Abit KT7 & SB Live with Digital Out Problem, HELP!

[TheNeck]

I just bought a kt7 with duron 700 and a sblive with digital out. I install Win98Se, and when i install the newest drivers for the sb live. all i hear from the speakers is stadicky white noise. ive tried everything that people have posted on anandtech and i still cant get rid of it and its starting to piss me off. any help would be really appreciated.

 

[Mem]

How have you got your speakers connected,my soundcard has a Digital out,but my front (anologue)speakers are connected to line out(green connector since they are pluged into a hi-amp)& my rear speakers(anologue) are plugged into the black connector(for my powered yamaha speakers),are you saying you have no sound or get sound with crackling or some other noise?

 

[TheNeck]

i have it connected digital and through the sound card. i always getting white noise, it never stops, very irritating.

 

[Mem]

This could be interference try moving the card away form PSU & other installed PCI slots.

 

[TheNeck]

yeah i tried all pci slots and still no luck. it driving me crazy.

 

[Mem]

Have you tried going into Audio HQ then select Creative Mixer at top right corner above volume there is a red cross for advanced controls this brings up digital output only on & off(not sure what this does so try it). It says it should be on for soundcard to digital speakers.

 

[TheNeck]

No i havent, i will take a look at it. thanks for the help.

 

[ogn]

the digital out is meant for digital speakers like the Four Point Surround Digital or the Desktop Theater 2500. Which speakers do you have? If they're not digital, then all you're going to get is static from the yellow output jack.

I have the KT7, digital out, and the Desktop Theater and digital out is working fine.

 

[Mem]

ogn he has digital speakers that is why I said check the digital output is on.

 

[ogn]

I didn't see anywhere that he had digital speakers, that's why I mentioned it.

 

[Mem]

Ogn,he was not clear he says connected digital through soundcard,I explained normal anologue speakers(use black & green outputs depending on 2 or 4 speaker setup)so he knows that so I`m pretty sure he is using Digital(yellow output) anyway he should be back soon.

 

[TheNeck]

Sorry guys i have the FPS2000 speakers and i have them hooked up using the digital I/O card. if i disconnect the subwoofer from the digital I/O card the noise gets even louder. thanks for the help again guys.

 

[Mem]

JobLessOne,did you fix the problem you are not clear on your answer?

 

[ogn]

Does the FPS 2000 have the Digital DIN connector on the back or the digital minijack? Older FPS 2000 have the Digital DIN and newer one's should have the yellow minijack.

 

[TheNeck]

only the digital din i think i have to check. im still at work. let you guys know later. thanks for the help again. you think my sb live could be bad?

 

[ogn]

if it's the digital din, how are you connecting the digital out from the sound card to the speakers? the digital out from the sound card should go into the digital din and not any other jacks. i have an older dt2500 that has the digital din. when i purchase the sb live platiunum, it came with a yellow minijack connector. to connect it to my speakers, i had to contact creative labs and get a converter from minijack to digital in. it's free. you just have to give them your speaker serial number and your sound card serial number.

 

[ogn]

JobLessOne, any update?

 

[TheNeck]

Yeah thanks for all the help. i disconnected everything and moved my subwoofer. and now everything works perfect now. finally. the FPS2000 speakers i got came with 3 different ways to connect it digitally. thanks again guys.