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Diamond Multimedia Monster Sound MX400 PCI AudioDrive (WDM) Driver Reviews

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
tf
Tested on Windows XP
12 Sep 2006
 

Installation: 3 out of 5
Stability: 3 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"had trouble updating at first.a few more tries and surprisingly it worked.4 speakers now."
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Goofy

18 Oct 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"10-18-03 tried it on Win2000 pro with my venerable "old" Monster MX400. Sorry to say it didn`t work. Setting up a new system, wanted to add this audio card. I didn`t realize until I got into it that Diamond>>Sonic Blue had died. Sucs to be me. I have 6 of these cards, lol. Anyhow my new system has an onboard audio chip that I couldn`t get to work. LMAO now, I downloaded t
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
me
Tested on Windows XP
13 Oct 2008
(3 minutes after download)
 

Installation: 1 out of 5
Stability: 1 out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"driver wasnt for the card that it was stated"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Bob
Tested on Windows XP
3 Feb 2008
 

Installation: 1 out of 5
Stability: 1 out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"Sucks wont even install! waste of my time!"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
geo

1 Sep 2006
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"downloaded it , unzip it but how to install?"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Ben
Tested on Windows XP
3 Jan 2006
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: 3 out of 5
Compatibility: 3 out of 5
 
"This Driver Worked for me"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Dan
Tested on Windows 98SE
22 Nov 2005
 

Installation: 2 out of 5
Stability: 2 out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"I thought this would be the driver I needed, but upon initial install, it asked for me to load the Diamond Multimedia diskette in order to intall/activate the driver. I don't have the diskette, that is why I was needing the driver!! It severd no purpose at all to download this, because it wasn't the driver!"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
abu yahya
Tested on Windows XP
14 Oct 2005
 

Installation: 1 out of 5
Stability: 1 out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"I dont think this is the right driver for my window XP. please email me if anyone was successful in installing this driver on XP."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Gary
Tested on Windows XP
19 Jun 2005
 

Installation: 1 out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"Definately the wrong driver for monster sound 3D. wouldn't even load"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Tim
Tested on Windows 2003 Server
14 Feb 2005
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 4 out of 5
 
"Installed on Server 2003 with a diamond media card, OS didn't detect the driver itself but worked when I forced it to use the driver."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Dalan`
Tested on Windows XP
31 Jan 2005
 

Installation: 4 out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Still have occasional issues, but it works."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Bongo Perron

16 Nov 2004
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"Simply unzip and tell windows where the inf. file is. It works great"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Kenny

18 Jun 2004
 

Installation: 3 out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Driver failed to install on XP - XP refused to install device driver! Tried via hardware install, update driver via properties and even right click "install" on the *.inf file but XP just didn't want to proceed. I'm now downloading the older 98>2000 Driver to see if it will work."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
dede

28 May 2004
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"zip is too complicated to unzip , no good"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
kirionis

25 May 2004
 

Installation: 3 out of 5
Stability: 4 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"Worked just Fine. No installer - but do you need it anyway?"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Mark Mendoza

7 Feb 2004
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Can anyone help me find a WinXP driver for my Diamond Monster M80 sound card? thanks in advance!!!"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Alex

29 Jan 2004
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: 1 out of 5
 
"no results - speakers still silent."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Roger

17 Jan 2004
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Did not work. Tried 4 times."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Dean Boyer

1 Nov 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Any new questions can be sent here..."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
mburford

1 Nov 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"i hope this works"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
fabrice

23 Sep 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Please i need a driver for Monster sound MX300 PCI S5 DIAMOND MULTIMEDIA 1998 for windows 98 SE tank you very much"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Salty Pirate

20 Sep 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"DUDE!@ It sucks having old equipment, even more so not having drivers anymore. Does ANYONE know where I can find the drivers for the MX300 or will these drivers actually work for it? please write"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
john

18 Sep 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"ok now where is the darn like to download the dartn thing to even try it"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Phil

