Creative Technology Ltd. SB X-Fi Surround 5.1 - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

SB X-Fi Surround 5.1 is a MEDIA hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Creative Technology Ltd.. USB/VID_041E&PID_3042&MI_00 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Creative Technology Ltd. SB X-Fi Surround 5.1 - install the driver manually

1. Download the setup file for Creative Technology Ltd. SB X-Fi Surround 5.1 driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 1.03.14.02 dated 2013-01-14.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is not digitally signed.

Driver rating 3.3 stars out of 73310 votes.

2. Installing the Creative Technology Ltd. SB X-Fi Surround 5.1 driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Creative Technology Ltd. SB X-Fi Surround 5.1 driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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