I could check at creative site or maybe google it but i am hoping that someone with more experience might have the answer tucked away in their brain and save me some precious time, so here goes. Please, no thread crapping, i dont do it to you so................
I have a live drive II (live drive 2) complete with front 5 1/2 part, the cable that connects to the live drive II, and the pci card, all set there.
However, I just got a live drive IR with a remote control, not the cheap little one, but a larger one that is similar to what you get with a good tv. Anyway, i only have the front 5 1/2 bay part and the remote control, and the cable that connects to the pci card, but no pci card.
This 5 1/2 front bay part on the live drive IR is the same as the live drive II, identical, except for the IR part.
My question is, can i use this live drive as a live drive with any creative pci card that has the pin connector for that cable? My thoughts are that it should work with any such creative pci card that has the corresponding pins to the cable, but i thought i would ask someone with more experience with this. Course i realize that the only way the IR (infrared) part would work would be if the pci card was the exact pci card
with IR on it as well. But, i really only want the live drive to work, i dont care about the IR part. I dont want to break up the one unit i already have so i would have to look in my stuff and see if i have a creative sound blaster live card with the proper connector on it or get one, provided that i can indeed just use any one that has the proper connector on it for the cable to the 5 1/2 front part.
Hope i havent confused anyone. In a nutshell, i have the front bay part for a Creative live drive IR and i need to know if i can use any creative soundblaster live pci card that has the proper cable connector on it, giving me a live drive unit, with or without the extra IR part of the setup?
Also,i have heard rumblings about the pci audigy card working with live drives, is that true?
thanks
I have a live drive II (live drive 2) complete with front 5 1/2 part, the cable that connects to the live drive II, and the pci card, all set there.
However, I just got a live drive IR with a remote control, not the cheap little one, but a larger one that is similar to what you get with a good tv. Anyway, i only have the front 5 1/2 bay part and the remote control, and the cable that connects to the pci card, but no pci card.
This 5 1/2 front bay part on the live drive IR is the same as the live drive II, identical, except for the IR part.
My question is, can i use this live drive as a live drive with any creative pci card that has the pin connector for that cable? My thoughts are that it should work with any such creative pci card that has the corresponding pins to the cable, but i thought i would ask someone with more experience with this. Course i realize that the only way the IR (infrared) part would work would be if the pci card was the exact pci card
with IR on it as well. But, i really only want the live drive to work, i dont care about the IR part. I dont want to break up the one unit i already have so i would have to look in my stuff and see if i have a creative sound blaster live card with the proper connector on it or get one, provided that i can indeed just use any one that has the proper connector on it for the cable to the 5 1/2 front part.
Hope i havent confused anyone. In a nutshell, i have the front bay part for a Creative live drive IR and i need to know if i can use any creative soundblaster live pci card that has the proper cable connector on it, giving me a live drive unit, with or without the extra IR part of the setup?
Also,i have heard rumblings about the pci audigy card working with live drives, is that true?
thanks