kX Project -- Downloads page - this is a 3rd party driver. I installed it, rebooted as instructed, opened the KX Mixer, adjusted the rear/front speaker setup, (the installation instructions mention the front/back speaker settings are swapped by default in this software), anyways, I adjusted the front/rear speaker setting, and now can hear audio through my Creative Sound Blaster Live! ct4830 on Windows 7 32-bit! Thanks to those guys! I was about to drop $30 bucks on a barebones PCI soundcard just to hear audio again! ( all the other audio ports on my pc have been mangled by headphones getting ripped around in them, or even broken off inside them.
yes, this is the only thing that i helped me. i got this answer from another forum, but for those who are still looking for an answer, those are the steps that helped me:
1. enter to the downloading page:
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2. download the driver.
for me, the first driver (kX Driver 5.10.0.3550 (09/18/2009) ) did Not work. it install it but after reboot it says that i do not have any Sound Blaster card....
so i download the second option and an older version (kX Driver 5.10.0.3549 (08/18/2009) ) which did Not displayed an error message after reboot.
3. for some maybe its enough, but i had to do a few more steps. so if there is no sound, you should check if the sound icon on the right side of the taskbar has no red X on it. you should uninstall and reinstall the audio drivers (also the onboard) because maybe the onboard driver is colliding with the soundblaster driver.
4. after there is no red X on the sound icon on the taskbar, press on it a right click and choose: "Open Volume Mixer"
5. Under "Device" there is a picture of Spearker or HeadPhone or something and under it, there is small Arrow that let you change and select another option.
press on that arrow and each time select a different option. after each time you change the option, press on the volume bar and turn your speaker loud enough so you could hear if you found the right option (you can also open youtube or something that will make a sound)
also check that you plug the Speaker 3.5 mm jack cable to the right place.
if you still didn't hear the windows sound (or the youtube's sound or something), you should try a different place to plug the cable in the soundblaster card. for example, i've got 2 options for audio out on my soundblaster card.
6. after you found it, remember it's name! (example: for me it was something like "Wave Output 4/5" that makes sound). and close the volume mixer
7. press right click on the volume icon on the task bar and this time, select "Sounds" and go to "Playback" tab.
8. on that list, select the working sound you found in section 5 (in my case, it was the "Wave Output 4/5"), press right click on it and select it as default. after that press "apply" and "ok" to close this window.
and that's it, you should test it on youtube or something and after that, restart your computer just to make sure its working.
btw, if it still doesn't work, you should try again with a diffrent driver (section 2) and/or with diffrent sound option (section 5).
good luck!