to be completely compatible with all previous windows versions of sofware and drivers. Man, this is tough. Im going to try the fixes now.

can't force my Vortex 1 work under win XP Pro final! Shoot! The Computer just reboots every time when I try to playback a music file - it's really annoying... Going into Safe mode and disabling the soundcard helps but it's not the solution anyway :). Well, has anybody tried the fix http://www.vortexofsound.com/techhelp/th-v2a80.htm on Vortex 1 card?

I have a Diamond 300mx vortex2 card. I upgraded from Win ME to Win XP and the sound works perfectly.

MrGrinch

The new Win2000 drivers on www.vortexofsound.com work with XP. They do not support the equalizer, A3D, or 4 speaker output. But they are stable and can drive speakers 500% louder than the built in XP drivers.

Hi All

I have the same problems as above. I have tried all fixes except the Win2000 drivers, they seem to scare me.

Anyone have any new news?

I have the Aureal Vortex 2 (AU8830)...and windows xp installed and i can't find any way to make my surround speaker work correctly...i have installed win2000 drivers and when i go to settings tab...the program crashes..so..if anybody know the solution for my problem please let me know..
thanks

-Quiksilver

I recently installed XP after running 98 for a long time. At first I didn't have any problems with the stock sound drivers that were installed - but I hadn't tried playing any games yet. When I did try playing Tribes 2, the sound cut out on me all of the sudden and then it wouldn't come back without restarting.

I found this message thread and tried both the Win2K drivers and the BIOS editing. The Win2K drivers didn't help me much: The sound still cut out when I entered the game. The BIOS edit, however, did the trick and it was really rather easy. Just follow the directions.

Quicksilver: I don't have surround speakers set up so I can't comment on those. But from the other messages that I have read in this thread, I would say that it doesn't work.

Thanks go out to those that pointed out the Win2K drivers and the BIOS fixes!

Justin

Hi.
I was having the same problem after upgrading from 98 to XP. I found the "vortex of sound" page's win2k drivers to work perfectly with my Diamond Monster MX300, and my 5-piece surround speaks. Sounds 10-times better now. Kudos!

That fix @ Vortex of Sound worked fine for me. I did get some pops and clicks while listening to MP3's in Winamp, but I think I found a fix to that. Make sure you have Winamp 2.77 or newer. Look under Preferences>Plug-Ins>Output and select "Nullsoft DirectSound plug-in v2.0." This used to give me probs under Win98SE, but it works great now. The volume is a bit lower than with the default, but I haven't gotten a single click or pop yet. Good luck!!

The vortex tweak works for my Turtle Beach Montego II under XP Pro (from the MSDN collection) as well. It also fixes the hangs that I experienced with BattleCom. At least I think it works, this is the longest it has run...

i have a problem with monster mx 300 on xp... if i do something with sound, it disappears, and never show again until i restart my pc. If someone knows how to fix it, please drop me an email.

thank you.

I have windows xp 2600 and vortex 2
superquad I have tried all the latest vortex
drivers but to no avail. I ahve peolple
mention that xp has drivers for this
soundcard included in it, but I cannot find
them anywhere. could someone please
drop me an email telling me how to fix
this? the tweak did not work either.
ps- I have a asus p3v4x mobo with the
latest bios

email is siuol11@juno.com

It seems like most of you are talking about the aureal vortex 2, I am trying to get my aureal vortex 8820 (WDM) to work with windows XP, I get sound for a litle while, then it cuts off,..I like to watch movies on my computer and this sucks...anyone have any meathods that will work with aureal vortex 1 ,...thanks ..email me if you could
-Brian

diniba69@hotmail.com

Well, I just tried the bios fix at vortex of sound....and it didn't work,...i dont want to try the win2000 drivers because I don't know if i should try the 2000 drivers....ahh screw it i guess I'll try it...if any ones got any ideas email me

-Brian

diniba69@hotmail.com

I tried the win2000 drivers It worked a little bit my sound does not go out as quick now ,....but it makes the really annoying popping sounds,...goddamn,...hasn't microsoft ever heard of back-compatability this is a damn good sound card....but i think it may be on the way out if new drivers arent released for xp for the card soon....email me with any info ya got

Hi,
That bios fix worked great. MY sound seems perfectly fine now!!!....
Then again I have no idea what version of the drivers I have, probably a mix of W2k, NT 4.0 and the original XP drivers. (I was playing around with trying to get all of them to work removing files and what not....)

