Reviving an old 'Blaster PC' , looking for drivers

[nightwolfx03]

So this is a long shot ( and probably an odd request) and I can add some more to this post as I work on this project ( and hopefully I am posting it in the right place )

I have an old "Blaster PC" which has a Sound Blaster Live onboard as well as a rather unique case that came with a remote control and an FM tuner. The machine was sold by Tiger Direct, and was listed as the "Blaster PC by Empac" the board specially was the model number M003 and possibly made by Shuttle with an i440BX chipset.

I am trying to restore this machine to it's former glory as I purchased it when I was in High School way back in 2001. The problem is that I need the driver disk for it to bring up the full functionality of the hardware, and I am posting here in hopes that maybe someone might have had one of these or to see if one of the people that wrote a review on it back in the day is still active and might still have the driver CD.

The article here: https://www.overclockers.com/creative-blaster-pc-kit/ was written Doc Clock / Madclocker in 2001 and I was hoping someone could help me get ahold of him or for that matter if anyone else had one of these kits and still has the drivers to bring the hardware back to life.

Any and all input would be helpful and again sorry if this is the wrong place to post it, this is a long shot to try and get something back to full functionality. I have spent some time recapping / replacing the bulged capacitors on the motherboard and got it running again.

 

[Kenrou]

Would this be it? You have download links bottom right

Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Platinum Driver CD-ROM : Creative Technology Ltd. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Platinum Driver Installation CD-ROM (UK)P/N: 2201UK0002018

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[nightwolfx03]

I'll look in it, but the weird driver I need brings up the IR Remote / FM Tuner / DVD Player stuff. The drivers I need show up on the wayback machine / internet archive, but the zip files themselves were not archived.

Blasterpc.ca on Web Archive

TigerDirect website support downloads for the kit on web archive

The big thing I need is the DVDFMIR I believe

 

[Robert17]

Check out the Mfr label on the DVD/CD. Should have a p/n, serial number, date of Mfr, etc.....a web crawl may find it.

 

[nightwolfx03]

What it's really going to be is whatever is on the board in the front panel / what it plugs into on the motherboard. It's part of the case / board. The board is a M003. It was universal to whatever CD/DVD drive you used, it just opened the software on the machine.

There's a good picture of one of the machines over on Vogons

I'll see if I can get pictures of what is in mine at some point here soon.

 

[nightwolfx03]

This is the board in the front panel of the machine that has the tuner and IR on it

 

[repo man11]

The forum Vogons is an excellent place for assistance on things like this.

 

[nightwolfx03]

So while I was at VCF I ran into someone that had one of the machine and they found their CD when they got home and stuck it on the internet archive. Will link it here incase anyone else ever comes looks. My friend made a post about it on Vogons as well. Thanks to another awesome hobbyist the drivers are out there now for those that come seeking.

BlasterPC Driver Disc : Creative Labs, Empac : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

This is an image of the disc that came with the Creative BlasterPC made by Empac as a barebones kit for TigerDirect.The motherboard had an integrated Sound...

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