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    Getting the best out of our sound

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by mardon, May 13, 2011.

  1. mardon

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    I was just reading up on THIS page about the ALC665 sound cards fitted in our M11X's. The following info was of great interest to me:

    I used to have The Dolby Home Theatre Package on my old PC and it was great. The Dolby HeadPhones codec was awesome for gaming. Where can I get this software from as it is certainly not inc in the driver package from Dell?


    EDIT----

    This 100% Works>>

    THIS WORKS and you get the creative console! Just looking into getting dolby headphones working!
     
    mardon, May 13, 2011
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  2. mardon

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    Ok THIS may work for some Creative X-Fi affects with our Realtek Chip.
    I'll test tonight.
     
    mardon, May 13, 2011
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  3. .PoNeH

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    Pretty cool. Keep us posted. Thanks!
     
    .PoNeH, May 13, 2011
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  4. mario64

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    Were you able to get it to work on the m11x?
     
    mario64, May 13, 2011
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  5. Mucchan

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    I managed to get it working on my M11xR1. Downloaded the modified driver, the X-Fi software and the activation and followed the details outlined in that thread.
     
    Mucchan, May 13, 2011
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    This has no effect. I tried this awhile back and read up on it. The only effect it has is changing the name from 'Realtek HD' to 'Creative X-Fi'
     
    MasivB, May 14, 2011
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  7. Mucchan

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    What should have been the effect? I thought the whole point of installing the X-Fi software was to get access to the effects such as EAX, Crystalizer, etc?
     
    Mucchan, May 14, 2011
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    Can you post up install files and instructions bro?
     
    deathpulse, May 14, 2011
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    :eek: It worked.....
    After I'm using it now I can listen the audio clearly especially conversations!
    and it's better than SRS while in game.......yay! +1
     
    DivineAura, May 14, 2011
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  10. Mucchan

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    All the files and instructions are in the link on mardon's 2nd post.
     
    Mucchan, May 14, 2011
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  11. mardon

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    I installed the modded Realtek driver and the x-fi driver. I can't get the x-fi console to work as yet.

    Which Xfi driver are people using?
     
    mardon, May 15, 2011
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    THIS WORKS and you get the creative console! Just looking into getting dolby headphones working!
     
    mardon, May 15, 2011
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    i tried three times and it just wouldnt work for me....
     
    werewolfery, May 23, 2011
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    It 100% works.
    Make sure you use driver sweeper and safemode when uninstalling drivers.
    Also use the like on the post before yours.
    The Creative 3D surround works well with headphones.
     
    mardon, May 23, 2011
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    Thanks a bunch! This totally worked on my m11x R1!

    I actually used the realtek 2.60 driver link from the hardwareheaven thread. -Alexa-'s thread worked for me, though I had to use the separate activation download a couple posts down to get the creative control panel to load.

    The steps I followed were:

    1.) Uninstall Realtek drivers - reboot
    2.) Install Realtek 2.6 drivers from this hardwareheaven thread - reboot
    3.) wait a couple minutes after system restarts, then Install Creative x-fi package from same thread above, reboot
    4.) download and run the two files "DTS_DDL Activation" and then "RUN.exe" with anti-virus disabled (both in same thread, post from Alexa)
     
    mephiska, May 28, 2011
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    I will try it. I am skeptical though. Its somewhat of a PITA but hey thats what were here for. Getting the most out of our M11x's. Will report back.

    Okay I got it to work. Note that speakers are also the headphone jack. The headphone jack used to show up separate for me which was confusing.
     
    theparadox, May 28, 2011
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