I have an Aureal 8810, that is also a software modem! in my laptop, XP finds and uses my sound fine, but not the modem???? i cant get to the Aureal Web site, so where do we get drivers from??? anyone help please.

HI All!

I am also having the same problems with my souncard in Windows XP. I have done everything that people have recommended and still no luck. My PC keeps rebooting whenever I try to play some music. I am thinking of going back to Windows 98/ME as everything does actually work! Anyway, if anyone does have another link, I would be extremely greatful.
Please Email me @ :

jay_somaiya@hotmail.com

Thanks a lot!

From,
Jay!

ooops, sorry about the above comment.

I have the Aureal Vortex 2 8830 Sound card

Thannkx a lot again

Jay!

I have the Aureal Vortex 2 (AU8830) Windows Xp installed some drivers for it and they seem to work, BUT my volume is so damm low compared to when I had win 98SE installed with the proper aureal drivers. Anyone else having just issues with low volume ?

and yeah keep us posted if microsoft releases some drivers.
Thanks everyone for your info

Yep sure as the sky is pink, I have the same problem as you, I am getting low volume and those damn blasted pops not forgetting the sound dropping out completley at times. I have tried the edit fix with no improvement. Only last thing to try is the Win 2000 drivers but it looks kinda hit and miss with that driver.

Anyone suggest otherwise ?

Well,im just gonna wait till ms sort out some nice workin drivers,life aint to bad for me without messin too much with em,
congrats on ms for actually trying to support hardware thats is in effect dead!
for those of u having problems with the volume being very low with xp try this simple little trick....
1.open vol control
2.goto options menu
3.goto proporties
4.select extra (or whatever,not recording or playback,but the other one)
the last slider should be for fading volume from front to back,as standard its set to 25%forward and 75%back so just whack it bang in the middle and u should notice things get a little louder!
as for the multiple speaker output,mine works fine with the xp drivers but i dont use a quad setup ,just headphones in the rear plug and speakers for the front,my problem is cubase vst32 wont let me use the asio driver anymore (the one that comes with cubase i mean)
i have been tempted to go back to 9x but then i realised that my monitor was starting to burn in with a nasty blue screen :)
anyways guys hope we all find a nice soloution soon!
peace.

Uncle Mart

you fixed my problem beautifully. The volume thingy for fader volume was changed and now everything is sweet

Yeah Mart rules, I just used the fader volume setting and for sure it has done the trick. Hey as anyone looked at this site for the Aureal drivers ?
http://www.octek.com.hk/

Anyone who finds it helpful please let me know.

This worked for me:

I was having issues with a Vortex2 on my Abit KT7A. I used the default Aureal drivers that XP installed, but the sound would cut out after playing the startup WAV. Applying this PCI latency patch resolved the issue completely, and should work with other motherboards that use the 686B southbridge chip as well.
http://www.viahardware.com/download/george/vlatency_v014.zip

I hope this helps, and many thanks to George Breese for writing this patch!

I have the Aureal Vortex 8810. I thought I'd mention this specifically, since the 8830 is discussed almost exclusively here. I had the problem discussed in this thread: I would hear just the beginning of the startup WAV when XP booted up. I tried the Via hardware link solution provided by Kap, but it no work for me. Then I tried the link provided by Tom (another Tom) above. http://www.chandler-bing.ic24.net/vortexfix.htm. THIS WORKED, AND WORKED GREAT. So, the major points to be made are 1) This problem apparently applies to the 8810 as well as the 8830, and 2) The above chandler link worked for me, and solves the problem for the 8810. Thanks to all who posted before me. Problem solved!!

Hi everyone, as most of U I have the Aureal Vortex 2 (AU8830), I wanted to pump my volume up so I tried the Win2K drivers, I deleted the XP native drivers as instructed in the vortex of sound page, But everytime I try installing the Win2K driver I get the same error - the file "au30mult.Inf" is missing.
For now I have no sound at all, someone, HELP, PLZ !!!

uncle bob: thanks, you rock. That volume problem is gone now.

well, i have the Diamond MX300 (Aureal 8830 chip) sound card, i install the WIN XP, the sound card work fine, and plays all MP3 and wav file without problems, but when playing IL2 Flight Simulator, sounds go out.

