Hi Mac,

I have used a whole succession of EMU then Creative Cards over 16 years and have removed them, cleaned the connections used a soldering iron on several bad joints, but this one refuses to fire up. I can still get the same model, but I think that I will explore other types. I too regret the loss of the Midi Synths of the Creative Cards but Creative are more interested in Games. I can still use my collection of soundfonts via VSampler. Odd, I have just received notice of a Windows update for the Creative FXi WMD - problems withe original one was why a used the ASIO driver.

Hi Guitarhacker and Ryszard.

Thanks for input - I will report back in due course.

Incidentally, one of my monitors has been damaged by whatever it was that caused the problem in the first place.

Lyn