Блин, дичь полная...

Переписка с Креативовским саппортом:

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The card was pre-installed in a system.
The model is SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 Digital, Model No. SB0220.
The chip is EMU10K1-JFF.
The ink stamp reads 221CE311A
And last, Serial No. is MSB0220230072693

Они

The soundcard you have given me is an OEM since it did not came in a retail box .As such, the drivers we have might not work properly for you.
(ваша карта ОЕМ, поэтому наши драйверы могут вам и не подойти:confused

OEM products may have revisions or changes in either the hardware or the supporting software and documentation. Such revisions are often made at the request of the company (IBM, Dell, Micron, Gateway, etc) for which the product is manufactured. Creative Labs is not made aware of these changes and therefore cannot offer support. Because of this, some OEM products are not supported under the Retail driver download.
(ОЕМ продукты могут быть модифицированы аппаратно, или идти со своими дровами, по запросам всяких брэндовых производителей - IBM, Dell, etc. Во блин, а Формозу забыли . Креатив типа не в курсах всех этих ревизий и изменений (Формоза что, платы перепаивает или дрова свои пишет?) и не поддерживает ОЕМ своим ретэйловым драйвер-паком)

If your product came pre-installed from one of the vendors listed above, or you received your product in an unmarked box or shrink-wrapped, then it is very likely you have an OEM product. Please refer to your computer vendor or motherboard manufacturer for further assistance. They have experience with and full information regarding your specific OEM card.
In addition to being responsible for support through the OEM agreement, they also would be able to comprehensively address your support issues. (Вкратце - обращайтесь к производителю матери или компа. )

Since you mention movies were playing properly before., I would suggest you try to get into device manager and select your soundcard and under properties, select "roll back driver" . This should get the drivers you have working previously before back then. (Финиш. Откатите драйвера назад, если кино игралось раньше. Угу, ХРю тоже, видимо с партишном вместе откатить надо)

Besides this, perhaps you can uninstall and use back the original
drivers then. Thank you! (Используйте старые дрова). Да блин, именно эти и работали, других не было никогда!

Please retain all the previous correspondence when replying to this email.

Best Regards

Andy Teyu
Technical Support
Creative Labs Europe

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