I try all the ticks, including the BIOS setup, but that didnt work, sounds go out, i also try the WIN2K drivers and problems still, after unistalling the drivers from XP and reinstalling it again, the problem go deeper, and now, i cant even listen to my MP3, no sound. I try to update to the original XP drivers but still with the same problem.
If someone can help me, i will appreciate.

PS: at this web page you can find solution to this problem: http://members.optushome.com.au/kirben/vortex2.html
but for me that didnt work

- just wanted to thank UNCLE MART for fixing the low volume issue with XP!!!

Uncle Mart: Thanks for that fix, that has been bothering me since the begining of September

I also can not get my rear channel (for headphones) to work at all

cesar: besides the rear channel I have everything working perfectly, and the exact same thing happens when I play IL-2 it pissed me off so much I just didnt play =(

Any fixes would be sweet

Ok guys, I just got my rear channel working, I did a bunch of stuff, but I suspect it was just the last thing I did that fixed it.

1. I first told windows to update the driver through the control panel, and the driver version for Aureal Vortex 8830 now is 5.1.2601.0

2. I followed the instructions here (did that a few months ago and this stopped the audio dropping) http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/chris.day/vortexfix01.html

3. I downloaded the Vortex Control Panel XP from http://aureal.cjb.net (its on the download page) I also needed to get some ActiveX controls to get this to work (TABCTL32.ocx) which is part Microsoft's Visual Basic 6.0 SP5 support files

4. I downloaded Alex Mina's AC97 Mixer from http://www.upsystems.com.ua/support/alexmina/

5. Under the A3d Tab in the Vortex COntrol Panel XP I set it to quad speakers (this didnt do anything but I am not sure if it is needed) I believe it asked me to reboot here

6. Opened the AC97 Mixer (I was only able to open this directly with the exe not the link in the Vortex Control Panel XP)

7. Opened the Codec menu then click on Model Specific...

8. Changed the radio button to 2 channels -> 4 speakers (the rear channel immediatley started playing the mp3 I had going)

9. Closed the mixer and was done

hope this helps
(i still have not tested IL-2 again)

Hey all,
K heres the go, i have an Aureal 8810 that came wid my s---ty HP 8624. I installed XP and my pal told me that I'd have problems wid the drivers and all. Installed it, sound didnt work. Downloaded the 8820 and 8830 driver for Win2000 and 98/ME. Didnt work. Read throught your forum and realised that not many people own this crap card. I'm reckoning that getting a new SUPPORTED card is sounding viable, in a bout 2 months. I WANT SOUND NOW. Damn eh? So if any of u wise pplz can help me, GREATLY APREACIATED.

Doddsey

sound now works in IL-2
after the above steps

Wow! Thanks a million gang! I've been fighting the intermittent sound thing for days. I upgraded 2000 to XP Pro and didn't have problems with my Monster MX300 until I recently upgraded my video card to a GeForce3 Ti 500. I thought it was a compatibility issue between the two. I'm gong to try your solutions for a quick fix and hope Santa brings me a new sound card.

Has anyone heard how those microsoft drivers for our cards are going?

Referring to response 8.

Thanks guys

Tryed what the guy in post 42 said to do and BINGO rear speakers!

hi again guys, VIPER can you PLZ sent me by e-mail this file: TABCTL32.ocx
i neeed it for the control panel to make work, thx

no problem viper, i already download the file, thx anyway

First of all I'd like to thank all of you guys (and girls) who has contributed to improve Compability Issues WinXP Vs. Aureal.

I've noticed that when playing AudioCD's in XP the sound gets "blippy". Otherwise the sound works perfectly well (when playing Mp3's etc).

Is there a fix for that?

Btw, When is microsoft supposed to release those "great" drivers!?

Ps. I've got a soundcard with a 8830-chipset Ds.

Thanks to Viper and Uncle Mart as you CURED my Aureal Vortex 8830 problems under Windows XP. I have continuous sound with no problems and sound out of both the front and rear channels. Can't ask for anything else. Thanks again ...