8 Aug 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Anyone actually get the SPDIF output working?"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
netsonic

29 Jul 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"i am searcing 4 mx300 driver for xp!!!i cant find it anywhere... do u know any driver of my sound card 4 xp thanxx"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Diego

13 Jul 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Guys, I tried to install this sound card and had stability problems with my KT333 motherboard also!!! Do you think it has anything to do with it???"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Eugene

6 Jul 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"When I start my PC XP installs some default drivers for this card , and as the result card doesnt work completely (It actually said no audio devices installed) if I try to upgrade drivers to the version provided here, It installes ok , but still no audio. Any clue what's going on? Thanks in advance, Eugene"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Steven Straley

6 Jun 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Driver works! Now I can hear the music! Thanks Dean!"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
mark

4 Jun 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Bah, how do you install and update the files!!?? only one of the posts tell's you how to do it and it dosnt make sense (for the average person anyway) pls some one explain how to install it in lamest terms"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Liza

31 May 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"WORKKKKSSS!!!! To install it, read the post on Aug 13 2002 in this thread (down) you are a genious, and the diamond idiots should buy you this driver"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Brad

22 May 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Driver installation was easy, thanks a lot. But the rear speakers do not work. Where could I get a control panel to set up rear speakers?"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Tony

17 May 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"I just installed Windows XP SP2 from Windows ME. With Me, I had no soundcard problems. Then with XP, I had no sound. Tried to contact Diamond website, to find out they no longer support my MX400 (ESS Canyon 3D) soundcard. Like Yevgen, I was about to toss my soundcard. But it was Dean Boyer to the rescue. Thanks Dean Boyer."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
min

15 May 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"anyone have the software for the diamond monster sound Mx400> if u do email me thx"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Steven Straley

11 May 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Finally able to download driver....will find out shortly if this driver works in WinXP. Thanks!"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Steven Straley

11 May 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"There is a problem with the download link above. Unable to download this badly needed driver for WinXP. I have the Monster MX400 soundcard installed but only front channel works(shows up as an ESS Canyon 3D soundcard in the system properties) Would like to hear both channels. Some suggestions please? Thanks!"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Vinni

4 May 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Hello, I use XP-prof.so i have downloaded the XP-driver and the NT-driver, but nothing happend.In the XP-driver there was no installation-file and in the NT-driver, i could open it.So i installed it but nothing happend. I tried to update the driver but that diddn't work either.How can i replace the ESS driver foryour driver???? What is SP 1 and how can i install it.Please
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Dean Boyer

9 Apr 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Any questions on these drivers can now be mailed to me here"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Ashveer Dhillon

19 Feb 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"HI! I tried install these drivers manually, every time I do it, it looks like its about to finish copying the files when suddenly it goes to the next screen, and says "unable to copy files", and also at the bottom it mentions "access denied", then im thinking that im probably not logged in as administrator, but i only have one account on xp, and it is administrator. Ive in
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Tom L

17 Feb 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"I read some of the comments, figured I'd try it in Win 2000 Pro (no service packs, clean install on IBM 20Gig, MSI board, AMD 1Gig, 512M PC2700, Leadtek MX200 32Meg, Ambient HaM Data Fax modem). So I downloaded the drivers & installed. Works beautifully. Rear channel now works! My sincerest thanks to you all & especially Dean for posting it."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Jeff

26 Jan 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"You guys are speaking like XP came up with the card working in stereo. Wish I was that lucky. XP on a Deskpro 4000 - no audio at all. I can't upgrade a driver that doesn't exist. Tried to install audio or MM driver and XP didn't like any of the files that came with this download. What to do????"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Dean Boyer

12 Jan 2003
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Update for these drivers.....M$ has made new drivers and if you install SP1 It will update the drivers to there new one's. They work for me just fine,but you can always go back to the old ones if they don't Dean"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
jack

7 Dec 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Dear Dean This drive just working great. I samply replaced XP build in ESS driver with your driver. The rear channels came back to life. That's great! Thanks!"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Charlie

