File Name: SBXF_PCDRV_LB_2_18_0004.exe

This download is a driver providing Microsoft® Windows Vista® and Windows® XP support for Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ series of audio devices. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.

This download supports the following audio devices only:

    * Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty® Professional Series
    * Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty Champion Series
    * Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic
    * Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer
    * Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum
    * Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty
    * Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro
    * Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi

Added Features:
To find out the Product ID of your audio device and if it supports the following features in Windows XP, click here.
For systems using Windows Vista

    * Dolby® Digital and DTS® decode re-established for sound cards that included decoding in their Windows XP drivers (Not applicable for products that included a 3rd party software DVD player license in the package).
    * DVD-Audio playback re-established for sound cards that included the application in their Windows XP software suite (For Windows Vista 32-bit only).
      Requires the latest Creative MediaSource DVD-Audio Player software. Click here to download.

Fixes:

    * Resolves issue of system crash when switching to an unsupported sampling rate in Audio Creation Mode while Dolby Digital Live is enabled.

Requirements:

    * Windows Vista 64-bit, Windows Vista 32-bit, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) 2005 or Windows XP MCE 2004
    * Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi audio devices listed above

Notes:

    * Do not install this driver for Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio.
    * To install this driver
        1. Download the file onto your local hard disk.
        2. Double-click the downloaded file.
        3. Follow the instructions on the screen.