Seriously, are you guys able to play audiocd's without any sound-disorder?

Yeah, I have no problems with audio cds, after following the steps I posted above.

I have also followed the steps here:
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/chris.day/vortexfix00.html

It fixes some problems with VIA chipsets, not sure if I had posted it above, or if the blipping stopped from this or another fix, this could help though

Thanks again for eveything guys (and girls) ;)

Viper,PLease lemme know the following:

Which chipset do you have?
Which version of the drivers do you have?

Big thanks to Viper....After a lot of trial and error I managed to solve the dropout prob with XP/SonicVortex2 soundcard by using Chandler's fix, and just when I thought I had it cracked, and settled down to watch my fave dvd, I noticed my rear surround speakers weren't working!!
I was about to open window and throw computer out when I decided to surf again to find an answer and I came upon this page....if only I done it earlier!!
Viper's comments with regard to getting the AC97 mixer (see response 42 for details folks) was the only remaining thing I had to do and it solved the problem immediately for me.
OK, basically all I had to do to get my Vortex 2 to work with XP was
1. Download the 2000 drivers from Vortex of sound website.
2. Follow the instructions included with regard to getting rid of XP drivers, and loading the new ones.
3. Follow Vipers instructions on the AC97 thingy.

SIMPLE!

Thanks ALL, its now 3AM and I'm gonna go zzzzz's.

WOW incredible dedication in action. I greatly appreciate all of what you have done!! Everything works just fine now. Viper is just as accurate on it as the new specs on that dodge hot rod! ;) Well i don't know how much in thanks i can offer but i hope you guys will understand this: in one way or another you have contributed to my music at www.mp3.com/foci. So if i ever make it big you definately all helped. Mainly because i do a alot of computer based music production with some high end gear and etc.
take cares everyone
and the best in this new year to all.
much love
peace

If only I'd found this page earlier. The sound dropoff problem was getting really bad for me, as well as the lack of a rear channel, and the low volume. This thread has solved all those problems. It's nice to know I'm not alone with these problems, and people more knowledgeable than me have found a way to fix them.

Thanks again!

I am using XP on a Duron 1000, 133.
With a Vortex 8810 sound card.
Had the same problem, did the thing from Chandler's site and it works (the other manip did not work, the one not using Wpcedit, just wpcset ).
I still get sound from only 1 output, not the 2nd one, nor the CD headset plug. But at least 1 is working.
Please get in touch if you have an idea to get the whole sound working.

JP

Hello,

I have been trying to follow the steps in post 42. When I get to step 7, Go To Model Specific. I do and I get the message "No model specific controls known for this codec." This I presume is not allowing me to change it from 2 to 4 which I can't seem to find. I have an 8810. Does this fix not work for this model or am I doing something wrong. Any ideas?

Thanks.

ok, guys finally microsoft has realease a working driver for AU8830, follow this steps:

1) Open control panel
2) Click on "system"
3) Click on "hardware"
4) Click on "device manager"
5) Open the sound and gaming controls and click in "Aureal Vortex 8830 Audio
6) Get connected to the Internet
7) Click Update driver
8) Select the "Install the software automatically"
9) Then wait a few mins, windows will download automatically and install the new driver in your windows XP

and thats all, those drivers fix all my problems with audio

PS: You must be connected to the internet before updating so microsoft can download the latest drivers automatically, thx
The new driver version is: 5.1.2601.0

Those drivers have I had sicne december 22 and they are as terrible as the last ones!
Which means that they don't work =(

well it work for me, and i didnt do anything before updating the drivers

Howdy

Does anybody know how to get that advanced feature called equalizer back into the volume control. I have recently installed WinXP on a machine using Aureal 8830. Kind of frustrated ...

DAMN! Windows Update finds the new aureal drivers ,but, when I try to install them I'm getting a error which says: The Drivers couldn't be installed!
What to do?

Beware of these new drivers , it seems that Microsoft has disabled hardware acceleration of the card to solve the problems !!!!

Hi!
Well i have a Monster Sound MX300 and i have allso Yamaha DB50XG doughterboard card attached on my sound general-midi port, but
in WinXP there is no slider for external wavetable in my mixer panel, and I allso miss the equalizer (aureal panel) like in Win 98/me ... is there any more simple way to get it all back in Win Xp

Thank you!