5 Dec 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"I downloaded this driver and tried to update the driver. Went through it's routine and said it already had the best driver. I haven't really messed with it yet. Any hints on how to make it install. XP took some other driver and it works ok but I'm sure I'm not getting all the use out of my sound card. The microphone doesn't work. ANy suggestions would be helpful."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
jun

2 Dec 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"has any1 tried eax or a3d in win 2k/xp with this new patch, does it work ?"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
vince

2 Dec 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"WOW! THX DEAN. NOW I CAN HEAR THE FAT LADY SINGING!"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Buddy Aschbrenner

18 Nov 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Yahooo!! Thanks for the driver! I was hoping it would work for win2000. Great work. Thanks Dean!"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Anthony Pete Berba

9 Nov 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"At Last!!! I have it!!! Thanks Man!!! You're so COOOOLLLL!!!"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Bryan

8 Nov 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Way to go Dean! I've had this sound card sitting in a box for the past year because it never worked right in XP. This driver works great! Thanks!"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Littlebull

16 Oct 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Way to Go Dean!!! This driver solved my frustrations!!! Gotta have my music, and it seriously lacked with only Two (2) speakers, now thanks to this "zippy" little piece of work, I HAVE TUNE-AGE!!!! Thanks Dean!!! ps Maybe Diamond could use a hand.....DIAMOND....ARE YOU LISTENING??? I know ya made more than just ONE (1) Sound Card!!! tee-hee!!!"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
David Bardwell

12 Oct 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Yes...this driver does work with Win2000! Unzip the file to a directory, i.e. C \Monster and use the update driver feature. Instead of letting Windows search for a "suitable driver," select "display a list of known drivers...", "Have disk," and then "Browse," to where you unzipped the driver file. Thanks Dean!"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
agu

27 Sep 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"having stability problems with my kt333 motherboard and this soundcard- i've already disabled the on-board sound. would a clean install of WinXP help? thanks!"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
DUMB GUY

8 Sep 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Yeah, I am kinda dumb, i downloaded the zip file, now where do i put the files? if anyone could hep me out i would appreciate it, mail me at colorado2texas@hotmail.com"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Peter Klimaj

7 Sep 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Is it just me, or this driver only enables the second output on the card? I've tried to make a 4 speaker surround sound with many DVD players, but I only get the same audio on both outputs! Does anyone know why? It works perfectly on Win9x, but the whole idea was not to install two op.systems because of the mx400's lame XP driver..."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Anthony Maldonado

1 Sep 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"I installed it. Let see how it works. I dont know why Diamond did not put this driver in his homepage. Thanks a lot Dean Boyer."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
valis

28 Aug 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"anybody know if this might work under win2k?"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Hendry Prasetyo

21 Aug 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"it's OK !,yeah just it"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Don Bradken

13 Aug 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"This Driver worked perfectly, all you have to do is go to the device's properties under the device manager and under the driver tab select update driver. Select the advanced option, then choose the driver to install and select the folder where you decompressed the driver, and select the proper one, that's all! Thank A Million!"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Oren

23 Jun 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"Didn't work for me... I managed to install the driver but my sound system doesnt recognize it at all. the default ess for XP works but only for 2 speakers"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Yevgen

26 May 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"I almost trashed my sondcard, becaouse it didn't work with my surround sound. Moreover, I had no problem with installing drivers. Thanks a lot, Dean!"
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Edgar Villalobos

6 Apr 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"It works great and I had no problems to install it. Thanks a lot, Dean."
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Terry Dactil

29 Mar 2002
 

Installation: out of 5
Stability: out of 5
Compatibility: out of 5
 
"I had a bit of a problem initially to get it to list on the update drivers menu, but now it is all working OK. Thanks Dean."
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Me
Tested on Other
3 Sep 2006
 

Installation: 5 out of 5
Stability: 5 out of 5
Compatibility: 5 out of 5
 
"Works with Windows Vista Pre-RC1 build 5536. Stability unknown at this point."
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