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Installing an older SBLive card model CT4780

Installed the card into a PCI slot in my Gateway 420GR. I have the original driver disk, but first I have a question as to where I plug the jumper wire into: on one end the CD drive, and or into the DVD+/-RW drive, or both? On the other end plug the wire into ito one of three jacks on the sound card: "TAD", "CD In", and "Aux". which one to use?

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The CD jumper cable goes to the CD IN on the audio card. It can go to either the CD or the DVD drive; it depends on which one you'll use for most of the AV discs. If you mostly listen to audio CDs in the CD drive, connect the jumper to that device. If you watch movies on DVDs and listen to CDs, connect the jumper to the DVD drive. Just make sure to put your audio CDs into that drive and not into the CD drive. The Aux port is for connecting to an internal TV tuner or other video capture card. The TAD port is for connecting the SB Live! card to a voice modem to make the computer a telephone answering device.

Creative still has the documentation for the SB Live! audio cards on their support site. It's in the section that lists all of their devices: https://support.creative.com/Products/product_list.aspx?catID=1&CatName=Sound+Blaster . Use the menus to select Live! in the first column. Then choose Sound Blaster Live! in the third column. Click Next. Click on the link for the Quick Start Guide near the top of the page. Select one of the listed manuals to download and solve the problem given in the Captcha box. The current link to Quick Start Guide for the SB Live audio cards is https://files.creative.com/manualdn/Manuals/TSD/2389/sblive.pdf .

I hope this helps.

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Posted on Apr 04, 2008

SOURCE: 3D MULTIMEDIA PCI SOUND CARD INSTALATION

Make sure you are installing the right drivers to your operating system. If this is an older sound card, goto the manufactures web page and download the updated drivers there.

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Posted on May 15, 2009

SOURCE: need driver--ct4780

here is the where abouts of the driver for you just select the link below, have fun

http://www.bestdrv.com/creative_labs_ct4780_driver_73103.htm

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SOURCE: creative labs model ct4780 driver

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Posted on Sep 15, 2010

SOURCE: Genteleman, I have an old creative

THe card you have appears to be one of these:

Live! Value CT4781 / CT4780 Sound Blaster Live! Value Dell OEM CT4780
The driver from Creative is located here:

http://support.creative.com/downloads/download.aspx?nDownloadId=1926

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