Need some help connecting Xbox 360 to PC Sound Card

[Andy22]

I have it hooked up to the VGA port and get a good picture on my lcd. The cable has RCA plugs built in and an optical connector. I bought a new optical cable today to hook it to the toslink connector on my built-in sound card which is a Sound Blaster Live! 24. It's on a MSI K8 Neo4 motherboard. I can see a red light coming from the 360 and both sides are firmly secured so I know light is traveling down the cable but yet I don't get any sound. I have set the dashboard to digital sound. Not sure what else I can try.

Thanks in advance!

 

[newnameman]

Are you sure the Sound Blaster has a digital in and not a digital out?

 

[Andy22]

Hmmm you could be right...I lost the stupid manual so can't confirm if it's in our out.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: Andy22
Hmmm you could be right...I lost the stupid manual so can't confirm if it's in our out.

If there's only one, it's probably just out.

Are you sure on the model of your motherboard? I tried to look up the Neo4 boards and I didn't see SB Live as the audio.

 

[Andy22]

Yeah this is the motherboard. I just looked up the manual on a similar motherboard and it has both coax and optical OUT but not in...bummer. I'll just have to buy some RCA extenders and a 2 to 1 RCA to mini jack connector. No GoW tonight :|

Thanks to both of you for your quick help though.