UNCLE MART UNCLE MART UNCLE MART UNCLE MART omg i LOVE U!!! ive been trying to get this volume louder for ages. Now my games work properly!

Well "microsoft works" is the biggest oxymoron ive ever heard hehehehe

hope this site helps a little with drivers

http://drivers.on-line.net.nz/listing/page005.html

DJ, I have an MX300 and a DB50XG too, for some bizarre reason the "video" slider actually controls the mpu401 external midi. It's not added among the audio sliders by default so you have to go in and select it, also it's REALLY loud so make sure you set it low and work your way up.

FICUS:

JUST UNINSTALL YOU AUREAL DRIVERS FIRST AND RESTART WINXP, AND THEN TRY AGAIN FOLLOWING THE STEPS I MENTION, E-MAIL ME IF YOU COULNDT GET IT WORK, O?

Motoki thank you! I'll trie that :))
I don,t know why people at the Diamond doesn't write MX300 drivers for Xp, well is their duty to support product for some years, well I don,t know, is there so hard to change a program code a little to work with Xp?!, well they written it for 98/Me and 2000 ...
Because, even if Microsoft writes some useful drivers they will never be as good as original soundcard drivers, and there will never be the original control panel! We must trie at the Diamond or at the firm of your sound card, because I think that MX300 is very damn good card!...

Joshua and Tom
Huuuuuuuuuuuge kisses to you both :)))))))))
The old fossil makes noise once again!

Thankyou

I have an Aureal vortex 8820 & xp Pro, apparently xp covers this soundcard, however it fails to install properly. Does anyone know where i can get xp drivers from?...

okay.. so i have win xp and aureal 8830!! and i did that live update thingie to get the most recent drivers.. and still, no sound =(

will somebody help me please? i'm just a girl who wants sound from her computer

thanks.

I have a vortex superquad 8830!!.

Had the same problems with everyone in here..
Finally i have got the whole lot working.

I am using the win 2k drivers (V.5.1.2601.0)
and folowed viper's instructions to get the surround sound working.

And now all is sweet.

check out this site, for a full listing of how to get all the functionality.. all drivers are posted as well.

http://grant.gu-ru.net/vortexxp.html

hi
i've installed the new windows update drivers, and i get popping of mp3s when i start up my internet connection that go away if i restart winamp.
in directx it says
sound hardware acceleration not supported..

is there any fix for that?

cheers
ash

Ok ash,

if you read the post above yours, i have a site covering these problems. Follow the link from the site to the vortex of sounds bios patch site... it contains your solution.

Regards

Grant
http://grant.gu-ru.net/vortexxp.html

Just for all the people that found my lil tip usefull , your welcome and if you found that out wouldnt YOU wanna share it? heheh

Its a shame theres no improvement in the situation , my windows update is broke somehow and i cant try this new driver till i reinstall , hope it at least improves the situation or i might be forced to upgrade :(

First my voodee 3 now this lol :)

Anyone heard about a solution for the software modem included with the asus laptop ? Don't want to try xp without that ... no modem means no internet ... and a fallback to read you all :-(

Thanks

I have an Aureal 8810, that is also a software modem! in my computer, XP finds and uses my sound fine, but not the modem???? i cant get to the Aureal Web site, so where do we get drivers from??? anyone help please

Tanks
mmm

First, thanks to all the people that collaborated to this page, especially viper (response 42)

I have a Aureal Vortex 8830 Audio and I have the 5.1.2535.0 driver version.
I didn't manage to get the new 5.1.2601.0 which viper talks about because even when deleting my driver (see cesar's message) Microsoft didn't give me an update (I don't understand why).
I write this respond in order to say that even with an old driver version, viper's tricks (from 2 to 9) work.

Regards. Vcyril.

Hi!

I have a Diamond MX300. Its runing under XP prof. If i played with a new(?) game ec: Max Payne, Serius Sam 2 the sound is muted (dropped or something). How can i fix it?

PLease e-mail me.
BIG THX
Mark

hi guys, I'm going nuts, my xp reboots when I play music or games, I have vortex 8810 and I tried to download the chandler patch but the file does not exist, please help me.

many thanks in advance.