Topic: Nomad JB3 and Win7?

[BradM]

My previous computer (which ran WinXP and had a Soundblaster Audigy) died this week, and I got a replacement that's running Win7 with an on-board sound card. What are my options as far as connecting my Creative Nomad JB3? I don't have a Firewire (SB1394) port on the new machine, so I'm resigned to use USB. I was using Creative Play Center (yeah, yeah, I know), which I know has been discontinued, so I'll probably get Notmad Explorer, but I'm worried about the drivers. Are Win7 drivers for available from Creative or anyone else?

Thanks,
Brad

[runonce]

My previous computer (which ran WinXP and had a Soundblaster Audigy) died this week, and I got a replacement that's running Win7 with an on-board sound card. What are my options as far as connecting my Creative Nomad JB3? I don't have a Firewire (SB1394) port on the new machine, so I'm resigned to use USB. I was using Creative Play Center (yeah, yeah, I know), which I know has been discontinued, so I'll probably get Notmad Explorer, but I'm worried about the drivers. Are Win7 drivers for available from Creative or anyone else?

Thanks,
Brad

I have yet to hear of a Win7/JB3 success story...

Is your old machine TOTALLY dead...?

Id look at rebuilding the old box with a Linux distro like "Linux Mint" - install Gnomad2 and you're good to go. (although you'll be limited to USB)

[Gordon]

and the usb on the JB3 is USB 1 which is slow as molasses

edit:  what version of 7 do you have?  if it has the virtual xp then you can go that route.  if not as far as the Linux thing goes in theory you could just make a live boot disc and then while in Linux use the above mentioned program.  still would be usb 1 though.

[Gordon]

actually I guess unless the program is part of the linux cd distribution then you wouldn't be able to install it running from a live disc. 

[BradM]

According to the documentation, I've got "SO-WIN 7 HOME PR 3MS WINDOWS 7 HOME PREMIUM 32 BIT OEM", but I have no idea whether it includes a virtual WinXP facility or not. Does it? If so, then could I install the drivers and the Nomad applications under it?

Thanks for the all the help so far.

Aloha,
Brad

[BradM]

First up, I think it's the motherboard that went on the old machine; in fact, the motherboard it had was itself a replacement, as the old one died earlier this year (and the shop I bought it from, in December, 2002, had one of the same model around the shop). So I've gone the full-on replacement route, though I'm starting to regret it a bit.

I'm not down totally, though: I installed the latest drivers from Creative, and tried Nomtmad Explorer, and when I plug in the Nomad via USB, Explorer at least gets me the list of WAV files that I know are on it. Notmad isn't fully activated, so I'm waiting on an activation code with fingers crossed.

The Linux Live CD idea sounds good; I'll look into getting one of those burned.

Aloha,
Brad

[runonce]

Forgot to mention,,,

For linux - you'll have to stick with the lucid lynx series for Ubuntu based distros...(10.4) (Mint 9)

For some reason - they removed gnomad2 support from the 10.10 series. (shame on you linux!)

Some of the info in this thread seems to indicate that it can be installed.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1595780

For me, it was easier just to go back to mint9.

[mattmiller]

According to the documentation, I've got "SO-WIN 7 HOME PR 3MS WINDOWS 7 HOME PREMIUM 32 BIT OEM", but I have no idea whether it includes a virtual WinXP facility or not. Does it?

The WinXP Virtual Machine is available on Win7 Pro and Ultimate only.  Home Premium is not supposed to have that functionality.

[BradM]

I finally bit the bullet and went to a used computer store ("The Trailing Edge") and picked up a WinXP machine. The Creative s/w installed hitchelessly, and I can transfer stuff off of the Nomad to it (albeit via USB, but that's not a big deal to me). From there, a USB thumb drive conveys the waves to my main PC.

Now to get to the backlog...

Thanks for all the help, everybody.

Aloha,
Brad